The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, Band 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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... engaged in this action amounted to about twelve hundred * men , and the loss in killed , wounded , and miss- * There is some variance between this statement and that which has been made by Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Gordon , although their ...
... engaged in this action amounted to about twelve hundred * men , and the loss in killed , wounded , and miss- * There is some variance between this statement and that which has been made by Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Gordon , although their ...
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... engaged in an equal conflict with the cavalry who had passed the bridge . These gallant men * finding themselves overpowered by numbers , and that their comrades could not support them , pressed over the causeway , and wheeling into the ...
... engaged in an equal conflict with the cavalry who had passed the bridge . These gallant men * finding themselves overpowered by numbers , and that their comrades could not support them , pressed over the causeway , and wheeling into the ...
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... engaged with the main body . Lieu- tenant Colonel Stuart , perceiving the materials of which this line was composed , and probably anticipating its speedy discomfiture , to avoid exposing his flanks to the American cavalry , had ...
... engaged with the main body . Lieu- tenant Colonel Stuart , perceiving the materials of which this line was composed , and probably anticipating its speedy discomfiture , to avoid exposing his flanks to the American cavalry , had ...
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... engaged in this hard fought battle received the applause of the general . Almost every officer whose situation enabled him to attract notice was named with distinction . " Never , " he said , " was ar- tillery better served ; " but ...
... engaged in this hard fought battle received the applause of the general . Almost every officer whose situation enabled him to attract notice was named with distinction . " Never , " he said , " was ar- tillery better served ; " but ...
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... engaged was about expiring , and no adequate measures had been taken for supplying their places . It proved untrue ; but such was its impression , that the general addressed a letter to the governor of South Carolina , in which , after ...
... engaged was about expiring , and no adequate measures had been taken for supplying their places . It proved untrue ; but such was its impression , that the general addressed a letter to the governor of South Carolina , in which , after ...
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