George Washington Papers

General Orders, 16 March 1776

General Orders

Head Quarters, Cambridge, March 16th 1776

Parole Pensacola.Countersign Havanah.

As the weather is so bad, and the roads so mirey, the Regiments and Companies of Artillery, ordered to march this morning, are to halt until to morrow morning.1

Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. For the previous marching orders for this detachment, see General Orders, 14 and 15 March. The detachment did not depart until 18 March. See General Orders, 17 Mar. 1776.

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    General Orders, 16 March 1776
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    “General Orders, 16 March 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0351. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 481.]