Revolutionary War Orderly Book for 1775, Colonel William Henshaw Pub. 1881

Description: REVOLUTIONARY WAR The Orderly Book Of COLONEL WILLIAM HENSWHAW Of the American Army April 20 -Sept. 26, 1775 Including A Memoir by Emory Washburn And Notes by Charles C. Smith With additions by Harriet E Henshaw With facsimiles. BOSTON: A WILLIAMS AND COMPANY 1881 Brown cloth hard cover, gilt title. 167 pages, frontispiece portrait. Book measures five ¾ x 9 ¼ inches. 5-fold out facsimiles of letters/documents. Part of the book is missing; the pages are replaced with copies on white unattached pages. Given the importance of these Orderly books and the rarity in finding any, it lessens the disappointment this volume has replacement pages. “The orderly books reveal in vivid, often gritty detail the realities and hardships of camp life, with frequent injunctions about cleanliness, profanity, theft, treatment of civilians in the community and proper behavior in camp. An orderly book covering the New York campaign during the summer of 1776 addresses the jealousies and strife that erupted among troops from various parts of the country, entreating the men to “consider the Consequence that they can no ways assist our Cruel Enemies more Effectually than making Division among our Selves.” But the practical and routine details of army administration were often punctuated with news of the events that shaped and propelled the war. The orderly book of Lord Stirling’s Division kept in the early fall of 1780 by Lt. William Popham records the haunting announcement handed down by Major General Nathanael Greene on September 26: “Treason of the blackest dye was yesterday discovered – Genl. Arnold who commanded at West Point, lost to every sentiment of honor, of private & public obligation, was about to deliver up that important post into the hands of the Enemy. Such an event must give the American cause a deadly wound if not a fatal stab – happily, the Treason has been timely discovered, to prevent the fatal misfortune.” The orderly book of the New Hampshire Brigade, which was then stationed at West Point, picks up in the aftermath of Arnold’s treason, documenting the heightened security procedures that were ordered for that post. Maintaining the order and discipline of the troops is the constant theme of the orderly books. In 1779, the rules and regulations of the Continental Army were codified and published in an official manual, Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. The chief author was General Steuben, the Prussian volunteer whose drill and instruction had transformed the troops at Valley Forge. The orderly books in the Institute’s collections contain at least a dozen direct references to the implementation of Steuben’s Regulations. In one, kept for the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment at Morristown during the harsh winter of 1780, Capt. Jacob Bower recorded General Washington’s order that “the officers commanding Division & Brigades, by the closest personal attention to the Police of their Respective Corps to correct those disorders & introduce an exact conformity of the Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States Established by Congress …. Ignorance of any of them cannot be an excuse.” This is not an orderly book, a facsimile only, it was published in 1881 Ex library, toning, chipped pages, throughout, all legible and full of history you will find nowhere else, then in the hand of the officer himself, holding the order with the orderly book. Pages 29-38 are reprinted, 61-76 reprinted. Small notes throughout have been corrected by previous owners. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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