 Woodbridge to near Beamantown where we encamped. At the former place we heard the cannonading of Fort "Washington, which we subsequently learned was captured. November 17. — Marched from Beamantown to Brunswick, where we arrived at 2 pm Here our soldiers...  Pennsylvania Archives - Page 202edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Pennsylvania - 1892 - 588 pages
...learned was captured. November 17. — Marched from Beamantown to Brunswick, where we arrived at 2 pm Here our soldiers drank freely of spirituous liquors....occasioned marching orders to be issued. November 23. — All of Lord Stirling's brigade (except the riflemen), have marched to meet the enemy at Newark.... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1892 - 588 pages
...learned was captured. November 17.—Marched from Beamantown to Brunswick, where we arrived at 2 pm Here our soldiers drank freely of spirituous liquors....Fever, which differs in its effects from any other fever—its concomitants are black eyes and bloody noses. November 21.—Receiving news that our troops... | |
 | 1959 - 376 pages
...previous garrison had suffered from "barrel fever," according to the diary of one officer, "an ailment which differs in its effects from any other fever...its concomitants are black eyes and bloody noses." ON DECEMBER I the militia whose enlistments were up went home, probably, as Greene wrote at another... | |
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