Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... defeated and driven back . But Washington proved equal to the situation ; at night a dense fog rolled in upon the harbor ; boats were hastily collected ; before morning the whole force was moved across the river , with nearly all the ...
... defeated and driven back . But Washington proved equal to the situation ; at night a dense fog rolled in upon the harbor ; boats were hastily collected ; before morning the whole force was moved across the river , with nearly all the ...
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... defeated them , taking a thousand prisoners . General Cornwallis hastened to march upon him with a large body of soldiers , confident that he now had him in a net from which he could not escape . But when the morning dawned Washington ...
... defeated them , taking a thousand prisoners . General Cornwallis hastened to march upon him with a large body of soldiers , confident that he now had him in a net from which he could not escape . But when the morning dawned Washington ...
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... defeated , Lafayette being among the wounded . The British took possession of Philadelphia . Here Washington attempted to surprise and defeat them and another hot contest took place at Germantown . But there were mistakes and errors ...
... defeated , Lafayette being among the wounded . The British took possession of Philadelphia . Here Washington attempted to surprise and defeat them and another hot contest took place at Germantown . But there were mistakes and errors ...
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... defeated but for the cowardly act of General Lee , who began to retreat , instead of attacking as he was ordered . For once Washington broke into a rage and fairly swore at the culprit . But it was too late to regain the lost advan ...
... defeated but for the cowardly act of General Lee , who began to retreat , instead of attacking as he was ordered . For once Washington broke into a rage and fairly swore at the culprit . But it was too late to regain the lost advan ...
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... of its daring deeds . After the battle with and defeat of Baron Dieskau , in which Stark took part , the militia regiments were disbanded and he returned home . But he was quickly 30 JOHN STARK, THE OLD SOLDIER OF BENNINGTON.
... of its daring deeds . After the battle with and defeat of Baron Dieskau , in which Stark took part , the militia regiments were disbanded and he returned home . But he was quickly 30 JOHN STARK, THE OLD SOLDIER OF BENNINGTON.
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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...