Gansevoort, N.Y.: Corner House Historical Publications, 1998.Diary Recounts Claypoole’s Harrowing Experiences as a Prisoner of War Military Journal of the American Revolution: From the Commencement to the Disbanding of the American Army : Comprising a Detailed Account of the Principal Events and Battles of the Revolution, with Their Exact Dates, and a Biographical Sketch of the Most Prominent Generals.
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1976.
Showman, Richard K, Margaret Cobb, and Robert E. Memoirs of Captain Lemuel Roberts Containing Adventures in Youth, Vicissitudes Experienced as a Continental Soldier, His Sufferings as a Prisoner, and Excapes from Captivity, with Sutitable Reflections on the Changes of Life. Morris’s diary can be read care of the Hathitrust. This diary is a good example of how the civilian population was forced to house and feed the armies of both sides when passing through their towns. A Quaker, Morris did not take sides in the conflict but sought to have her town designated a neutral site. A resident of Burlington, New Jersey, Morris witnessed the conflict in New Jersey. Philadelphia: Philadelphia, private printing, 1836.ĭuring the period, Decemthrough June 14, 1777, Margaret Morris kept a diary.
Private Journal, kept during a portion of the Revolutionary War, for the amusement of a sister. Hunger and fatigue are constant concerns interspersed with a few moments of combat. The diary is a good source for the trials and tribulations of the soldiers’ daily lives. Serving eight years in the Continental Army, Martin’s diary is one of the most comprehensive extand diaries. A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1994 Diary of Captain James Duncan, officer in the Moses Hazen regiment The Diary of Elizabeth Drinker: The Life Cycle of an Eighteenth-Century Woman. Drinker, Elizabeth Sandwith, and Elaine Forman Crane. Revolutionary War Journals of Henry Dearborn 1775-1783. The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774-1779. “Memoir of Major John Clark, of the York County, Pennsylvania” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 20, No. Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, Decemto June 19, 1778. Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1982 Boyle, Joseph Lee. Citizen Soldier: The Revolutionary War Journal of Joseph Bloomfield. Cambridge, MA: John Wilson and Son, 1890. Providence, Rhode Island: Preston and Rounds, 1899.īaldwin, Thomas William, ed. The Diary of Colonel Israel Angell Commanding Officer, 2nd Rhode Island Regiment, Continental Army. Memoirs of the Life of John Adlum in the Revolutionary War.