Mutiny at Morristown

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-08T16:42:31Z
dc.date.available2024-11-08T16:42:31Z
dc.date.issued2/16/2018 0:00
dc.descriptionDuring the winter of 1780�1781, the Continental Army was dispersed into smaller components to ease the strain of supply. The Pennsylvania Line, comprising about 2,400 men, was encamped at Jockey Hollow, New Jersey, near Morristown. Conditions for the army were deplorable, as reported in letters by both General George Washington, commander of the entire Continental Army, and General Anthony Wayne, commander of the Pennsylvania Line. In previous years, both Washington and Wayne had cited corruption and a lack of concern on the part of state governments and the Continental Congress in fostering the poor conditions. Pennsylvania troops had particular cause for discontent, as Pennsylvania was one of the stingiest states in paying its soldiers � many of the Pennsylvania Line had served for three years in exchange for only their initial $20 bounty. On January 1, 1781, the Pennsylvania Line held a raucous New Year's Day celebration. That evening, soldiers from several regiments armed themselves and prepared to depart the camp without permission. Officers led the remaining orderly regiments to quell the uprising, but after a few warning shots from the mutineers, the rest of the regiments fell into line with them. Captain Adam Bitting, commander of Company D, 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, was fatally shot by a mutineer who was trying to kill a lieutenant colonel. Otherwise, the uprising was relatively bloodless.
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dc.subjectMutiny at Morristown
dc.subjectMuseum at Washington National Historical Park
dc.subjectRevolutionary War Soldiers Hut
dc.subjectMorristown National Historical Park
dc.subjectHistoric Morristown
dc.subjectNational Historical Park
dc.subjectThe American Revolution
dc.subjectAmerican History
dc.subjectUS History
dc.subjectGeorge Washington
dc.subjectContinental Army
dc.subjectWinter Encampment
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectMorristown
dc.subjectJockey Hollow
dc.subjectThe Ford Mansion
dc.subjectMorris County
dc.subjectThe American Revolution in New Jersey
dc.subjectThe Skylands
dc.subjectLakeland
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleMutiny at Morristown

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