721General Orders, 19 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
The following disposition of the Army is to take place for the present. The Right-Wing to be composed of—The Virginia Maryland & Pennsylvania divisions under the command of Major General Putnam. The Left-Wing to be composed of the two Connecticutt brigades, and of Nixons and Glovers forming two divisions under the command of Major General Heath. Moylan’s and Sheldon’s regiments of Cavalry &...
722General Orders, 3 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW . GW’s warrant book for this date indicates that $3,000 was supplied to Maj. Caleb Gibbs “for use of the Commander in Chief” (Revolutionary War Warrant Book 3, 1778–1779, DLC:GW , Ser. 5). Gibbs wrote a receipt at Middlebrook on the same date: “Received of the Pay Master General three thousand dollars for the use of defraying the Expence of His Excellency General...
723Enclosure: Plan of Attack, c.15 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
The troops are to march [ ] at [ ] o Clock and move by the right, making a short halt at the Creek, or run next on this side Clements’s. Every officer, and non commissioned officer will remain with, and be answerable for every man in their platoons. No soldier to be permitted to quit the ranks on any pretence whatever, untill a general halt is made, and then to be attended by one of the...
724General Orders, 5 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW . GW’s aide-de-camp Richard Kidder Meade received money from Maj. Caleb Gibbs on 6 June and paid $10 to servants at “Mr [Robert] Erskines,” whose home at Ringwood was situated near the road about one mile from the New Jersey—New York border (Revolutionary War Accounts, Vouchers, and Receipted Accounts 1, 1776–1780, DLC:GW , Ser. 5).