Orderly book kept at headquarters of General Nathanael Greene during the Southern Campaign in South Carolina : Ramsey's Mill, Evan's Mill, Colston's Ferry, Camden, Ninety-Six, Camp High Hills, Santee, Fort Motte and elsewhere 5 April-4 September 1781

Orderly book kept at headquarters of General Nathanael Greene during the Southern Campaign in South Carolina : Ramsey's Mill, Evan's Mill, Colston's Ferry, Camden, Ninety-Six, Camp High Hills, Santee, Fort Motte and elsewhere 5 April-4 September 1781

Headquarters orderly book, Major General Nathanael Greene's orders, Southern Department, 5 April-4 September 1781

South Carolina, 1781.

1 v. [144 p.] ; 20 cm.

MSS L2001F7 M MB [Bound]

(OCoLC)46440494

Inscribed on front endpaper: Col. William Lamar to his grandson William [O'Hara?] Sprigg; Carroll Sprigg, 1905. The Sprigg family descends through William's daughter Mary, who married Michael C. Sprigg.
See orders of 31 May, where Lieutenant Lamar is identified as company commander.
Regimental orders of the 1st Maryland; brigade orders, Maryland Brigade; General orders of Major General Nathanael Greene and Brigadier General Isaac Huger, 5-8 July.
Casualties mentioned in entries for 15 and 27 April, 14 and 26 May, 6 and 18 June, 4 and 26 July.
Transcripts and partial transcripts published in The Papers of Nathanael Greene.
Bound in vellum.
Provenance: From the collections of the Western Reserve Historical Society
Lamar was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, as were Greene and Huger.
Library has typed transcript, catalogued separately (973.337 G799la 19--? M MB)

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