# history amrev

23 Dec 1779 Philadelphia, PA Gen Benedict Arnold’s court-martial convenes with 13 counts of misbehavior, including misusing government wagons and illegally buying and selling goods.

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16 Dec 1780 Charlottetown, NC. Gen Nathanael Greene decides to separate his forces in the face of Gen Cornwallis’s superior army & directs Gen Dan Morgan's corps of riflemen & Col Washington’s dragoons to join with militia west of the Catawba River.

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13 Dec 1776 Basking Ridge, NJ. Gen Charles Lee overnights at White’s Tavern, 14 miles from his troops. Loyalists inform the British who dispatch a troop of 16th Light Dragoons led by Col Harcourt & Capt. Tarleton, who seize Lee after a short scuffle.

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12 Dec 1776 Continental Congress authorizes a regiment of Light Dragoons under Colonel Elisha Sheldon, establishing the American mounted arm.

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11 Dec 1776 Gen Washington moves the Continental Army across the Delaware River to elude the pursuing British. He orders the seizure of all craft along a 75 mile stretch of the river to prevent the British pursuit.

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8 Dec 1777 Battle of White Marsh ended when Gen William Howe failed to surprise Washington’s outnumbered troops & withdraws. Howe attempted to bring more troops to bear but spies (i.e., Lydia Darragh) notified Washington.

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5 Dec 1778 Continental Congress approves disgraced Gen Charles Lee’s court-martial sentence & relieves him of command for a year.

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3 Dec 1776 The Continental Army struggles into Trenton, NJ & prepares boats to cross the roiling waters of the Delaware R. to PA. Gen Washington seized every boat for 40 miles along the river to prevent a British pursuit.

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3 Dec 1773 Charleston’s first "tea party" took place 13 days before the more famous one in Boston. Charlestonians called a meeting and agreed not to purchase the tea. They unloaded it &stored it in the Exchange building vice dumping it into the harbor.

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1 Dec 1775 A column of 300 men under Gen Richard Montgomery sails down the St Lawrence R. to reinforce Col Benedict Arnold at Point aux Trembles. In winter cold & short on supply & men, the rebel siege of Quebec is about to begin - with only 800 men.

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27 Nov 1778 British Carlisle Commission, headed by the Earl of Carlisle, sails home from NYC having failed to achieve a negotiated peace settlement by offering self-rule & parliamentary representation vs independence to colonies.

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27 Nov 1777 Continental Congress recommends states confiscate all Loyalist property, triggering mass exodus to Canada.

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27 Nov 1773 Tea ship, Dartmouth, 1st of 3 ships to be involved in Boston Tea Party, reached Boston but Sons of Liberty prevented its unloading. By law, if the tea was not unloaded within 20 days, it would be seized and sold to pay customs duties.

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26 Nov 1776 the body of Peyton Randolph arrives @ Williamsburg, VA, for re-interment at his alma mater, College of William & Mary. Randolph died on October 22, 1775, at the age of 54, while in Phila representing Virginia in the 2nd Continental Congress.

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24 Nov 1758, Young Colonel George Washington led his troops from the Virginia Regiment on an advance that occupied the smoking ruins of the abandoned French Fort Duquesne at the convergence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers.

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23 Nov 1779 – Deputy Quartermaster General James Abeel informs Gen Nathanael Greene that they may have found a good place for the winter camp with timber, water, space, and dry ground and would set off to make a thorough inspection.

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21 Nov 1776 Gen George Washington writes to Gen Charles Lee in Westchester, NY, to report the loss of Fort Lee, and to order Lee to bring his forces to NJ. Lee wanted to stay in NY, so he dawdled in departing and delayed crossing the Hudson to NJ.

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21 Nov 1775 Ninety-six, SC. Col Andrew Williams calls for a truce with Loyalists and agrees to disperse home during a 20-day cease-fire.

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19 Nov 1775 Quebec, CA Col Benedict Arnold withdraws from city to Point aux Trembles to avoid attack by Lt Col Allen Maclean. But Maclean uses the time to prepare his defenses around the city.

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18 Nov 1775 Fort Ninety-Six, SC. Col Patrick Cunningham’s 1,800 Loyalists invest the 600 rebels under Col Andrew Williamson. A desultory exchange of shots occurs over the next few days.

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