The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United States, Volúmenes1-2Crosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 |
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... resolution and judgment displayed in the above action , by a vote of thanks to Colonel WASHINGTON and his officers , and by a donation of three hundred pistoles to the soldiery . The regiment fell back to Winchester to recruit . At this ...
... resolution and judgment displayed in the above action , by a vote of thanks to Colonel WASHINGTON and his officers , and by a donation of three hundred pistoles to the soldiery . The regiment fell back to Winchester to recruit . At this ...
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... resolution that he did not long retain . 1755 . In the spring , General Braddock , who MARCH . commanded two British regiments , and a few corps of Provincials , was making prepa- ration for an expedition to the Ohio . He invited Cclo ...
... resolution that he did not long retain . 1755 . In the spring , General Braddock , who MARCH . commanded two British regiments , and a few corps of Provincials , was making prepa- ration for an expedition to the Ohio . He invited Cclo ...
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... resolved to engage in it . He warmly recommended an early campaign ; for this , among other reasons , seven hundred Indians had , in April , assembled at Winchester , whose patience would be exhausted unless early employed ; and in that ...
... resolved to engage in it . He warmly recommended an early campaign ; for this , among other reasons , seven hundred Indians had , in April , assembled at Winchester , whose patience would be exhausted unless early employed ; and in that ...
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... resolution , and did much to protect the defeated troops ; he fortunately came off the field without a wound . This spirited and soldierly conduct the Britons acknowledged to be highly honourable to the troops themselves , and to the ...
... resolution , and did much to protect the defeated troops ; he fortunately came off the field without a wound . This spirited and soldierly conduct the Britons acknowledged to be highly honourable to the troops themselves , and to the ...
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... resolved that the main army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding officers of regi ments ... resolution , and to push on to the Ohio . Colonel WASHINGTON was ordered to the front to superintend opening the ...
... resolved that the main army should move from this place ; and he called upon the commanding officers of regi ments ... resolution , and to push on to the Ohio . Colonel WASHINGTON was ordered to the front to superintend opening the ...
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