Aug. 27-30-at Ramapo. 2-at Preakness. 4-headquarters at Hopper's, Bergen County, New Jersey. 10-headquarters dated near Passaic. 14-headquarters at Hopper's, Bergen County. 19-at Preakness. 20-near Passaic. Headquarters at Col. Dey's. 22-27-at Preakness. 30-at Paramus. 30-31-in the Highlands, headquarters at Col. Robinson's. 31-overnight at Peekskill. 1-6-at Peekskill. 11-at Orangetown. 13-at Tappan. 16-21-at Orangetown. 26-headquarters in the vicinity of Fort Lee. 27-headquarters near the Liberty Pole, Bergen County. 28-31-Bergen County, New Jersey. Sept. 1-14-headquarters, Bergen County, Steenrapie. 15-17-headquarters at New Bridge. 17-left for Hartford, Conn. 18-at Peekskill. 20-at Hartford; interview with Rochambeau. 24-at Fishkill, New York. 25-28 at Robinson's House, in the Highlands; discovers Arnold's perfidy. 28-at Tappan. 30-at Tappan, approves death sentence of Major Andre. 1780-1781. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1-at Tappan, in the evening orders, it was announced that "Major Andre is to be executed tomorrow at twelve o'clock precisely." 2-6 at Tappan. 7-at Paramus. 8-near Passaic Falls. 9 at Totowa (Passaic Falls). 10-at Bergen County, N. J. 11-15-near Passaic Falls, Totowa. 16 at Preakness. 17-31-in camp at Passaic Falls. 3-26-in camp at Passaic Falls. 27-breaks camp at Passaic Falls. 28-at Morristown. 29 at Morristown. 6-at New Windsor, New York. 6-8-headquarters at New Windsor. 9-12-at West Point. 13-29-at New Windsor. 1781. 30-at West Point. Jan. 1-10-at New Windsor. 11-at West Point; holds Council of War on Pennsyl vania line mutiny. 12-21-at New Windsor. 22-at West Point with Lafayette. 26-27-at Ringwood. 2-left New Windsor for Newport, R. I., to meet Rochambeau. 4-passed through Hartford. 6-arrived at Newport. 13-left Newport. 17 at Hartford, Conn. 20-arrives at New Windsor. 20-31-at New Windsor. April 1-3-at New Windsor. 4-at West Point. 5-25 at New Windsor. 26-at West Point with Mons. Beville, quartermaster of 18-over night at Morgan's tavern, forty-three miles from Fishkill Landing. 19-Wethersfield at Joseph Webb's. 20-23 at Wethersfield, Rochambeau's Headquarters. 24-started for New Windsor; over night at Litchfield, Conn. 25 -arrived headquarters, New Windsor, at sunset. 1781. May 26-31 at New Windsor. Headquarters. June 1-24-at New Windsor. 26-30-headquarters at Peekskill. July 1-at Peekskill. 2-leaves Peekskill at 3 A. M. with his staff; opens the final campaign; halts at New Bridge over the Croton, nine miles from Peekskill, makes a reconnoissance toward New York, arriving at Valentines Hill, Mile square, about sunrise of the third. 3-at Valentines Hill. 3-on reconnoissance. 4-at camp, near Dobbs Ferry. 5-at North Castle; visits the French army; dines with Rochambeau. 6-at manor of Philipsburg, headquarters at Jos. Appleby's, on the Saw Mill Road "about two and one half miles from Hammond's." 6-near Dobbs Ferry. Headquarters. 7-headquarters at Thos. Tompkins, two and one half miles "this side of Young's house on the direct road." 10-18-headquarters near Dobbs Ferry. 18-crossed to west bank of Hudson on reconnoissance to Fort Lee. 20-began the movement from Dobbs Ferry to Kings bridge. 21-at Dobbs Ferry; over night at Kingsbridge. 22-reconnoitering at Kingsbridge. 1781. July 23-reconnoitering to Throgs Neck-returned to Dobbs Ferry by midnight. 23-31-headquarters at Dobbs Ferry. Aug. 1-4 headquarters at Dobbs Ferry. Sept. Oct. 5-reconnoiters toward Kingsbridge. 17-in camp at Philipsburg. Dobbs Ferry. 19-leaves Dobbs Ferry for Virginia. 20-crossed to the west bank of the Hudson at Kings Ferry, at Col. Hay's. 21-at Kings Ferry. 23-at West Point with Rochambeau. 26 at Ramapo. 27-at Chatham. 29 at Trenton. 31 at Philadelphia. 2-at Philadelphia. 6 at Head of Elk. 8-at Baltimore. 9-at Baltimore-over night at Mount Vernon. 10-12 at Mount Vernon. 15 at Williamsburg. 17-starts out to interview Count de Grasse aboard the Ville de Paris. 18-aboard French man of war Ville de Paris. -returns to Williamsburg. 23-28-at Williamsburg. 28-30-at headquarters near Yorktown. 1-18-near Yorktown. 19-near Yorktown. Surrender of Cornwallis. |