The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesHenry T. Coates, 1882 - 489 Seiten |
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... whole number amount to twenty - seven thousand ; but the men were not accustomed to the life of the camp ; they were much exposed from the want of tents , and one quarter of the whole army were taken from duty by sickness . While ...
... whole number amount to twenty - seven thousand ; but the men were not accustomed to the life of the camp ; they were much exposed from the want of tents , and one quarter of the whole army were taken from duty by sickness . While ...
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... whole world , that a freeman , contending for liberty on his own ground , is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth . " July 21 In the communication to his army of the success of the Americans at Fort Moultrie , near Charleston , he ...
... whole world , that a freeman , contending for liberty on his own ground , is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth . " July 21 In the communication to his army of the success of the Americans at Fort Moultrie , near Charleston , he ...
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... whole regiments , by half ones , and by com- panies at a time . This circumstance , of itself , inde- pendent of others , when fronted by a well appointed enemy , superior in number to our whole collected . force , would be sufficiently ...
... whole regiments , by half ones , and by com- panies at a time . This circumstance , of itself , inde- pendent of others , when fronted by a well appointed enemy , superior in number to our whole collected . force , would be sufficiently ...
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