Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... charge and his small force was incapable of facing them , he ordered the men into a swamp unfit for horse- men and rode at full gallop down the steep steps , while the foe looked on expecting every moment to see him dashed to pieces ...
... charge and his small force was incapable of facing them , he ordered the men into a swamp unfit for horse- men and rode at full gallop down the steep steps , while the foe looked on expecting every moment to see him dashed to pieces ...
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... charge was made and the lack of ammunition forced the Americans to retreat . In the heat of the action a soldier came to Stark with the report that his son , a youth of sixteen who was with him in the field , had been killed . " This is ...
... charge was made and the lack of ammunition forced the Americans to retreat . In the heat of the action a soldier came to Stark with the report that his son , a youth of sixteen who was with him in the field , had been killed . " This is ...
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... charges against him were false , and then resigned his post as quartermaster . In June , 1780 , Washington moved north to protect West Point , which the British seemed on the point of attacking , and left Greene on duty at Springfield ...
... charges against him were false , and then resigned his post as quartermaster . In June , 1780 , Washington moved north to protect West Point , which the British seemed on the point of attacking , and left Greene on duty at Springfield ...
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... charge of the disorganized and scattered forces . It was his first independent command , and in it he was to gain a fame second only to that of Washington himself . General Greene had a task before him that would have HEROES OF THE ARMY 51.
... charge of the disorganized and scattered forces . It was his first independent command , and in it he was to gain a fame second only to that of Washington himself . General Greene had a task before him that would have HEROES OF THE ARMY 51.
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... charge . with the bayonet , while the militia on the wings poured a sharp shower of bullets into their ranks . This ... charged the British cavalry , more than three times his number , so impetuously , that they , too , broke and sought ...
... charge . with the bayonet , while the militia on the wings poured a sharp shower of bullets into their ranks . This ... charged the British cavalry , more than three times his number , so impetuously , that they , too , broke and sought ...
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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...