Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Sixth Battalion of North Carolina, Cont. Army Orderly Book, 1777-1778. 178 pp.
Call No.
Mss. BG S625
Content
Numerous references to women of the camp throughout the book. 23 July 1777 the women were ordered examined for venereal disease (p.25). 23 Aug. 1777 "No woman will be suffered to ride in waggons (sic)." (p.49) Nov. 1, 1777 a private who insulted "Mrs. Shannon" was sentenced to "ride the wooden horse". (p.118) Orderly Book kept by Adjutant Benjamin Coffield of the 6th North Carolina Regiment.
