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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... repeated , with infinitely more difficulty , during the active operations of the campaign of 1776. The attention of congress CHAP . I. 1776 . CHAP . I. was very early called to this interesting 1 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 59.
... repeated , with infinitely more difficulty , during the active operations of the campaign of 1776. The attention of congress CHAP . I. 1776 . CHAP . I. was very early called to this interesting 1 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 59.
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... 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 few cavalry ; but the expense attending ...
... 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 few cavalry ; but the expense attending ...
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... sense of personal wrongs produced a temper , which national con- siderations had been found too weak to excite ; and when the battles of Trenton and Princeton - VOL . III . K CHAP . II . gave a turn to the operations GEORGE WASHINGTON . 65.
... sense of personal wrongs produced a temper , which national con- siderations had been found too weak to excite ; and when the battles of Trenton and Princeton - VOL . III . K CHAP . II . gave a turn to the operations GEORGE WASHINGTON . 65.
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... operations of the armies , 1777. and released the inhabitants from the fears created by the presence of their invaders , the great body of the people flew to arms ; and those who could not be brought into the field to check the advance ...
... operations of the armies , 1777. and released the inhabitants from the fears created by the presence of their invaders , the great body of the people flew to arms ; and those who could not be brought into the field to check the advance ...
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... operations . The process in camp was so conducted that no advantage of it was taken by the enemy , and the example given in the army was fortunately followed very generally through the country ; so that * this alarming disease , in a ...
... operations . The process in camp was so conducted that no advantage of it was taken by the enemy , and the example given in the army was fortunately followed very generally through the country ; so that * this alarming disease , in a ...
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