Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... called an Amer- ican army before that time ; therefore with the first exploit of Washington at the head of the Virginia forces in the spring of 1754 the history of the Ameri- can army may be said to have begun . So with the shining ...
... called an Amer- ican army before that time ; therefore with the first exploit of Washington at the head of the Virginia forces in the spring of 1754 the history of the Ameri- can army may be said to have begun . So with the shining ...
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... called well - born . He belonged to the colonial aristocracy of the Old Dominion . His ancestors came from noble English families , the first Americans among them , Lawrence and John Washington , coming to Virginia in the time of ...
... called well - born . He belonged to the colonial aristocracy of the Old Dominion . His ancestors came from noble English families , the first Americans among them , Lawrence and John Washington , coming to Virginia in the time of ...
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... called the Great Meadows , shots were fired and the leader of the French was killed . That , as we have said , was the first shot in the first important American war , a conflict which was to last for seven years , and not end until the ...
... called the Great Meadows , shots were fired and the leader of the French was killed . That , as we have said , was the first shot in the first important American war , a conflict which was to last for seven years , and not end until the ...
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... called out , he was again chosen as commander - in - chief . Fortunately no fighting came and the old hero was not disturbed in his home . In December , 1799 , he took a severe cold from riding in wet weather round his farm . It rapidly ...
... called out , he was again chosen as commander - in - chief . Fortunately no fighting came and the old hero was not disturbed in his home . In December , 1799 , he took a severe cold from riding in wet weather round his farm . It rapidly ...
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... called for another pair , dipped them into the water , and kept on . An officer called him down from that minent danger , but he would not budge . fight the enemy inch by inch , " he cried . post of im- 66 We must Despite his efforts ...
... called for another pair , dipped them into the water , and kept on . An officer called him down from that minent danger , but he would not budge . fight the enemy inch by inch , " he cried . post of im- 66 We must Despite his efforts ...
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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
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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...