This being the
Sabbath Day I was much surprised when I was awakened by the noise of Drums and
fifes Beating the Reveille. This day the soldiers appeared much intoxicated.
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. 195
