1 Schenectady.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 13
1 Billeting-money—that
is, money to pay for lodgings at private houses. When soldiers are quartered at
private houses, it is said that such ones are billeted at such
a house, &c.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 13
1 Schenectady.
2 Alarum, or alarm.
1 Schenectady.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 14
I was first called
upon guard with 15 more. My turn came first at 11 oclock—this afternoon 3 ock
Lieut. Smith come up with our abilitan money.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 14
1 Schenectady.
2 Provincial troops, or American soldiers. The
English troops were called regulars.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 14
1 Massachusetts Bay troops. The Massachusetts
colony was called Massachusetts Bay until after the War for
Independence.
2 Fort Edward was situated upon the east bank
of the Hudson, about fifty miles north from Albany.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, pp. 14-5
Stil hear and we
were imbodied for prayers in the morning and then trained a little. Corperal
Carpenter was taken poor.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 15
1 Near Waterford, on the west side of the
Hudson river, thirteen miles north from Albany.
2 Niskayuna, a short distance from Waterford,
and remarkable as a settlement of Shaking Quakers.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 15
1 On the Mohawk, about five miles above Cohoes
Falls. It was the chief crossing-place for troops on their way north from
Albany. There the right wing of the American army, under Arnold, was encamped,
while General Schuyler was casting up entrenchments at Cohoes Falls, a few
weeks before the Saratoga battles, in 1777.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 15
1 Stillwater is on the west bank of the Hudson,
in Saratoga county, twenty-four miles north from Albany. The battle of Bemis's heights
was fought near there, in 1777, and is sometimes known as the battle of
Stillwater. Opposite the mouth of the Hoosick river, at Stillwater, was a
stockade, called Fort Winslow.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, pp. 15-6
1 A batteau is a kind of scow or flat-boat,
used on shallow streams like the Hudson above Waterford.
2 Saratoga. This settlement was near the mouth
of the Fish creek, on the south side. The village of Schuylerville is just
across the stream, on the north side. On the plain, in front of the village of
Schuylerville, was a regular quadrangular fortification, with bastions, called
Foil Hardy. It was erected in 1756, and named in honor of the governor of New
York at that time.
3 On the west side of the Hudson, six or eight
miles below Fort Edward. The river is there broken by swift rapids. During this
campaign, Major (afterward General) Putnam was here surprised by a party of
Indians, and boldly descended the rapids in a canoe, and escaped. It was a feat
they never dared to attempt, and they felt certain that he was under the
protection of the Great Spirit. Here a stream called Bloody Run enters the
Hudson. It is so named because a party of soldiers from the garrison, in 1759,
went there to fish, were surprised by the Indians, and nine were killed and scalped.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 16