Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United StatesUniversity Publishing Company, 1869 - Počet stran: 620 |
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... pressed . On the 3d , General Greene's orders , inclosing a warrant for the impress of such a number of wagons as the transportation of ordnance , military stores , and provisions from Easton and Sussex County might render necessary ...
... pressed . On the 3d , General Greene's orders , inclosing a warrant for the impress of such a number of wagons as the transportation of ordnance , military stores , and provisions from Easton and Sussex County might render necessary ...
Strana 29
... pressing embarrassments . I have the honor to be , with singular attachment and respect , " Your obedient servant , " HENRY LEE , Jr. " Washington , on the 11th October , wrote to the President of Congress : " Major Lee has rendered ...
... pressing embarrassments . I have the honor to be , with singular attachment and respect , " Your obedient servant , " HENRY LEE , Jr. " Washington , on the 11th October , wrote to the President of Congress : " Major Lee has rendered ...
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... pressing the State government of South Carolina to furnish the means of clothing the Legion ) , than any other officer , for the inhabitants are so sensi- ble of the merit and services of your corps , that they will be much more ...
... pressing the State government of South Carolina to furnish the means of clothing the Legion ) , than any other officer , for the inhabitants are so sensi- ble of the merit and services of your corps , that they will be much more ...
Strana 40
... pressing Captain Egleston's request for leave of absence , though he should himself be obliged to remain until no inconvenience should arise from want of officers . Several other matters passed , equally creditable to the heads and ...
... pressing Captain Egleston's request for leave of absence , though he should himself be obliged to remain until no inconvenience should arise from want of officers . Several other matters passed , equally creditable to the heads and ...
Strana 83
... pressed forward with impet- uosity . Ticonderoga , with its various dependencies , fell without a * British force under Sir William Howe , August , 24,000 November , 26,900 December , 27,700 March , June , 27,000 30,000 In 1776 . In ...
... pressed forward with impet- uosity . Ticonderoga , with its various dependencies , fell without a * British force under Sir William Howe , August , 24,000 November , 26,900 December , 27,700 March , June , 27,000 30,000 In 1776 . In ...
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Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States Henry Lee,Robert Edward Lee Úplné zobrazení - 1870 |
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States Henry Lee,Robert Edward Lee Úplné zobrazení - 1870 |
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Strana 216 - But the crime being eventually so important, that the least loss of time may be attended with the worst consequences, and it being unknown to me, whether the letter came to you from a member of Congress or from an officer, I shall have the honor of transmitting a copy of this to the President, that...
Strana 480 - ... instead of having the prospect of a glorious offensive campaign before us, we have a bewildered and gloomy defensive one, unless we should receive a powerful aid of ships, land troops, and money from our generous allies, and these at present are too contingent to build upon.
Strana 218 - ... sincere grief for having done, written, or said any thing disagreeable to your Excellency. My career will soon be over ; therefore justice and truth prompt me to declare my last sentiments. You are in my eyes the great and good man. May you long enjoy the love, veneration, and esteem of these States, whose liberties you have asserted by your virtues.
Strana 217 - Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the following paragraph : ' In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, Heaven has determined to save your country ; or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
Strana 185 - Convinced as I am that a government is the murderer of its citizens which sends them to the field uninformed and untaught, where they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle...
Strana 506 - SIR, I propose a cessation of hostilities for twenty-four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side, to meet at Mr. Moore's house, to settle terms for the surrender of the posts of York and Gloucester.
Strana 461 - ... Buoyed above the terror of death, by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. " Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Strana 317 - Assembly wish in the strongest manner to declare the high opinion they entertain of Mr. Jefferson's ability, rectitude, and integrity as Chief Magistrate of this Commonwealth, and mean, by thus publicly avowing their opinion, to obviate and to remove all unmerited censure.
Strana 218 - I viewed in the light of a stranger to you) was a correspondent of yours, much less did I suspect that I was the subject of your confidential letters. Pardon me then for adding, that, so far from conceiving...
Strana 408 - Champe's patron and friend, informing him that on the day preceding the night fixed for the execution of the plot, Arnold had removed his quarters to another part of the town, to superintend the embarkation of troops, preparing (as was rumored) for an expedition to be directed by himself; and that the American legion, consisting chiefly of American deserters, had been transferred from their barracks to one of the transports...