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... army surrounding Boston , and with the actual hos- tilities there existing . Washington , for his part , went quietly about as before , saying nothing and observing much , work- ing hard as chairman of the military committees , planning ...
... army surrounding Boston , and with the actual hos- tilities there existing . Washington , for his part , went quietly about as before , saying nothing and observing much , work- ing hard as chairman of the military committees , planning ...
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... army , among a democratic people , hard - working and simple in their lives , and dissent- ers to the backbone , who regarded episcopacy as something little short of papistry and quite equiva- lent to toryism . Yet the shout that went ...
... army , among a democratic people , hard - working and simple in their lives , and dissent- ers to the backbone , who regarded episcopacy as something little short of papistry and quite equiva- lent to toryism . Yet the shout that went ...
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... army , if it deserved the name , was but an assemblage of brave , enthusiastic , undisciplined , country lads ; the officers in general quite as igno- rant of military life as the troops , excepting a few elderly men , who had seen some ...
... army , if it deserved the name , was but an assemblage of brave , enthusiastic , undisciplined , country lads ; the officers in general quite as igno- rant of military life as the troops , excepting a few elderly men , who had seen some ...
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... army under the guidance of a master - mind and the steady pressure of an unbending will . Then too there was no discipline , for the army was composed of raw militia , who elected their officers and carried on war as they pleased . In a ...
... army under the guidance of a master - mind and the steady pressure of an unbending will . Then too there was no discipline , for the army was composed of raw militia , who elected their officers and carried on war as they pleased . In a ...
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... army into order , however , was but a small part of his duties . It is necessary to run over all his difficulties , great and small , at this time , and count them up , in order to gain a just idea of the force and capacity of the man ...
... army into order , however , was but a small part of his duties . It is necessary to run over all his difficulties , great and small , at this time , and count them up , in order to gain a just idea of the force and capacity of the man ...
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