Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... wilderness , was sent to Virginia with two regiments of troops . To these were added some Virginians under Washington , who was now a colonel . Through the wilderness marched Braddock against Fort Duquesne , a 12 HEROES OF THE ARMY.
... wilderness , was sent to Virginia with two regiments of troops . To these were added some Virginians under Washington , who was now a colonel . Through the wilderness marched Braddock against Fort Duquesne , a 12 HEROES OF THE ARMY.
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... troops ran , leaving their baggage and cannon behind them , he tried to rally them in vain . " They ran like sheep before the hounds , " he wrote . The best he could do was to cover their retreat . Washington took only a local part in ...
... troops ran , leaving their baggage and cannon behind them , he tried to rally them in vain . " They ran like sheep before the hounds , " he wrote . The best he could do was to cover their retreat . Washington took only a local part in ...
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... troops to sail away from Boston , on whose streets no foeman's foot ever afterwards trod . He had won in the first move of the war . The second act was at New York . In August , 1774 , the British landed thirty thousand skilled soldiers ...
... troops to sail away from Boston , on whose streets no foeman's foot ever afterwards trod . He had won in the first move of the war . The second act was at New York . In August , 1774 , the British landed thirty thousand skilled soldiers ...
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... troops lay in fancied security , took them by surprise and utterly 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 ...
... troops lay in fancied security , took them by surprise and utterly 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 ...
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... troops , and was active at the battle of Bunker Hill , where he was ranking officer , though he left the actual command in Prescott's hands . He bade his men to reserve their fire till the enemy were within eight rods , which Prescott ...
... troops , and was active at the battle of Bunker Hill , where he was ranking officer , though he left the actual command in Prescott's hands . He bade his men to reserve their fire till the enemy were within eight rods , which Prescott ...
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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...