A severe storm of
thunder and lightning to-day. In the camp adjoining ours, one captain, one
lieutenant and one ensign were killed by the lightning.
SOURCE: “Diary of
Lieutenant James McMichael,” William H. Egle, Editor, Pennsylvania
Archives, Second Series, Vol. XV: Journals and Diaries of the War of the
Revolution with Lists of Officers and Soldiers, 1775-1783, p. 197
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