Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... country suddenly from peace to war , and two months later , when Congress deliberated upon the choice of a commander - in - chief for the patriot soldiers besieging Boston , Washington was unani- mously elected to 14 HEROES OF THE ARMY.
... country suddenly from peace to war , and two months later , when Congress deliberated upon the choice of a commander - in - chief for the patriot soldiers besieging Boston , Washington was unani- mously elected to 14 HEROES OF THE ARMY.
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... later time Putnam , now with the rank of colonel , took part in the Pontiac War , and here marched side by side with his old chief , who had joined the English and went with them to do - battle with the ancient enemies of his tribe ...
... later time Putnam , now with the rank of colonel , took part in the Pontiac War , and here marched side by side with his old chief , who had joined the English and went with them to do - battle with the ancient enemies of his tribe ...
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... later the war with the French and In- dians began , and Stark at once joined the corps of rangers under Robert Rogers , a bold partisan who became famous during the war . Stark , already known as an able scout , was made a lieutenant in ...
... later the war with the French and In- dians began , and Stark at once joined the corps of rangers under Robert Rogers , a bold partisan who became famous during the war . Stark , already known as an able scout , was made a lieutenant in ...
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... later on sent to reinforce General Washington . It reached his camp , on the west bank of the Delaware , on December 20 , increasing his army to about seven thousand men . Soon after arriving Stark had a conversation with General Wash ...
... later on sent to reinforce General Washington . It reached his camp , on the west bank of the Delaware , on December 20 , increasing his army to about seven thousand men . Soon after arriving Stark had a conversation with General Wash ...
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... later Congress ordered such an expedition , but then it proved too late and the affair ended in defeat and disaster . Meanwhile Colonel Allen proceeded to Philadelphia , where he received the thanks of the Continental Con- gress for his ...
... later Congress ordered such an expedition , but then it proved too late and the affair ended in defeat and disaster . Meanwhile Colonel Allen proceeded to Philadelphia , where he received the thanks of the Continental Con- gress for his ...
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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...