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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Hon. Bushrod Washington from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, Band 4Richard Phillips, 1805 |
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... wounded . No military force now remaining in Georgia except the garrison of Sunbury , whose retreat to South Carolina was entirely cut off , all the lower part of that state fell into the hands of the enemy , who adopted measures to ...
... wounded . No military force now remaining in Georgia except the garrison of Sunbury , whose retreat to South Carolina was entirely cut off , all the lower part of that state fell into the hands of the enemy , who adopted measures to ...
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... wounded only one officer and fifteen privates , restored their communication with the Indians , and with their friends in the back country ; and was supposed to give them such complete posses- sion of Georgia , that a proclamation was ...
... wounded only one officer and fifteen privates , restored their communication with the Indians , and with their friends in the back country ; and was supposed to give them such complete posses- sion of Georgia , that a proclamation was ...
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... wounded at twenty - four officers and one hundred and fifty - five privates ; of these , five officers died of their wounds , and thirty - five privates were killed in the field . The loss fell prin- cipally on the continental troops ...
... wounded at twenty - four officers and one hundred and fifty - five privates ; of these , five officers died of their wounds , and thirty - five privates were killed in the field . The loss fell prin- cipally on the continental troops ...
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... wounded the feelings of the commander in chief . To take up the subject without doing too much for the actual circumstances of the army , would seem to be doing too little for the occasion . He therefore declined taking any other notice ...
... wounded the feelings of the commander in chief . To take up the subject without doing too much for the actual circumstances of the army , would seem to be doing too little for the occasion . He therefore declined taking any other notice ...
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... of the former , se- venteen were killed or wounded . The loss sustained by the garrison was not con- siderable . The return made by Lieutenant - colonel Johnson Johnson represented their killed at only twenty , including one 124 THE LIFE ...
... of the former , se- venteen were killed or wounded . The loss sustained by the garrison was not con- siderable . The return made by Lieutenant - colonel Johnson Johnson represented their killed at only twenty , including one 124 THE LIFE ...
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