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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... colonel Fry died at Patterson's creek , and the command devolved on colonel Washington . Their junction was effected at the Great Meadows , soon after which two independent companies of regulars arrived at the same place , the one from ...
... colonel Fry died at Patterson's creek , and the command devolved on colonel Washington . Their junction was effected at the Great Meadows , soon after which two independent companies of regulars arrived at the same place , the one from ...
Page 9
... colonel Wash- July 2 ington retreated to fort Necessity , and began a ditch around the stockade . Before it was completed , the enemy , supposed to amount to fifteen hundred men , under the command of monsieur de Villier , appeared and ...
... colonel Wash- July 2 ington retreated to fort Necessity , and began a ditch around the stockade . Before it was completed , the enemy , supposed to amount to fifteen hundred men , under the command of monsieur de Villier , appeared and ...
Page 11
... colonel Washington by his countrymen , for the courage displayed on this occasion ; and the legislature were so satisfied with the conduct of the party , as to vote their thanks to him and the officers under his command . They also gave ...
... colonel Washington by his countrymen , for the courage displayed on this occasion ; and the legislature were so satisfied with the conduct of the party , as to vote their thanks to him and the officers under his command . They also gave ...
Page 12
... colonel Innes from North August . Carolina , did not , as now re - enforced , exceed half the number of the enemy , and was unpro- vided with the means of moving , or with those supplies for a winter campaign , which are so particularly ...
... colonel Innes from North August . Carolina , did not , as now re - enforced , exceed half the number of the enemy , and was unpro- vided with the means of moving , or with those supplies for a winter campaign , which are so particularly ...
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... colonel Washington possessed too entirely the proud and punctilious feelings of a soldier , to submit to a degradation so humiliating as this . Pro- fessing his unabated inclination to continue in the service , he retired indignantly ...
... colonel Washington possessed too entirely the proud and punctilious feelings of a soldier , to submit to a degradation so humiliating as this . Pro- fessing his unabated inclination to continue in the service , he retired indignantly ...
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