Good morning, Whitewater.
Wednesday in town will be warm, with a high of fifty-six, on a day of rain and scattered thundershowers. Sunrise is 7:23 and sunset 4:25, for 9h 01m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 95% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1783, America’s victory having been made formal under the Treaty of Paris, Gen. Washington resigns his command:
“Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task; which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven….
“Having now finished the work assigned to me, I retire from the great theatre of action; and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take any leave of all the employments of public life.”
On this day in 1865, the 13th Wisconsin returns:
1865 – (Civil War) The 13th Wisconsin Infantry returns home
The 13th Wisconsin Infantry returned home to Madison to be discharged. During its service it had moved through Missouri, Kentucky, Alabama, and Tennessee. The regiment lost 193 men during service. Five enlisted men were killed and 188 enlisted men died from disease..