Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United StatesUniversity Publishing Company, 1869 - Počet stran: 620 |
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Strana 112
Henry Lee, Robert Edward Lee. ing for the unequivocal demonstration of the enemy's intention , before he ventured to ... enemy , assembled at York- town , one hundred miles west of the city , where , having continued to hold its session ...
Henry Lee, Robert Edward Lee. ing for the unequivocal demonstration of the enemy's intention , before he ventured to ... enemy , assembled at York- town , one hundred miles west of the city , where , having continued to hold its session ...
Strana 116
... enemy's fleet in the Delaware , gave birth to new and interesting enterprises ; the relation of which , not coming within the scope of this work , must necessarily be omitted . In the cursory survey taken , my single object has been ...
... enemy's fleet in the Delaware , gave birth to new and interesting enterprises ; the relation of which , not coming within the scope of this work , must necessarily be omitted . In the cursory survey taken , my single object has been ...
Strana 126
... enemy's entrance into South Caro- lina meant nothing more than to draw him from Augusta , had now gone too far to return and afford timely interposition . Governor Rutledge , with the reserve militia had established him- self at ...
... enemy's entrance into South Caro- lina meant nothing more than to draw him from Augusta , had now gone too far to return and afford timely interposition . Governor Rutledge , with the reserve militia had established him- self at ...
Strana 130
... enemy was level , and covered , at a small distance from his works , with a grove of large pine - trees . June 20th ... enemy's right , he placed his Continentals on his left , whereas , agreeably to usage , they should have composed ...
... enemy was level , and covered , at a small distance from his works , with a grove of large pine - trees . June 20th ... enemy's right , he placed his Continentals on his left , whereas , agreeably to usage , they should have composed ...
Strana 131
... enemy waited their approach until they got within sixty yards of the abatis , when a full fire from the artillery and small ... enemy's left was driven back ; and Maitland seeing his danger made a quick movement with the seventy - first ...
... enemy waited their approach until they got within sixty yards of the abatis , when a full fire from the artillery and small ... enemy's left was driven back ; and Maitland seeing his danger made a quick movement with the seventy - first ...
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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...