A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War: From 1775 to 1783, Describing Interesting Events and Transactions of this Period, with Numerous Historical Facts and Anecdotes, from the Original Manuscript. To which is Added an Appendix, Containing Biographical Sketches of Several General OfficersCottons & Barnard, 1827 - 487 Seiten |
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... hands of those whose zeal has transported them beyond the bonds of moderation , they have received from the rabble a coat of tar and feathers , and in this perdicament have been exposed to the scoffs and ridicule of the populace . Such ...
... hands of those whose zeal has transported them beyond the bonds of moderation , they have received from the rabble a coat of tar and feathers , and in this perdicament have been exposed to the scoffs and ridicule of the populace . Such ...
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... I should fall into the hands of the British the gallows will be my fate . The terrors of the gallows are not to be conquered , but I must JUNE . ] 23 MILITARY JOURNAL , 1775 . Attempts to dissuade the author from engaging in the army.
... I should fall into the hands of the British the gallows will be my fate . The terrors of the gallows are not to be conquered , but I must JUNE . ] 23 MILITARY JOURNAL , 1775 . Attempts to dissuade the author from engaging in the army.
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... hands of a kind and overruling Providence . My contemplated enterprise , it is true , requires the experience and resolution of riper years than twenty - one , and qualifica- tions , which I do not possess , to ingratiate myself with ...
... hands of a kind and overruling Providence . My contemplated enterprise , it is true , requires the experience and resolution of riper years than twenty - one , and qualifica- tions , which I do not possess , to ingratiate myself with ...
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... hands of the enemy , finding it impossible to remove them . But a loss infinitely to be la- mented , and which occasions universal grief and sorrow , is that of Major General Joseph Warren . This distinguished patriot and hero was , but ...
... hands of the enemy , finding it impossible to remove them . But a loss infinitely to be la- mented , and which occasions universal grief and sorrow , is that of Major General Joseph Warren . This distinguished patriot and hero was , but ...
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... hand , restrain a further effusion of human blood , spare the innocent , let punishment fall on the heads of the guilty . Is there not some hidden curse in reserve for our country's foes ! At the head of the British army General Howe ...
... hand , restrain a further effusion of human blood , spare the innocent , let punishment fall on the heads of the guilty . Is there not some hidden curse in reserve for our country's foes ! At the head of the British army General Howe ...
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Seite 342 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Seite 320 - A country willing to redress your wrongs, cherish your worth, and reward your services ? A country courting your return to private life, with tears of gratitude and smiles of admiration, longing to divide with you that independency which your gallantry has given, and those riches which your wounds have preserved ? Is this the case ? Or is it rather a country, that tramples upon your rights, disdains your cries, and insults your distresses...
Seite 359 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Seite 326 - ... a recollection of the cheerful assistance and prompt obedience I have experienced from you, under every vicissitude of fortune, and the sincere affection I feel for an army I have so long had the honor to command will oblige me to declare, in this public and solemn manner, that, in the attainment of complete justice for all your toils and dangers, and in the gratification of every wish, so far as may be done consistently with the great duty I owe my country and those powers we are bound to respect,...
Seite 321 - Assume a bolder tone, decent but lively, spirited and determined, and suspect the man who would advise to more moderation and longer forbearance. Let two or three men who can feel as well as write be appointed to draw up your last remonstrance, for I would no longer give it the suing, soft, unsuccessful epithet of memorial.
Seite 341 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 80 - I have but to give stretch to the Indian forces under my direction — and they amount to thousands — to overtake the hardened enemies of Great Britain and America. I consider them the same, wherever they may lurk.
Seite 325 - My God ! what can this writer have in view by recommending such measures. Can he be a friend to the army? Can he be a friend to this country? Rather is he not an insidious foe : some emissary, perhaps, from New York, plotting the ruin of both, by sowing the seeds of discord and separation between the civil and military powers of the continent?
Seite 329 - For if, besides the simple payment of their wages, a further compensation is not due to the sufferings and sacrifices of the officers, then have I been mistaken indeed. If the whole army have not merited whatever a grateful people can bestow, then have I been beguiled by prejudice, and built opinion on the basis of error. If this country should not in the event...