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... army gathered on the Rio Grande for the invasion of Texas . On February 24th Santa Anna's trained troops were advancing on the Alamo . Colonel Travis ' appeals for help to the yet unorganized government of Texas had not been answered ...
... army gathered on the Rio Grande for the invasion of Texas . On February 24th Santa Anna's trained troops were advancing on the Alamo . Colonel Travis ' appeals for help to the yet unorganized government of Texas had not been answered ...
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... army , shattered under the fierce Indian ambush attack . He was fitted for membership in the Virginia House of Burgesses and was sent there to serve . When the Revolution came , to him , because he was best prepared , the Continental ...
... army , shattered under the fierce Indian ambush attack . He was fitted for membership in the Virginia House of Burgesses and was sent there to serve . When the Revolution came , to him , because he was best prepared , the Continental ...
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... Army . Nathan Hale was born in Connecticut in 1755- Of his youth little is known except that he was a handsome , winning boy of considerable athletic prowess . He entered Yale College . Upon gradua- tion he taught school at New London ...
... Army . Nathan Hale was born in Connecticut in 1755- Of his youth little is known except that he was a handsome , winning boy of considerable athletic prowess . He entered Yale College . Upon gradua- tion he taught school at New London ...
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... army to New York . Then came the defeat at Long Island , the narrow escape of the American forces and the withdrawal to Harlem Heights . General Washington , with his army de- pleted to less than fifteen hundred men , and almost ...
... army to New York . Then came the defeat at Long Island , the narrow escape of the American forces and the withdrawal to Harlem Heights . General Washington , with his army de- pleted to less than fifteen hundred men , and almost ...
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... army in New York . Hale asked for pen , paper and a Bible . These were refused ; later in the night , however , an officer of the guard procured them . Two letters were written , one to his mother and one to his betrothed . Their ...
... army in New York . Hale asked for pen , paper and a Bible . These were refused ; later in the night , however , an officer of the guard procured them . Two letters were written , one to his mother and one to his betrothed . Their ...
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