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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Page 20
... soldiers ; for I believe , out of three companies on the ground that day , scarce thirty men were left alive . Captain Peronny and all his officers , down to a corporal , were killed . Captain Poulson had almost as hard a fate , for ...
... soldiers ; for I believe , out of three companies on the ground that day , scarce thirty men were left alive . Captain Peronny and all his officers , down to a corporal , were killed . Captain Poulson had almost as hard a fate , for ...
Page 31
... soldiers , out of which two pence were stopped for their cloaths . This pay was inferior to what was allowed on every other part of the continent ; and as ought to have been foreseen , great discontents were excited by a distinction so ...
... soldiers , out of which two pence were stopped for their cloaths . This pay was inferior to what was allowed on every other part of the continent ; and as ought to have been foreseen , great discontents were excited by a distinction so ...
Page 32
... soldier . This campaign furnishes no event which can interest the reader , or adorn the page of history : yet the duties of the officer , though minute , were arduous ; and the sufferings of the people , beyond measure afflicting . It ...
... soldier . This campaign furnishes no event which can interest the reader , or adorn the page of history : yet the duties of the officer , though minute , were arduous ; and the sufferings of the people , beyond measure afflicting . It ...
Page 34
... soldiers . This jaunt afforded me great opportunity of seeing the bad regulation of the militia , the disorderly pro- ceedings of the garrisons , and the unhappy circumstances of the inhabitants . " First of the militia . The difficulty ...
... soldiers . This jaunt afforded me great opportunity of seeing the bad regulation of the militia , the disorderly pro- ceedings of the garrisons , and the unhappy circumstances of the inhabitants . " First of the militia . The difficulty ...
Page 35
... soldiers , they look upon as the highest indig- nity ; and would sooner starve than carry a few days provisions on their backs for convenience , their march , when breakfast is wanted , they knock down the first beef or other animal ...
... soldiers , they look upon as the highest indig- nity ; and would sooner starve than carry a few days provisions on their backs for convenience , their march , when breakfast is wanted , they knock down the first beef or other animal ...
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