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
At Reveille marched
for Dover, Kent county, where we arrived at dark, after a fatiguing march.
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
At Reveille were
informed that the enemy had landed at Elizabethtown, which caused us to be
marched there. On arrival at 2 o'clock, we found the alarm was a false one. We
determined to cross to Staten Island that night to visit the troops of Gen.
Howe, but a hurricane arose which prevented our embarkation. We afterward
ascertained that we would have been cut off, had we landed.
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. 196
