Sunday, February 07, 2010

This Day in History: February 7

February 7, 1778

"The spirit of desertion among the Soldiery, never before rose to such a threatening height, as at the present time." Washington to William Buchanan, Commissary General of Purchases of the Continental Army (Fitzgerald, Vol. X, 427) [More]

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