Life of George Washington, Količina 2Bohn, 1856 |
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... Want of Artillery - Henry Knox , the Artil- lerist His Mission to Ticonderoga - Re - enlistment of Troops - Lack of Public Spirit - Comments of General Greene , 83 CONTENTS . CHAPTER VIII . Affairs in Canada - Capture iv CONTENTS .
... Want of Artillery - Henry Knox , the Artil- lerist His Mission to Ticonderoga - Re - enlistment of Troops - Lack of Public Spirit - Comments of General Greene , 83 CONTENTS . CHAPTER VIII . Affairs in Canada - Capture iv CONTENTS .
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... spirit of insubordina- tion , which they mistook for independence . A chaplain of one of the regiments * has left on record a graphic sketch of this primitive army of the Revolution . " It is very diverting , " writes he , " to walk ...
... spirit of insubordina- tion , which they mistook for independence . A chaplain of one of the regiments * has left on record a graphic sketch of this primitive army of the Revolution . " It is very diverting , " writes he , " to walk ...
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... spirit prevalent throughout the country . Plutarch and Cæsar's Commentaries became his delight . He applied himself to military studies , for which he was prepared by some knowledge of mathematics . His ambition was to organize and ...
... spirit prevalent throughout the country . Plutarch and Cæsar's Commentaries became his delight . He applied himself to military studies , for which he was prepared by some knowledge of mathematics . His ambition was to organize and ...
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... spirit has exceeded their strength . " This apology was the more generous , coming from a Southerner ; for there was a disposition among the Southern officers to regard the Eastern troops disparag- ingly . But Washington already felt as ...
... spirit has exceeded their strength . " This apology was the more generous , coming from a Southerner ; for there was a disposition among the Southern officers to regard the Eastern troops disparag- ingly . But Washington already felt as ...
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... spirits of the Revolution , and the only colonial governor who , at its commencement , proved true to the popular cause . He was now sixty - five years of age , active , zealous , devout , a patriot of the primi- tive New England stamp ...
... spirits of the Revolution , and the only colonial governor who , at its commencement , proved true to the popular cause . He was now sixty - five years of age , active , zealous , devout , a patriot of the primi- tive New England stamp ...
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affairs aide-de-camp alarm American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack battery boats Boston British camp Canada Canadians cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Colonel colonies command committee conduct Connecticut defence detachment embarked encamped enemy enemy's enlisted fire fleet force Fort Constitution Fort Montgomery Fort Washington fortified garrison Gates George Clinton Governor Tryon guard guns head-quarters heights Hessians Highlands Hill honor Hudson hundred Indians ington inhabitants James Clinton Jersey John King's Bridge land Lechmere Point Lee's letter Long Island Lord Stirling mand ment miles military militia Montgomery Montreal morning night o'clock officers ordered pass patriot Point present President of Congress prisoners province Putnam Quebec Quinze Chiens received redoubts Reed regiment reinforcements retreat riflemen river Schuyler secure sent ships shore shot Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town troops Wash Washington writes York