Life of George Washington, Band 4Lippincott, 1884 |
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... Major Ferguson with a corps of riflemen , and Major Cochrane with the infantry of the British legion , two brave and enterprising officers . It was a toilsome march , through swaLaps and difficult passes . Being arrived in the ...
... Major Ferguson with a corps of riflemen , and Major Cochrane with the infantry of the British legion , two brave and enterprising officers . It was a toilsome march , through swaLaps and difficult passes . Being arrived in the ...
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... could retreat , if necessary . For this pur- pose , Governor Rutledge , leaving the town in the care of Lieutenant - governor Gadsden , and one MAJOR FERGUSON AND TARLETON . 53 half of the executive 52 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... could retreat , if necessary . For this pur- pose , Governor Rutledge , leaving the town in the care of Lieutenant - governor Gadsden , and one MAJOR FERGUSON AND TARLETON . 53 half of the executive 52 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... Major Patrick Ferguson with his riflemen . Ferguson was a fit associate for Tarleton , in hardy , scrambling , partisan enterprise ; equally in- trepid , and determined , but cooler and more oper to impulses of humanity . He was the son ...
... Major Patrick Ferguson with his riflemen . Ferguson was a fit associate for Tarleton , in hardy , scrambling , partisan enterprise ; equally in- trepid , and determined , but cooler and more oper to impulses of humanity . He was the son ...
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... major's unerring rifle.1 On the evening of the 13th of April , Tarleton moved with the van toward Monk's Corner . A night march had been judged the most advisable . It was made in profound silence and by unfre- quented roads . In the ...
... major's unerring rifle.1 On the evening of the 13th of April , Tarleton moved with the van toward Monk's Corner . A night march had been judged the most advisable . It was made in profound silence and by unfre- quented roads . In the ...
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... Major Ferguson , we are told , was for putting the dragoons to instant death , but Colonel Webster did not think his powers war- ranted such a measure . 66 They were sent to head - quarters , " adds the historian , " and , I be- lieve ...
... Major Ferguson , we are told , was for putting the dragoons to instant death , but Colonel Webster did not think his powers war- ranted such a measure . 66 They were sent to head - quarters , " adds the historian , " and , I be- lieve ...
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Seite 471 - 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 so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 435 - If this then be your treatment, while the swords you wear are necessary for the defence of America, what have you to expect from peace, when your voice shall sink, and your strength dissipate by division ; when those very swords, the instruments and companions, of your glory, shall be taken from your sides, and no remaining mark of military distinction left but your wants, infirmities, and scars...
Seite 427 - With a mixture of great surprise and astonishment, I have read with attention the sentiments you have submitted to my perusal. Be assured, Sir, no occurrence in the course of the war...
Seite 463 - ... country, and his prayers to the God of armies. May ample justice be done them here, and may the choicest of Heaven's favors, both here and hereafter, attend those who, under the Divine auspices, have secured innumerable blessings for others. With these wishes, and this benediction, the commander-in-chief is about to retire from service. The curtain of separation will soon be drawn, and the military scene to him will be closed for ever.
Seite 428 - Let me conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for yourself or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind, and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
Seite 310 - It would have been a less painful circumstance to me to have heard that in consequence of your non-compliance with their request, they had burnt my house and laid the plantation in ruins. You ought to have considered yourself as my representative, and should have reflected on the bad example of communicating with the enemy, and making a voluntary offer of refreshments to them with a view to prevent a conflagration.
Seite 434 - 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 537 - ... my sensibility, and increase my regret at parting from the enjoyments of private life. All that now remains for me is to commit myself and you to the...
Seite 430 - I see such a number of men, goaded by a thousand stings of reflection on the past, and of anticipation on the future, about to be turned into the world, soured by penury, and what they call the ingratitude of the public, involved in debts, without one farthing of money to carry them home, after having spent the flower of their days, and many of them their patrimonies, in establishing the freedom and independence of their country...
Seite 518 - That the property of the United States, has been protected from the confiscations of Britain by the joint exertions of all, and therefore ought to be the common property of all. And he that attempts opposition to this creed is an enemy to equity and justice, and ought to be swept from off the face of the earth.