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The Continental Army is disbanded, a day after Washington's farewell orders
Officers who threatened Congress over unpaid wages in the spring now go home under the authority they once defied.
By the autumn of 1783, the Treaty of Paris had effectively ended the war, but an army with no enemy still had to be sent home. On November 2, George Washington issued his Farewell Orders from Rockingham, near Rocky Hill, New Jersey, signaling the end of his military command. On November 3, 1783, the Continental Army's main force was discharged, though Congress did not formally disband the army until June 2, 1784. The force Congress had raised to fight Britain dissolved without turning against the government that formed it…
