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. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, Band 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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... resolution of endeavouring to reannex it to the American union . His army consisted of about eighteen hundred men . The prospect of procuring subsistence was unpromising , and the chance of reinforcements precarious . He was apprized of ...
... resolution of endeavouring to reannex it to the American union . His army consisted of about eighteen hundred men . The prospect of procuring subsistence was unpromising , and the chance of reinforcements precarious . He was apprized of ...
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... resolution . Some companies on the right of the Maryland regi- ment returned the fire of the enemy , and their example was followed by the others . Notwithstanding this departure from orders , they continued to advance with intrepidity ...
... resolution . Some companies on the right of the Maryland regi- ment returned the fire of the enemy , and their example was followed by the others . Notwithstanding this departure from orders , they continued to advance with intrepidity ...
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... resolution was taken to attack Coates early next morning . In the course of the night he set fire to the church , in order to destroy the stores which were collected in it , and commenced his march to Charleston , by the road east of ...
... resolution was taken to attack Coates early next morning . In the course of the night he set fire to the church , in order to destroy the stores which were collected in it , and commenced his march to Charleston , by the road east of ...
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... resolution , Sumner's brigade began to give way , and the British rushed forward in some disorder . Greene then directed Williams and Campbell to charge with the bayonet , and at the same time ordered Washington to bring up he reserve ...
... resolution , Sumner's brigade began to give way , and the British rushed forward in some disorder . Greene then directed Williams and Campbell to charge with the bayonet , and at the same time ordered Washington to bring up he reserve ...
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... resolution was passed for " presenting to Major General Greene , " as * The British accounts acknowledge only two hundred and fifty - seven missing ; but General Greene , in his letter of the 11th of September , says , that including ...
... resolution was passed for " presenting to Major General Greene , " as * The British accounts acknowledge only two hundred and fifty - seven missing ; but General Greene , in his letter of the 11th of September , says , that including ...
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