Orderly book, 18 March to 28 August 1776.

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Orderly book, 18 March to 28 August 1776.

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Concerns the Virginia troops encamped in Williamsburg and the neighboring areas of College Camp, Springfield, and Deep Spring, under the command of Brigadier General Andrew Lewis, commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces. Details the daily routine of the army, giving names of officers, passwords, orders for inspections and drills, etc. Bound with James Callamay's memorandum book for his Flatt Creek and Grove Brook plantations, Campbell County, Va., 1786-1813. Includes inventories of livestock, supplies and produce (1 v.; p. 1, 40-77).

1 v. (2-40 p.) ; 35 cm.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Lewis, Andrew, 1720-1781

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Of Irish descent, Lewis was a resident of Augusta County, Va., and active in the militia there; served with distinction under Washington and Braddock during the French and Indian War; was appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army, 1 March 1776; took command of the forces at Williamsburg and at Gwynn Island, where in July, 1776 he was in charge of the forces that drove Gov. Dunmore out of the Old Dominion; resigned his commission, 15 April 1777 for reasons of health, but remained acti...

Callamay, James.

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...