Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... attacking as he was ordered . For once Washington broke into a rage and fairly swore at the culprit . But it was too ... attack them . The principal events were the gallant capture of Stony Point , on the Hudson , by General Wayne , and ...
... attacking as he was ordered . For once Washington broke into a rage and fairly swore at the culprit . But it was too ... attack them . The principal events were the gallant capture of Stony Point , on the Hudson , by General Wayne , and ...
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... attack from the French , General Lyman , the officer in command , sent a body of laborers into the forest to cut timber to strengthen the fort , while Captain Little , with fifty British soldiers , were posted to protect them . Here ...
... attack from the French , General Lyman , the officer in command , sent a body of laborers into the forest to cut timber to strengthen the fort , while Captain Little , with fifty British soldiers , were posted to protect them . Here ...
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... took part in Abercrombie's disastrous attack on Fort Ticonderoga in 1758 , and in the following year joined Amherst's army and was present at the reduction of the French strongholds of Ticonderoga and Crown Point 32 HEROES OF THE ARMY.
... took part in Abercrombie's disastrous attack on Fort Ticonderoga in 1758 , and in the following year joined Amherst's army and was present at the reduction of the French strongholds of Ticonderoga and Crown Point 32 HEROES OF THE ARMY.
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... attacked the enemy in front , two others were sent to attack them on right and left in the rear . The rear attack set the Indians in flight , the Tories were driven over the small river that formed part of the lines , and Baum with his ...
... attacked the enemy in front , two others were sent to attack them on right and left in the rear . The rear attack set the Indians in flight , the Tories were driven over the small river that formed part of the lines , and Baum with his ...
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... attacked the enemy . Stark joined him with what men he had collected , and another sharp fight began , ending at nightfall in the repulse of the enemy . " With one hour more of daylight , " said Stark , “ we would have captured the ...
... attacked the enemy . Stark joined him with what men he had collected , and another sharp fight began , ending at nightfall in the repulse of the enemy . " With one hour more of daylight , " said Stark , “ we would have captured the ...
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active advance afterwards American artillery attack battle battle of Antietam battle of Chickamauga battle of Perryville battle of Shiloh began Bragg brevet brigade brigadier-general British broke Burnside campaign captain captured career charge Chattanooga Colonel command Confederate Congress corps Crook crossed Custer daring defeat defence early enemy engaged expedition famous field fight fire flank followed force fought French garrison Grant Greene guns Hancock Harper's Ferry Hooker horse hundred Indians infantry Jackson Johnston July Lee's lieutenant major-general Marion McClellan Mexican miles military Morgan mountain movement Murfreesboro night North officer ordered position Potomac President prisoners raid rank reached rear regiment retreat Richmond River rode Rosecrans Scott sent Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman siege soldier soon South South Carolina Stonewall Jackson strong surrender taken Tennessee thousand took troops Union army valley victory Virginia volunteers Washington Wayne West Point Wheeler wounded
Popular passages
Page 153 - If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. " You have done your best to sacrifice this army.
Page 186 - I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 29 - Edmund Palmer, an officer in the enemy's service, was taken as a spy lurking within our lines ; he has been tried as a spy, condemned as a spy, and shall be executed as a spy ; and the flag is ordered to depart immediately. " ISRAEL PUTNAM. " PS — He has, accordingly, been executed.
Page 161 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 183 - There are many officers to whom these remarks are applicable to a greater or less degree, proportionate to their ability as soldiers ; but what I want is to express my thanks to you and McPherson, as the men to whom, above all others, I feel indebted for whatever I have had of success.
Page 172 - With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Page 14 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Page 220 - In this position, the left wing received six distinct assaults by the combined forces of Hoke, Hardee, and Cheatham, under the immediate command of General Johnston himself, without giving an inch of ground, and doing good execution on the enemy's ranks, especially with our artillery, the enemy having little or none.
Page 187 - I declined it publicly, and the fact was universally noticed. I then took my post on the left of the President, and for six hours and a half stood, while the army passed in the order of the Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth, and Fourteenth Corps. It was, in my judgment, the most magnificent army in existence — sixty-five thousand men, in splendid physique, who had just completed a march of nearly two thousand miles in a hostile country...