The Life of George WashingtonMast, Crowell, Kirkpartick, 1896 - 335 strani |
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... Hill , not far from the Youghiogeny , and prevailed on eleven families to join him . The Ohio Company about the same time established a trading - post , well stocked with English goods , at Wills ' Creek ( now the town of Cumberland ) ...
... Hill , not far from the Youghiogeny , and prevailed on eleven families to join him . The Ohio Company about the same time established a trading - post , well stocked with English goods , at Wills ' Creek ( now the town of Cumberland ) ...
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... a grassy plain , perfectly level , surrounded by wooded hills of a mod- erate height , and at that place about two hundred and fifty yards wide . Washington asked no assistance from the South Carolina troops , but 44 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... a grassy plain , perfectly level , surrounded by wooded hills of a mod- erate height , and at that place about two hundred and fifty yards wide . Washington asked no assistance from the South Carolina troops , but 44 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... hill , and to erect bridges over every brook , by which means we were four days in getting twelve miles . " For several days Washington had suffered from fever , accompanied by intense head- ache , and his illness increased in violence ...
... hill , and to erect bridges over every brook , by which means we were four days in getting twelve miles . " For several days Washington had suffered from fever , accompanied by intense head- ache , and his illness increased in violence ...
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... hill on the right whence there was the severest firing . Not a platoon would quit the line of march . They were more dismayed by the yells than by the rifles of the unseen savages . The latter extended themselves along the hill and in ...
... hill on the right whence there was the severest firing . Not a platoon would quit the line of march . They were more dismayed by the yells than by the rifles of the unseen savages . The latter extended themselves along the hill and in ...
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... hill , and sent out a party of observation , who set fire to a log house near the walls and returned to the encampment . As if this were not sufficient to put the enemy on the alert , he ordered the reveille to be beaten in the morning ...
... hill , and sent out a party of observation , who set fire to a log house near the walls and returned to the encampment . As if this were not sufficient to put the enemy on the alert , he ordered the reveille to be beaten in the morning ...
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affairs aide-de-camp American appointed arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage batteries Boston Braddock bridge brigade British brought Burgoyne camp campaign Captain capture Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Cornwallis council creek crossed Delaware detached dispatched encamped enemy expedition Fairfax fire fleet force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne Fort Edward French frontier garrison gave George George Croghan Governor Dinwiddie Greene guard half-king Hessians Hill horse House of Burgesses Hudson hundred Indians infantry ington island Jerseys Lafayette land letter Logstown Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Loudoun meantime miles military militia morning Mount Vernon night o'clock officers Ohio orders party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Point president province Putnam quarters rear received reconnoiter redoubt regiment reinforcements reply retired retreat returned river road Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon spirit thousand tion took town troops Virginia Washington wounded writes York