Joseph Townsend

Curious Quaker. Aspiring "news journalist" covering the home front during the Battle. Distracted by shiny things.

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

A prayer to those who have died on both sides. Amen. #RIP #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

I am joined by my fellow neighbors to begin burying the dead. Exposure to open air & the wild beasts would not be good #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

It is too distressing! The wounded cries for help, the moans for their mothers…I cannot bear it! Must leave… #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Found out from a Friend, doors are being used to carry wounded. Following them inside… #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

At @BrmMeetingHouse, but where are the doors?! Is nothing sacred in War? #BoB1777 #HouseOfGod

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Making my way to @BrmMeetingHouse…I hear that is where the heaviest fighting took place #BoB1777 #SacredGround

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

There will be no fences left in Chadds Ford! Piles of them have been used for firewood. LOOK! More are being gathered! #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Plunderers abound! Along with the rabble that accompanies the army. Get away you scoundrels! Have ye no shame?! #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

The field contains great heaps of blankets, baggage, wagons. Bedding ripped apart, furniture strewn about #BoB1777 #WantonWaste

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Ive just beheld the destruction & wanton waste committed on my peaceful neighbors in this town. What is this notion of War? #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Some r mortally wounded & few dead, a small proportion of them considering the immense quantity of powder that was fired #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

This scene is awful to behold! Such a number of fellow beings lying together severely wounded. #WhatisthepointofWar #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Reporting live: Fighting has ceased! Praise the Lord! #CeaseFire #BoB1777 #WhoWon

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

@WilhelmK77 has joined the battle! #BoB1777 #CouldSeeThatMustacheFromAMileAway #Literally

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Almost to safe ground…I'm now crossing over Osborn's Hill #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Am I violating my Quaker tenets by doing this? Do I have any other choice but death? #ConcernedQuaker #DontDisownMe #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Oh…he is drawing his sword! And flourishing it! #BoB1777 #QuakingQuaker

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

He is ordering me to take down a fence. What do I do? I feel a stop in my heart #BoB1777 #AskingForAFriend

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Just ran into a Hessian officer. Oh scheisse! #BoB1777

[Joseph Townsend @TownsendJ77]

Im retiring, finding that my inconsiderate curiosity has prompted me 2 exceed the bound of prudence #BoB1777 #CuriosityMayKilltheQuaker