The Biography of the Principal American Military and Naval Heroes: Comprehending Details of Their Achievements During the Revolutionary and Late Wars. Interspersed with Authentic Anecdotes Not Found in Any Other Work, 第 1 卷J. Low, 1821 |
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... prisoner he was offered the rank and emolument of a Colonel in the Bri- tish service . He begged the officer who made him the offer , never again to insult his misfortunes in so degrading a manner . Soon afterwards he was exchanged ...
... prisoner he was offered the rank and emolument of a Colonel in the Bri- tish service . He begged the officer who made him the offer , never again to insult his misfortunes in so degrading a manner . Soon afterwards he was exchanged ...
第 45 頁
... 'Ell and 20 men , with some other small parties , furiously charged their rear , by which 300 were killed and 140 taken prisoners . This vie- torious party being mistaken for the enemy by the left MILITARY AND NAVAL HEROES . 45.
... 'Ell and 20 men , with some other small parties , furiously charged their rear , by which 300 were killed and 140 taken prisoners . This vie- torious party being mistaken for the enemy by the left MILITARY AND NAVAL HEROES . 45.
第 47 頁
... prisoner and tied to a tree . For some time he was exposed to the double fire of the contend- ing parties , until at length the brave D'El and Harman succeeded in driving the enemy from the doubtful field . In this retreat , Major ...
... prisoner and tied to a tree . For some time he was exposed to the double fire of the contend- ing parties , until at length the brave D'El and Harman succeeded in driving the enemy from the doubtful field . In this retreat , Major ...
第 48 頁
... prisoners in this city was the philan- thropic Colonel Peter Schuyler , who having heard of the Major's arrival , sought him out , and at the scene of human misery which he presented , the Colonel expressed his irritation , even beyond ...
... prisoners in this city was the philan- thropic Colonel Peter Schuyler , who having heard of the Major's arrival , sought him out , and at the scene of human misery which he presented , the Colonel expressed his irritation , even beyond ...
第 60 頁
... , and Generals Lord Stirling and Sul- livan taken prisoners , Putnam was within the lines . After the retreat from Long - Island , the American army was divided into three grand divisions , of GO BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN.
... , and Generals Lord Stirling and Sul- livan taken prisoners , Putnam was within the lines . After the retreat from Long - Island , the American army was divided into three grand divisions , of GO BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN.
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第 217 頁 - MR. PRESIDENT: Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
第 260 頁 - It was impossible the choice of confidential officers to compose my family should have been more fortunate. Permit me, sir, to recommend in particular those who have continued in the service to the present moment, as worthy of the favourable notice and patronage of Congress.
第 259 頁 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with ^ diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which however was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the Supreme Power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven.
第 260 頁 - ... doubtful war. Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge, before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without funds or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
第 217 頁 - But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I, this day, declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
第 222 頁 - You affect, sir, to despise all rank not derived from the same source with your own. I cannot conceive one more honorable than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people, the purest source and original fountain of all power.
第 220 頁 - ... exercise their reason, to believe that the divine Author of our existence intended' a part of the human race to hold an absolute property in, and an unbounded power over others, marked out by his infinite goodness and wisdom, as the objects of a legal domination never rightfully...
第 259 頁 - ... Mr. President, The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place; I have now the honor of offering my sincere Congratulations to Congress and of presenting myself before them to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the Service of my Country. Happy in the confirmation of our Independence and Sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable Nation, I resign...
第 220 頁 - ... contest, where regard should be had to truth, law or right, have at length, deserting those, attempted to effect their cruel and impolitic purpose of enslaving these Colonies by violence, and have thereby rendered it necessary for us to close with their last appeal from reason to arms. Yet, however blinded that assembly may be, by their intemperate rage for unlimited domination, so to slight justice and the opinion of mankind, we esteem ourselves bound by obligations of respect to the rest of...
第 259 頁 - While I repeat my obligations to the army in general, I should do injustice to my own feelings not to acknowledge, in this place, the peculiar services and distinguished merits of the gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the war.