Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States |
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CHAPTER I. His Birth - Education - Appointed an Adjutant General of the Militia –
His Embassy to the Ohio - Commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of a regular
Regiment – Surprises a Detach . ment of French Troops - Capitulation of Fort ...
CHAPTER I. His Birth - Education - Appointed an Adjutant General of the Militia –
His Embassy to the Ohio - Commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of a regular
Regiment – Surprises a Detach . ment of French Troops - Capitulation of Fort ...
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at West Point - Attempts to return to New York by land He is taken into custody by
three Militia Men - A Board of General Officers condemn him - He is executed --
Letter of General Washington on the State of the Army - Congress adopts a ...
at West Point - Attempts to return to New York by land He is taken into custody by
three Militia Men - A Board of General Officers condemn him - He is executed --
Letter of General Washington on the State of the Army - Congress adopts a ...
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CHAPTER I. His Birth - Education - Appointed an Adjutant General of the militia -
His embassy to the Ohio - Commissioned as Lieutenant - Colonel of a regular
regiment Surprises a detachment of French troops - Capitulation of Fort Necessity
...
CHAPTER I. His Birth - Education - Appointed an Adjutant General of the militia -
His embassy to the Ohio - Commissioned as Lieutenant - Colonel of a regular
regiment Surprises a detachment of French troops - Capitulation of Fort Necessity
...
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At a time when the militia was to be trained for actual service , at nineteen he was
appointed one of the adjutant generals of Virginia , with the rank of major ; from
the execution of the duties of this commission , honourable to his age , he was ...
At a time when the militia was to be trained for actual service , at nineteen he was
appointed one of the adjutant generals of Virginia , with the rank of major ; from
the execution of the duties of this commission , honourable to his age , he was ...
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Jealous of his prerogative , and obstinate in his temper , his orders were often
inade quate to their object , or impracticable in their nature . The military code of
the colony was insufficient , which rendered it impossible to bring the militia into
the ...
Jealous of his prerogative , and obstinate in his temper , his orders were often
inade quate to their object , or impracticable in their nature . The military code of
the colony was insufficient , which rendered it impossible to bring the militia into
the ...
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| Titel | Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States |
| Autor/in | Aaron Bancroft |
| Verlag | J. Stockdale, 1808 |
| Original von | Klosterbibliothek Montserrat |
| Digitalisiert | 17. Juni 2010 |
| Länge | 560 Seiten |
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