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 Honourable 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, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... camp , directly into that of the enemy . In consequence of these irregularities , and the remonstrances of the commander in chief , a commissary of prisoners was at length appointed , and exchanges were regularly made . station , sir ...
... camp , directly into that of the enemy . In consequence of these irregularities , and the remonstrances of the commander in chief , a commissary of prisoners was at length appointed , and exchanges were regularly made . station , sir ...
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... camp . But regulars engaged only for a short time , and militia engaged for a still shorter time , receive all these unfa- vourable impressions , without remaining long enough for them to wear off . They conse quently acquire a distaste ...
... camp . But regulars engaged only for a short time , and militia engaged for a still shorter time , receive all these unfa- vourable impressions , without remaining long enough for them to wear off . They conse quently acquire a distaste ...
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... camp , was also a very serious mischief . Connected with short inlistments , and with the organization of civil governments in Ame- rica , were other defects in the structure of the army , which produced no inconsiderable degree of ...
... camp , was also a very serious mischief . Connected with short inlistments , and with the organization of civil governments in Ame- rica , were other defects in the structure of the army , which produced no inconsiderable degree of ...
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... camp to attend to this object . So many delays were experienced , that the dissolution of the army approached , before officers were appointed to recruit that which was to take its place . At length , con- gress resolved , that general ...
... camp to attend to this object . So many delays were experienced , that the dissolution of the army approached , before officers were appointed to recruit that which was to take its place . At length , con- gress resolved , that general ...
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... camp , by rendering it extremely difficult to obtain supplies of provisions or fuel . While the enemy was thus surrounded , ha- rassed , and confined , by little more than an imaginary army , the parts of which disappeared at the ...
... camp , by rendering it extremely difficult to obtain supplies of provisions or fuel . While the enemy was thus surrounded , ha- rassed , and confined , by little more than an imaginary army , the parts of which disappeared at the ...
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