1. See JCC, description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends 15:1255–56, and Samuel Huntington to GW, 11 Nov., and n.3 to that document.

2. The enclosure is an undated document in George Augustine Washington’s writing: “Route for Colo. Clarke commanding 1st and 2d North Carolina Regiments on their march from West Point to South Carolina—New Windsor Ringwood Pompton Morris Town Coryells ferry Philadelphia Wilmington Head of Elk Baltimore George Town Colchester Fredericksburg Ritchmond Petersburg Hallifax. North Carolina, and from there to South Carolina by the Route best supplied with provision and Forage” (DLC:GW). GW slightly modified these orders after receiving a letter from the Board of War dated 19 Nov. (see GW to Clark, 23 Nov., found at GW’s second letter to the Board of War, same date, n.3).

GW had written Clark on 17 Nov. at 7:00 P.M.: “You will be pleased to see the Quarter Master immediately, and adjust every matter with him for commencing your march as soon as possible. You will receive further orders to-morrow” (Df, in James McHenry’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW).

3. At this place on the draft, Tilghman wrote and then struck out a paragraph that reads: “You will leave one Officer, or more if necessary, to collect and take charge of the Men who may be upon detachment, or who may be left in Hospital, with directions to follow you as soon as possible.”

4. GW wrote Brig. Gen. James Hogun from West Point on this date: “Congress having directed the two Regt of North Carolina with this Army to proceed to the State of South Carolina, they have this day began their march under the command of Colo. Clarke by the way of [ ].

“I am to desire you also to repair to South Carolina and upon your arrival there put yourself under the command of Majr Genl Lincoln or commanding Officer of the southern Army Should you overtake Colo. Clarke he will deliver up to you the Route and my instructions to him which you will be pleased to persue—I wish you a safe and pleasant Journey and every success” (DF, in George Augustine Washington’s writing, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW).

GW also wrote Brig. Gen. Anthony Wayne on this date: “The North Carolina Troops began their march for the Southward this morning—you will therefore be pleased to direct Major Murfree with the Light Infantry of that State to proceed immediately to Philadelphia and join them” (LS, in Richard Kidder Meade’s writing, PHi: Wayne Papers; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW).

Rains delayed the departure of the North Carolina troops. Charles Pettit, assistant quartermaster general, wrote Q.M. Gen. Nathanael Greene from Philadelphia on 28 Nov.: “We hear nothing farther yet of the Troops bound to the southward; in the mean time boats are waiting both here and at the Head of Elk at a great expence” (Greene Papers, description begins Richard K. Showman et al., eds. The Papers of General Nathanael Greene. 13 vols. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1976–2005. description ends 5:126–27). A letter from North Carolina delegate William Sharpe to North Carolina governor Richard Caswell, written at Philadelphia on 5 Dec., noted the presence of the state’s troops at that place: “Their number is about seven hundred rank & file. It is not altogether certain whether they will go by land or water, I rather think, the former” (Smith, Letters of Delegates, description begins Paul H. Smith et al., eds. Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789. 26 vols. Washington, D.C., 1976–2000. description ends 14:250). South Carolina delegate John Mathews wrote Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln from Philadelphia on 9 Dec. that the North Carolina troops had “left this City the 5th” (Smith, Letters of Delegates, description begins Paul H. Smith et al., eds. Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789. 26 vols. Washington, D.C., 1976–2000. description ends 14:257; see also Lincoln to GW, 23 Dec., n.4). Lt. Col. John Laurens described the progress of these troops in a letter to GW’s aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton written at Philadelphia on 12 Dec.: “The North Carolina Brigade after profiting by the navigation of the Delaware as far as it wd serve them, marched to the Head of Elk” (Hamilton Papers, description begins Harold C. Syrett et al., eds. The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. 27 vols. New York, 1961–87. description ends 2:225). Laurens again wrote Hamilton on 18 Dec. with news “that the No[.] Carolina brigade had not quitted Elk the 16th. having been detained by the ice” (Hamilton Papers, description begins Harold C. Syrett et al., eds. The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. 27 vols. New York, 1961–87. description ends 2:230–31). The Pennsylvania Evening Post for 10 Jan. 1780 printed a notice dated Baltimore, 4 Jan.: “Since our last, a brigade of Continental troops, under the command of brig. gen. Hogan, passed through this town, on their way to the southward” (see also Henry Hollingsworth to Greene, 5 Jan., in Greene Papers, description begins Richard K. Showman et al., eds. The Papers of General Nathanael Greene. 13 vols. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1976–2005. description ends 5:238–39). Col. William Finnie, deputy quartermaster general for the southern department, wrote Greene from Williamsburg on 15 Jan.: “Travelling in this Country at least for a Time is rendered almost impracticable by reason of the Ice. Pardon me, Sir, if I detain you a few Minutes longer than perhaps I ought in attempting to describe the hardest Winter that has been known in this Country since the year 1740. …

“The Carolinians were at Alexandria the sixth instant and have nearly reached Petersburg. … The military Posts in my District are supplied for their Accommodation” (Greene Papers, description begins Richard K. Showman et al., eds. The Papers of General Nathanael Greene. 13 vols. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1976–2005. description ends 5:273–74). For the strength of the North Carolina troops and their difficult travel to Charleston, S.C., finally completed in early March, see Rankin, North Carolina Continentals, description begins Hugh F. Rankin. The North Carolina Continentals. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1971. description ends 176, 213–14; see also GW to Huntington, 29 Nov., and the source note to that document; Hogun to GW, 19 Feb. 1780 (DLC:GW); and Lincoln to GW, 4 March 1780 (DLC:GW).