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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... colonel Campbell and five Hessian field officers were taken into close custody , and , they were assured that the resolution above mentioned , should be strictly enforced . The sentiments of the commander in chief on the subject of ...
... colonel Campbell and five Hessian field officers were taken into close custody , and , they were assured that the resolution above mentioned , should be strictly enforced . The sentiments of the commander in chief on the subject of ...
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... colonel Bland . The active and extensive operations of 1776 , disclosed fully to the commander in chief , the disadvantages to be combated by an army composed almost entirely of infantry . Among the militia of Connecticut were indeed a ...
... colonel Bland . The active and extensive operations of 1776 , disclosed fully to the commander in chief , the disadvantages to be combated by an army composed almost entirely of infantry . Among the militia of Connecticut were indeed a ...
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... colonel Knox , now pro- moted to the rank of a brigadier general ; to take Bland's regiment into continental pay ; to raise a body of three thousand cavalry ; and to enable general Washington to create a corps of engineers . In this ...
... colonel Knox , now pro- moted to the rank of a brigadier general ; to take Bland's regiment into continental pay ; to raise a body of three thousand cavalry ; and to enable general Washington to create a corps of engineers . In this ...
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... colonel Putnam , a very valuable officer from New England , appears to have been frequently employed in the capacity of an engineer . It cannot derogate from his merit to say , that it was im- possible he could possess the professional ...
... colonel Putnam , a very valuable officer from New England , appears to have been frequently employed in the capacity of an engineer . It cannot derogate from his merit to say , that it was im- possible he could possess the professional ...
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... colonel Meiggs to Sagg harbour .... Sir William Howe moves out to Somerset court - house in great force .... Returns to Amboy .... Endeavours to cut off the re- treat of the American army to Middlebrook , but is dis- appointed .... Lord ...
... colonel Meiggs to Sagg harbour .... Sir William Howe moves out to Somerset court - house in great force .... Returns to Amboy .... Endeavours to cut off the re- treat of the American army to Middlebrook , but is dis- appointed .... Lord ...
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