The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesPorter & Coates, 1808 - 560 páginas |
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... Officers belonging to the New Jersey Bri- gade to the Legislature of that State - Letters of the Com- mander in Chief on the Subject - Expedition against the Indians under General Sullivan - He destroys their Towns -The American Army ...
... Officers belonging to the New Jersey Bri- gade to the Legislature of that State - Letters of the Com- mander in Chief on the Subject - Expedition against the Indians under General Sullivan - He destroys their Towns -The American Army ...
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... Officers condemn him - He is executed - Letter of General Washington on the State of the Army - Congress adopts a Military Establishment for the War - The Army goes into Winter Quarters 235 CHAPTER VIII . Arnold is appointed a Brigadier ...
... Officers condemn him - He is executed - Letter of General Washington on the State of the Army - Congress adopts a Military Establishment for the War - The Army goes into Winter Quarters 235 CHAPTER VIII . Arnold is appointed a Brigadier ...
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... officers were directed to establish a line of posts from the lakes to the Ohio . This tract of country , the English held to be within the boundaries of Virginia . Mr. Dinwid- die , then the lieutenant governor of the province , alarmed ...
... officers were directed to establish a line of posts from the lakes to the Ohio . This tract of country , the English held to be within the boundaries of Virginia . Mr. Dinwid- die , then the lieutenant governor of the province , alarmed ...
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... officers , and im- mediately carried it into effect . ( July 2 ) His first care was to sink a ditch round the stockade , which he now named Fort Necessity ; but before it was completed , the enemy attacked him , ( July 3 ) un- der the ...
... officers , and im- mediately carried it into effect . ( July 2 ) His first care was to sink a ditch round the stockade , which he now named Fort Necessity ; but before it was completed , the enemy attacked him , ( July 3 ) un- der the ...
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... officers of pro- vincial troops , when serving with general and field officers commissioned by the crown , should have no rank ; and , consequently , that senior pro- vincial officers should be commanded by their ju- niors belonging to ...
... officers of pro- vincial troops , when serving with general and field officers commissioned by the crown , should have no rank ; and , consequently , that senior pro- vincial officers should be commanded by their ju- niors belonging to ...
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