Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 pages |
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Page vi
... Army inoculated - Abuse of Ameri- can Prisoners - The Exchange of General Lee refused- Stores at Peck's Kill and Danbury destroyed - American Army takes Post at Middlebrook - Sir William Howe moves towards the Delaware - Returns to ...
... Army inoculated - Abuse of Ameri- can Prisoners - The Exchange of General Lee refused- Stores at Peck's Kill and Danbury destroyed - American Army takes Post at Middlebrook - Sir William Howe moves towards the Delaware - Returns to ...
Page vii
... army for the want of Provisions and Clothing- Measures adopted by the Commander in Chief to obtain Supplies - Methods taken to recruit the Army - Sir Henry Clinton appointed Commander in Chief of the British Forces . He evacuates ...
... army for the want of Provisions and Clothing- Measures adopted by the Commander in Chief to obtain Supplies - Methods taken to recruit the Army - Sir Henry Clinton appointed Commander in Chief of the British Forces . He evacuates ...
Page ix
... Army - Congress adopts a Military Establishment for the War - The Army goes into Winter Quarters 235 CHAPTER VIII . Arnold is appointed a Brigadier in the British service , and in- vades Virginia - Plan to capture him - Mutiny in the ...
... Army - Congress adopts a Military Establishment for the War - The Army goes into Winter Quarters 235 CHAPTER VIII . Arnold is appointed a Brigadier in the British service , and in- vades Virginia - Plan to capture him - Mutiny in the ...
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... army , as his volunteer aid - de - camp . The opportunity of making a cam- paign with a gentleman of his professional know- ledge and experience was with pleasure embraced . When the General , in April , left Alexandria , Colonel ...
... army , as his volunteer aid - de - camp . The opportunity of making a cam- paign with a gentleman of his professional know- ledge and experience was with pleasure embraced . When the General , in April , left Alexandria , Colonel ...
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... army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding officers of regi- ments to lay before him a plan for its march . Co- lonel Washington presented his ; it has been pre- served , and is said to display the soundness of ...
... army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding officers of regi- ments to lay before him a plan for its march . Co- lonel Washington presented his ; it has been pre- served , and is said to display the soundness of ...
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