Library of Universal Literature: In Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations, Band 15P. F. Collier, 1900 |
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... Point , he had drawn up his forces to his former encampment at Newburg , where he established his headquarters for the winter . In the leisure and idleness of a winter camp the discontents of the army had time to ferment . The ...
... Point , he had drawn up his forces to his former encampment at Newburg , where he established his headquarters for the winter . In the leisure and idleness of a winter camp the discontents of the army had time to ferment . The ...
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... point of service , and not worthy to be called soldiers , ” insulting the sovereign authority of the Union and that of their own State . He vindicated the army at large , how- ever , from the stain the behavior of these men might cast ...
... point of service , and not worthy to be called soldiers , ” insulting the sovereign authority of the Union and that of their own State . He vindicated the army at large , how- ever , from the stain the behavior of these men might cast ...
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... Point ; and after reconnoitering those eventful posts , returned to Schenectady , whence they proceeded up the valley of the Mohawk River , " to have a view , " writes Washington , " of that tract of country which is so much celebrated ...
... Point ; and after reconnoitering those eventful posts , returned to Schenectady , whence they proceeded up the valley of the Mohawk River , " to have a view , " writes Washington , " of that tract of country which is so much celebrated ...
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... Point to be ready to take possession of the posts as they were vacated . On the 21st the British troops were drawn in from the oft - disputed post of King's Bridge and from M'Gowan's Pass , also from the various posts on the eastern ...
... Point to be ready to take possession of the posts as they were vacated . On the 21st the British troops were drawn in from the oft - disputed post of King's Bridge and from M'Gowan's Pass , also from the various posts on the eastern ...
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... Point . Sir Guy Carleton had intimated a wish that Washington would be at hand to take immediate possession of the city , and prevent all outrage , as he had been informed of a plot to plunder the place whenever the king's troops should ...
... Point . Sir Guy Carleton had intimated a wish that Washington would be at hand to take immediate possession of the city , and prevent all outrage , as he had been informed of a plot to plunder the place whenever the king's troops should ...
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