Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... held . The narrow island of Man- hattan was threatened on both sides by British ships that sailed up the Hudson and East Rivers , and Wash- ington was obliged to withdraw . There were marches and countermarches ; Fort Washington , with ...
... held . The narrow island of Man- hattan was threatened on both sides by British ships that sailed up the Hudson and East Rivers , and Wash- ington was obliged to withdraw . There were marches and countermarches ; Fort Washington , with ...
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... held at Phil- adelphia to form a new constitution for the republic , Washington was chosen to preside . In 1788 , when the time for the election of the first American President came , he was unanimously selected ; there was no other man ...
... held at Phil- adelphia to form a new constitution for the republic , Washington was chosen to preside . In 1788 , when the time for the election of the first American President came , he was unanimously selected ; there was no other man ...
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... held a man who had won fame by his daring , and when an exchange of prisoners was made , this seeming old invalid , at the suggestion of General Schuyler , a fellow - prisoner , was included among them . Thus Putnam got back to the army ...
... held a man who had won fame by his daring , and when an exchange of prisoners was made , this seeming old invalid , at the suggestion of General Schuyler , a fellow - prisoner , was included among them . Thus Putnam got back to the army ...
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... held their ground firmly and repelled the enemy with great loss , until the fourth British 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 ...
... held their ground firmly and repelled the enemy with great loss , until the fourth British 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 ...
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... held back the pursuing British until nightfall , thus giving the broken troops an oppor- tunity to reform their ranks and saving the army from destruction . At the subsequent battle of Germantown he was in command of the left wing and ...
... held back the pursuing British until nightfall , thus giving the broken troops an oppor- tunity to reform their ranks and saving the army from destruction . At the subsequent battle of Germantown he was in command of the left wing and ...
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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...