The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Band 2J. Crissy, 1832 |
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... engaged in this action amounted to about twelve hundred * men , and the loss in killed , wounded , and miss- * There is some variance between this statement and that which has been made by Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Gordon , although their ...
... engaged in this action amounted to about twelve hundred * men , and the loss in killed , wounded , and miss- * There is some variance between this statement and that which has been made by Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Gordon , although their ...
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... engaged in an equal conflict with the cavalry who had passed the bridge . These gallant men * finding themselves overpowered by numbers , and that their comrades could not support them , pressed over the causeway , and wheeling into the ...
... engaged in an equal conflict with the cavalry who had passed the bridge . These gallant men * finding themselves overpowered by numbers , and that their comrades could not support them , pressed over the causeway , and wheeling into the ...
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... engaged with the main body . Lieu- tenant Colonel Stuart , perceiving the materials of which this line was composed , and probably anticipating its speedy discomfiture , to avoid exposing his flanks to the American cavalry , had ...
... engaged with the main body . Lieu- tenant Colonel Stuart , perceiving the materials of which this line was composed , and probably anticipating its speedy discomfiture , to avoid exposing his flanks to the American cavalry , had ...
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... engaged in this hard fought battle received the applause of the general . Almost every officer whose situation enabled him to attract notice was named with distinction . 66 " Never , " he said , was ar- tillery better served ; " but ...
... engaged in this hard fought battle received the applause of the general . Almost every officer whose situation enabled him to attract notice was named with distinction . 66 " Never , " he said , was ar- tillery better served ; " but ...
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... engaged was about expiring , and no adequate measures had been taken for supplying their places . It proved untrue ; but such was its impression , that the general addressed a letter to the governor of South Carolina , in which , after ...
... engaged was about expiring , and no adequate measures had been taken for supplying their places . It proved untrue ; but such was its impression , that the general addressed a letter to the governor of South Carolina , in which , after ...
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