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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, ²Ä 2 ¨÷C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... soldiers by his countenance and example . The enemy fought under cover of the trees and high grass , with which the country abounds . The engagement was con- tinued with great resolution from ten in the morning until dark , when ...
... soldiers by his countenance and example . The enemy fought under cover of the trees and high grass , with which the country abounds . The engagement was con- tinued with great resolution from ten in the morning until dark , when ...
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... , how much we esteem their approbation , and as it ought to be , regard it as the voice of our country . Signed for the whole corps , GEO : WASHINGTON . " CHAP . I. soldiers engaged in the action , as £á 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 11.
... , how much we esteem their approbation , and as it ought to be , regard it as the voice of our country . Signed for the whole corps , GEO : WASHINGTON . " CHAP . I. soldiers engaged in the action , as £á 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 11.
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... soldiers engaged in the action , as a reward for 1754. their bravery . The regiment returned to Winchester to be recruited , and the companies expected from North Carolina and Maryland having arrived , governor Dinwiddie , without ...
... soldiers engaged in the action , as a reward for 1754. their bravery . The regiment returned to Winchester to be recruited , and the companies expected from North Carolina and Maryland having arrived , governor Dinwiddie , without ...
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... soldier , to submit to a degradation so humiliating as this . Pro- fessing his unabated inclination to continue in the service , he retired indignantly from it , and answered the various letters which he received pressing him still to ...
... soldier , to submit to a degradation so humiliating as this . Pro- fessing his unabated inclination to continue in the service , he retired indignantly from it , and answered the various letters which he received pressing him still to ...
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... soldier . He had two horses killed under him , and four balls through his coat ; but to the astonishment of all , escaped unhurt , while every other officer on horseback was either killed or wounded . " I expected 1755 . every moment ...
... soldier . He had two horses killed under him , and four balls through his coat ; but to the astonishment of all , escaped unhurt , while every other officer on horseback was either killed or wounded . " I expected 1755 . every moment ...
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