Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United StatesUniversity Publishing Company, 1869 - Počet stran: 620 |
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... directed to join the light infantry , and I assure you that I wish to do every thing in my power to procure what you and your corps will like the best , viz . , fighting and glory . I think , my dear sir , that your present employ- ment ...
... directed to join the light infantry , and I assure you that I wish to do every thing in my power to procure what you and your corps will like the best , viz . , fighting and glory . I think , my dear sir , that your present employ- ment ...
Strana 56
... directed studies in our youth operate to bless our declining years . What consolation he must have felt , to be enabled to inculcate wisdom and virtue in those , in elevating whom he raised himself above his sufferings . I think too ...
... directed studies in our youth operate to bless our declining years . What consolation he must have felt , to be enabled to inculcate wisdom and virtue in those , in elevating whom he raised himself above his sufferings . I think too ...
Strana 59
... directed , send your letters to Mr. William Goddard , in Providence , who will forward them to me . 6 : May God ever protect you , & c . , GENERAL HENRY LEE TO C. C. LEE . " H. LEE . " " CAICOS , September 30 , 1816 . " October is near ...
... directed , send your letters to Mr. William Goddard , in Providence , who will forward them to me . 6 : May God ever protect you , & c . , GENERAL HENRY LEE TO C. C. LEE . " H. LEE . " " CAICOS , September 30 , 1816 . " October is near ...
Strana 86
... directed by his brother Lord Howe . Weighing from Sandy - Hook , in July , the fleet steered for the South , which General Washington supposed to be the intended course ; but , lest it might have been a feint to draw the American army ...
... directed by his brother Lord Howe . Weighing from Sandy - Hook , in July , the fleet steered for the South , which General Washington supposed to be the intended course ; but , lest it might have been a feint to draw the American army ...
Strana 89
... directed by Colonel Proctor of Pennsylva- nia , much praise was given . Of these the third regiment stood pre - eminent , part of Woodford's brigade : it occupied the right of the American line , and being advanced to a small eminence ...
... directed by Colonel Proctor of Pennsylva- nia , much praise was given . Of these the third regiment stood pre - eminent , part of Woodford's brigade : it occupied the right of the American line , and being advanced to a small eminence ...
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Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States Henry Lee,Robert Edward Lee Úplné zobrazení - 1869 |
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 51 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
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 been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
Strana 76 - Learn from yon orient shell to love thy foe, And store with pearls the hand that brings thee woe : Free, like yon rock, from base vindictive pride, Emblaze with gems the wrist that rends thy side...
Strana 518 - That the United States in Congress assembled, will cause to be erected at York, in Virginia, a marble column, adorned with emblems of the alliance between the United States and his Most Christian Majesty; and inscribed with a succinct narrative of the surrender of Earl Cornwallis...
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, I can not withhold my denunciation of its wickedness and folly.
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 508 - Officers to be allowed to keep soldiers as servants, according to the common practice of the service. Servants not soldiers are not to be considered as prisoners, and are to be allowed to attend their masters. Granted. ARTICLE VIII. The Bonetta...
Strana 506 - I wish, previously to the meeting of commissioners, that your Lordship's proposals in writing may be sent to the American lines, for which purpose a suspension of hostilities, during two hours from the delivery of this letter, will be granted.
Strana 216 - I shall have the honor of transmitting a copy of this to the President, that the Congress may, in concert with your Excellency, obtain as soon as possible a discovery, which so deeply affects the safety of the States. Crimes of that magnitude ought not to remain unpunished.
Strana 461 - 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.