Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... and countermarches ; Fort Washington , with its three thousand men , was captured by the British ; all looked dark for the patriots ; in despair General Reed asked : " My God , General Washington , how long shall HEROES OF THE ARMY 15.
... and countermarches ; Fort Washington , with its three thousand men , was captured by the British ; all looked dark for the patriots ; in despair General Reed asked : " My God , General Washington , how long shall HEROES OF THE ARMY 15.
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... looked upon him as the greatest soldier of the age , while his own people both admired and loved him . He was hailed by all as the savior of his country . The war ended , Washington retired to his home at Mount Vernon , where he ...
... looked upon him as the greatest soldier of the age , while his own people both admired and loved him . He was hailed by all as the savior of his country . The war ended , Washington retired to his home at Mount Vernon , where he ...
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... looked for a severe censure . He might even be courtmartialed . As it proved , he had no cause for fear . Lyman , ashamed of his panic , chose to forget Putnam's action and had only words of praise for the behavior of the party . Putnam ...
... looked for a severe censure . He might even be courtmartialed . As it proved , he had no cause for fear . Lyman , ashamed of his panic , chose to forget Putnam's action and had only words of praise for the behavior of the party . Putnam ...
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... was to be done ? Putnam did not hesitate . The boat was pushed from the shore and in a few minutes was shooting down the current . The Indians looked on in amazement . Down the foaming stream sped the seem- ingly 24 HEROES OF THE ARMY.
... was to be done ? Putnam did not hesitate . The boat was pushed from the shore and in a few minutes was shooting down the current . The Indians looked on in amazement . Down the foaming stream sped the seem- ingly 24 HEROES OF THE ARMY.
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... looked on expecting every moment to see him dashed to pieces . But the mettled steed dashed down the dangerous hill in safety and the daring rider escaped . Putnam was now near the end of his long military career . In 1779 , while ...
... looked on expecting every moment to see him dashed to pieces . But the mettled steed dashed down the dangerous hill in safety and the daring rider escaped . Putnam was now near the end of his long military career . In 1779 , while ...
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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...