| John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return to their homes." The American army was now in a deplorable condition. It had neither arms, ammunition,... | |
| Gilbert Haven - History - 1869 - 680 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...off; in some instances almost by whole regiments." The British were as jubilant and hopeful as the rebels at Manassas; while, to complete the analogy,... | |
| Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in...off — in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time With the deepest concern, I am obliged to confess my want... | |
| Edmund Ollier - 1874 - 660 pages
...impatient to return. Great numbers of them have pne off; in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies, at a time. This circumstance of itself, independent of others, then fronted by a well-appointed enemy, superior in number to our whole collected force, would be sdiciently... | |
| Edward Warren - College teachers - 1874 - 602 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in order to repair our losses, was dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them had gone off, in some instances,... | |
| Edward Warren - 1874 - 600 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in order to repair pur losses, was dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them had gone off,... | |
| John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - United States - 1876 - 618 pages
...their minds with apprehension and tfoiMJespedespair. The militia are dismayed, intractable, rateand impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone...off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half-ones, and by companies at a time Their want of discipline, and refusal of almost every kind... | |
| Washington Irving - Children's literature - 1876 - 766 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...order to repair our losses, are dismayed, intractable, ai>d impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone oft'; in some instances, almost by whole... | |
| Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - Massachusetts - 1912 - 356 pages
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...off, in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time. This circumstance, of itself, independent of others, when... | |
| John Malcom Forbes Ludlow - United States - 1876 - 286 pages
...their minds with apprehension and tioiMtape. despair. The militia are dismayed, intractable, rate' and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have...off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half-ones, and by companies at a time ..... Their want of discipline, and refusal of almost every... | |
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