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. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, Volume 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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... continued from Charleston , by the way of Camden and Ninety Six , to Augusta , in Georgia . The spirit of resistance was still kept up in the north - western and north - eastern parts of the state , by Generals Sumpter and Marion , who ...
... continued from Charleston , by the way of Camden and Ninety Six , to Augusta , in Georgia . The spirit of resistance was still kept up in the north - western and north - eastern parts of the state , by Generals Sumpter and Marion , who ...
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... continued a few days in its new encampment , during which the troops subsisted on the scanty supplies furnished by the neighbourhood . Greene was compelled at length , by the want of provisions , to relinquish this position . About the ...
... continued a few days in its new encampment , during which the troops subsisted on the scanty supplies furnished by the neighbourhood . Greene was compelled at length , by the want of provisions , to relinquish this position . About the ...
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... continued his march through the wood along the low ground in front of the Maryland brigade which was in the act of forming , until he reached the road , where he displayed his column . Perceiving that the British advanced with a narrow ...
... continued his march through the wood along the low ground in front of the Maryland brigade which was in the act of forming , until he reached the road , where he displayed his column . Perceiving that the British advanced with a narrow ...
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... continued to advance with intrepidity , and Greene entertained sanguine hopes of victory . His prospects were blasted by one of those incidents against which military prudence can make no provision . Captain Beaty , who commanded on the ...
... continued to advance with intrepidity , and Greene entertained sanguine hopes of victory . His prospects were blasted by one of those incidents against which military prudence can make no provision . Captain Beaty , who commanded on the ...
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... continued about three miles . In the course of it , some sharp skirmish- ing took place , which was terminated by a vigorous charge made by Colonel Washington on a corps of British horse who led their van . This corps being broken and ...
... continued about three miles . In the course of it , some sharp skirmish- ing took place , which was terminated by a vigorous charge made by Colonel Washington on a corps of British horse who led their van . This corps being broken and ...
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