Life of George WashingtonCo-operative Publication Society, 1930 |
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Zadetki 1–3 od 81
Stran 117
... soldiers who should engage in this expedition ; one thousand to be laid off contiguous to the fort at the Fork , for the use of the garrison . This was a tempt- ing bait to the sons of farmers , who readily enlisted in the hope of ...
... soldiers who should engage in this expedition ; one thousand to be laid off contiguous to the fort at the Fork , for the use of the garrison . This was a tempt- ing bait to the sons of farmers , who readily enlisted in the hope of ...
Stran 141
... soldiers , whom he paid liberally . The other officers followed his example . The weather was sul- try ; the roads were rough ; provisions were scanty , and the men dispirited by hunger . The Virginia soldiers took turns to drag the ...
... soldiers , whom he paid liberally . The other officers followed his example . The weather was sul- try ; the roads were rough ; provisions were scanty , and the men dispirited by hunger . The Virginia soldiers took turns to drag the ...
Stran 238
... soldiers would kill the most active militia in five days ' marching . " Then , as to punishments : death , it was true , had been decreed for mutiny and desertion ; but there was no punish- ment for cowardice ; for holding ...
... soldiers would kill the most active militia in five days ' marching . " Then , as to punishments : death , it was true , had been decreed for mutiny and desertion ; but there was no punish- ment for cowardice ; for holding ...
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The Home of Washingtons BoyhoodHis Early EducationLaw | 42 |
Paternal Conduct of an Elder BrotherThe Fairfax Family | 48 |
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affairs American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack Boston Braam Braddock British brother Bunker's Hill camp campaign Canada Canadians Captain Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief conduct Congress Connecticut council Creek Croghan Crown Point detachment Duquesne encamped enemy England English Ethan Allen expedition fire force Fort Cumberland Fort Duquesne French friends frontier Gage garrison George George Croghan Gist Governor Dinwiddie Green Mountain Boys half-king honor horses House of Burgesses hundred Indians ington king Lake land Lawrence letter Logstown Lord Loudoun Massachusetts ment miles military militia Montreal Mount Vernon mountains night officers Ohio Parliament party patriot Pennsylvania present prisoners province Putnam Quebec re-enforcements received redoubt regiment reply retreat returned river sachem savages Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit thousand Ticonderoga tion town tribes troops Virginia warriors Wash Washington wilderness William Winchester wounded writes York