A History of the Life and Services of Captain Samuel Dewees: A Native of Pennsylvania, and Soldier of the Revolutionary and Last Wars. Also, Reminiscences of the Revolutionary Struggle...and Late War with Great Britain. In All of which He was Patriotically Engaged |
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... troops that marched in that expedi- tion in 1794 to Pittsburg , to put down this insurrection- ary spirit , and sustain the Constitution and laws of his country . He was one of the great body of Pennsylvania troops called out in 1798 to ...
... troops that marched in that expedi- tion in 1794 to Pittsburg , to put down this insurrection- ary spirit , and sustain the Constitution and laws of his country . He was one of the great body of Pennsylvania troops called out in 1798 to ...
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... troops on these occasions gave great promise of efficient usefulness , in the expected future operations of the col- onists in the battlefields of their country . The first step of the colonial Congress was to view with a scrutinizing ...
... troops on these occasions gave great promise of efficient usefulness , in the expected future operations of the col- onists in the battlefields of their country . The first step of the colonial Congress was to view with a scrutinizing ...
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... troops at Castleton . A portion of these troops under Allen immediately marched to invest Fort Ticonderoga . Allen with an unprecedented celerity of action , made himself master of that fortress without fir- ing a gun . When the ...
... troops at Castleton . A portion of these troops under Allen immediately marched to invest Fort Ticonderoga . Allen with an unprecedented celerity of action , made himself master of that fortress without fir- ing a gun . When the ...
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... troops , a thousand strong , were lead " on the evening of the 16th of June , to Breed's instead of Bunker's Hill . Colonels Stark and Preston , accompanied by Captain Knowlton were the conductors of this detach- ment - encouraged by ...
... troops , a thousand strong , were lead " on the evening of the 16th of June , to Breed's instead of Bunker's Hill . Colonels Stark and Preston , accompanied by Captain Knowlton were the conductors of this detach- ment - encouraged by ...
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... troops near Mys- tic or Medford River formed the left , which was placed under Major General Lee . The centre , including the reserve , was under the immediate command of General Washington , whose head quarters was at Cambridge . " The ...
... troops near Mys- tic or Medford River formed the left , which was placed under Major General Lee . The centre , including the reserve , was under the immediate command of General Washington , whose head quarters was at Cambridge . " The ...
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A History of the Life and Services of Captain Samuel Dewees, a Native of ... John Smith Hanna No preview available - 2017 |
A History of the Life and Services of Captain Samuel Dewees: A Native of ... John Smith Hanna No preview available - 2015 |
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