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Identifier: magazineofamericv18stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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gade, was at Peekskill, New York, in June, 1777, thence went to Middle-brook, New Jersey, and was afterward successively at Fort Montgomery,White Plains, and Peekskill; and in October, 1787, at Fort Mercer, NewJersey. From Peekskill, August 27, 1777, he wrote to Governor Cooke, ofRhode Island, appealing for immediate supplies of clothing and othernecessaries for his troops, in which letter he says: The naked situation iSS GENERAL JAMES M. VARNUM oi the troops when observed parading for duty is sufficient to extort thetears of compassion from every human being. . . . There are not twoin five who have a shoe, stocking, or so much as breeches to render themdecent. On November I, 1777, he was directed by Washington to takesupervision of Fort Mercer, Red Bank, and Fort Mifflin. During thebombardment of Fort Mifflin, or Mud Island, and its heroic defense,November 5, 1777, he reported to General Washington as follows: Wehave lost a great many men to-day ; a great many officers are killed and
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PARLOR IN THE OLD VARNUM HOMESTEAD. (T/te woodwork is the original of one hundred and twenty years ago.~\ wounded. My fine company of artillery is almost destroyed. We shallbe obliged to evacuate the fort this night. General Varnums brigade subsequently joined the main army, and wentinto winter quarters at Valley Forge in December, 1777. General Varnum, in a letter to General Greene from Valley Forge,February 1, 1778, speaks of General Washington as follows: I know, thegreat General in this, as in all his other measures, acts from goodness ofsoul and with a view only to the public weal. . . . You have oftenheard me say, and I assure you I feel happy in the truth of it, that nextto God Almighty and my country, I revere General Washington, and noth- GENERAL JAMES M. VARNUM 89 ing fills me with so much indignation as the villainy of some who darespeak disrespectfully of him. Early in June, 1778, General Varnum was sent by General Washingtonon special duty to Rhode Island, where he was jo

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