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IN AMERICA

BY

CHARLES MORRIS

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AUTHOR OF "HISTORICAL TALES, ""HALF-HOURS WITH

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HARVARD
COLLEGE
LIBRARY

Copyright, 1906
by

J. B. Lippincott Company

Published November, 1906

CONTENTS

PAGE

GEORGE WASHINGTON, THE PEERLESS SOLDIER AND STATES

MAN

ISRAEL PUTNAM, THE BOLD RANGER AND WARRIOR.
JOHN STARK, THE OLD SOLDIER OF BENNINGTON.
ETHAN ALLEN, THE CHIEF OF THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS 38
NATHANIEL Greene, the Rescuer of the SOUTH.
ANTHONY WAYNE, THE STORMER OF STONY POINT...

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46

BENJAMIN LINCOLN, THE RECEIVER OF THE SWORD OF

CORNWALLIS

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66

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81

DANIEL MORGAn, the Rifleman of the RevOLUTION.
HENRY LEE, THE LIGHT HORSE HARRY OF '76.............
FRANCIS MARION, THE SWAMP FOX OF THE CAROLINAS.... 89
GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, THE WINNER OF THE NORTHWEST.. 99
WINFIELD SCOTT, THE VICTOR AT NIAGARA AND IN MEXICO 108
ANDREW JACKSON, THE OLD HICKORY OF THE BATTLEFIELD 116
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, THE HERO OF TIPPECANOE... 125
SAMUEL HOUSTON, THE WINNER OF TEXAN INDEPENDENCE 133
ZACHARY TAYLOR, THE ROUGH AND READY OF BUENA

VISTA

142

GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, FIRST COMMANDER OF THE ARMY
OF THE POTOMAC.

150

ULYSSES S. GRANT, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMIES
OF THE UNION...

158

ROBERT E. LEE, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONFED-
ERATE ARMIES..

170

WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, HERO OF THE MARCH THROUGH
GEORGIA

.....

179

THOMAS J. JACKSON, THE STONE WALL OF THE CONFEDERACY 189
GEORGE H. THOMAS, THE ROCK OF CHICKAMAUGA.
GEORGE G. MEADE, THE VICTOR AT GETTYSBURG.

196

206

JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, COMMANDER OF THE LAST CONFED

ERATE ARMY.

213

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