The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 Seiten |
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... carried into the camp , the feelings and habits formed by their respective pursuits in pri- vate life . They were animated by the love of liberty , and possessed the resolution and bravery of hardy yeomanry ; but they could not easily ...
... carried into the camp , the feelings and habits formed by their respective pursuits in pri- vate life . They were animated by the love of liberty , and possessed the resolution and bravery of hardy yeomanry ; but they could not easily ...
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... carry home their arms ; but they were to receive payment for them by appraisement . Every soldier who inlisted was to find a gun , or pay a dollar to the government for the use of one during the campaign . Every soldier , who found ...
... carry home their arms ; but they were to receive payment for them by appraisement . Every soldier who inlisted was to find a gun , or pay a dollar to the government for the use of one during the campaign . Every soldier , who found ...
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... great event , and to be restrained in every military operation , for the want of the necessary means to carry it on , is not very pleasing ; espe- cially , as the means ussd to conceal my weakness 66 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... great event , and to be restrained in every military operation , for the want of the necessary means to carry it on , is not very pleasing ; espe- cially , as the means ussd to conceal my weakness 66 [ 1776 . LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... carry the British posts in Boston , and open the commu- nication by the neck to the American forces in Roxbury . Admiral Shuldham informed General Howe , that the Americans must be dislodged , or he could not remain with his fleet in ...
... carry the British posts in Boston , and open the commu- nication by the neck to the American forces in Roxbury . Admiral Shuldham informed General Howe , that the Americans must be dislodged , or he could not remain with his fleet in ...
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... carry the American works by regular approaches , the British commander broke - ground , on the night of the 28th , within six hun- dred yards of a redoubt . General Washington was fully sensible of the danger that awaited him . The ...
... carry the American works by regular approaches , the British commander broke - ground , on the night of the 28th , within six hun- dred yards of a redoubt . General Washington was fully sensible of the danger that awaited him . The ...
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