General Orders, 20 September 1782

Head Quarters Verplanks point Friday 20th Septr 1782

Parole Rochambeau Countersigns Bourbonnois Soissonnois

For the day tomorrow		Major Genl Heath
		Lieutenant Colonel J. Millen
		Major J. Woodbridge
		Brigade Major Williams
		Brigade Quarter Master Appleton

For duty tomorrow the Levies of the New York, first and second Connecticut brigades.

The second Jersey regiment will releive the first Massachusetts regiment on Fatigue at Westpoint the 22d instant.

The Rhode island regiment will releve the men on duty at stoney point and Kakiat at the same time.

After Orders

The troops are to be peraded and ready to receive the general precisely at nine o’clock tomorrow morning—As the ground between the New York and first Connecticut brigades is very uneven, the latter will not close up to the former untill the general has passed the line—but as soon as he has passed the left of the line the interval left between these two brigades is to be filled up and the line ready to wheel on the signal.

DLC: Papers of George Washington.

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