George Washington's Nemesis by McBurney Christian;

Author:McBurney, Christian;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Published: 2019-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

1 John Mercer Testimony, Lee Court-Martial, in Lee Papers, vol. 3, 104 (Grayson’s brigades ordered to serve in this role); Evan Edwards Testimony, in ibid, 161 (Dickinson’s militia ordered to serve in this role).

2 John Brooks Testimony, in ibid, 143; Evan Edwards Testimony, in ibid., 161-62; John Mercer Testimony, in ibid., 102-03.

3 John Laurens to Henry Laurens, July 2, 1778, in Chesnutt et al., eds., Laurens Papers, vol. 13, 534; Lender and Stone, Fatal Sunday, 43-48.

4 Baron von Steuben Testimony, Lee Court-Martial, in Lee Papers, vol. 3, 95; Richard Kidder Meade Testimony, in ibid., 7.

5 John Brooks Testimony, in ibid., 144.

6 Evan Edwards Testimony, in ibid., 162.

7 John Mercer Testimony, in ibid, 104.

8 John Brooks Testimony, in ibid., 144; John Mercer Testimony, in ibid., 104.

9 John Brooks Testimony, in ibid., 144; Evan Edwards Testimony, in ibid., 169.

10 William Grayson Testimony, in ibid., 37.

11 Stephen Olney Testimony, in ibid., 126; John Brooks Testimony, in ibid., 144; John Mercer Testimony, in ibid., 104.

12 Richard Kidder Meade Testimony, in ibid., 7-8.

13 Eleazer Oswald Testimony, in ibid., 131.

14 John Mercer Testimony, in ibid., 105; John Brooks Testimony, in ibid., 144-45.

15 Joseph Martin Recollections, in Joseph Martin, A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier, Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin (New York, NY, 2001), 110.

16 John Mercer Testimony, Lee Court-Martial, in Lee Papers, vol. 3, 105. William Harcourt was no longer with the 16th Light Dragoons in North America in mid-1778, although it is sometimes said he participated in the Monmouth battle. See McBurney, Kidnapping the Enemy, 187 and n. 176.

17 Lemuel Trescott Testimony, Henry Jackson, Col. Jackson’s Court of Enquiry, July 26, 1778 and April 17-19, 1779, in Lee Papers, vol. 3, 213.

18 Henry Jackson Testimony, Lee Court-Martial, in ibid.; Richard Butler Testimony, in ibid., 44; Diary Entry, June 18, 1778, in Lodge, ed., André Journal, 12. There are references to Lieutenant Colonel White leading about “50 light dragoons” to join Lee’s detachment. Henry Jackson to George Washington, June 24, 1778, in Twohig et al., eds., Washington Papers, vol. 15, 528; see also George Washington to Philemon Dickinson, June 24, 1778, in ibid., 522 (“Col. White’s detachment of horse is to join Gen. Scott”); George Washington to Philemon Dickinson, June 24, 1778, in ibid., 523 (“Col. White with forty light horse” to join General Morgan’s detachment”); A. White to George Washington, June 26, 1778, in ibid., 559 (White’s dragoons ordered to join Lafayette’s command).

19 Eleazer Oswald Testimony, Lee Court-Martial, in Lee Papers, vol. 3, 133.

20 Private Abraham Voorhees, quoted in Lender and Stone, Fatal Sunday, 259.

21 Richard Butler Testimony, Lee Court-Martial, in Lee Papers, vol. 3, 44.

22 Anthony Wayne Testimony, in ibid., 19-21; Henry Clinton Recollections, in Willcox, ed., Clinton Narrative, 94.

23 Benjamin Fishbourne Testimony, Lee Court-Martial, in Lee Papers, vol. 3, 47; Anthony Wayne Testimony, in ibid., 21; William Grayson Testimony, in ibid., 36; Eleazer Oswald Testimony, in ibid., 131.

24 John Mercer Testimony, in ibid., 105-06.

25 John Brooks Testimony, in ibid., 145.

26 Charles Lee Closing Statement, in ibid., 182.

27 Eleazer Oswald Testimony, in ibid.

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