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5th Series advance affairs aide-de-camp alarm Allen American arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack battery boats Boston brigade British Cadwalader camp Canada cannon cannonade Captain Carleton cause Clinton Colonel Colonel Reed colonies command commander-in-chief committee Connecticut crossed defence Delaware detachment embarked encamped enemy enemy's Ethan Allen Ferry fire force Fort Constitution Fort Montgomery Fort Washington garrison Gates George Clinton Governor Green Mountain Boys Greene guard guns head-quarters Heath Hessians Highlands Hill honor Hudson hundred James Clinton Jerseys King's Bridge land letter lieutenant Long Island Lord Stirling ment miles military militia Montgomery morning night o'clock officers orders pass Peekskill Philadelphia Point present President of Congress prisoners province Putnam quarters Quebec Rahl received regiment reinforced retreat riflemen river Schuyler sent Seth Warner ships soldiers soon spirit Staten Island stationed Sullivan thousand Ticonderoga tion tories town Trenton troops Washington writes York
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Pagina 18 - Lee are upon the lines every day. New orders from his Excellency are read to the respective regiments every morning after prayers. The strictest government is taking place, and great distinction is made between officers and soldiers. Every one is made to know his place and keep in it, or be tied up and receive thirty or forty lashes according to his crime. Thousands are at work every day from four till eleven o'clock in the morning.
Pagina 282 - August, ships-of-war with their tenders continued to arrive, and Scotch Highlanders, Hessians, and other troops to be landed on Staten Island. At the beginning of August, the squadron with Sir Henry Clinton, recently repulsed at Charleston, anchored in the bay.
Pagina 241 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Pagina 45 - The Congress having done me the honor of electing me a brigadier-general in their service, is an event which must put an end for a while, perhaps for ever, to the quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself ; for, though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed.
Pagina 238 - I shall be present or not, for to confess my weakness, Ned, my ambition is prevalent, so that I contemn the grovelling condition of a clerk or the like, to which my fortune condemns me, and would willingly risk my life, though not my character, to exalt my station. I am confident, Ned, that my youth excludes me from any hopes of immediate preferment, nor do I desire it; but I mean to prepare the way for futurity.
Pagina 437 - Voltaire has remarked that King William never appeared to full advantage but in difficulties and in action; the same remark may be made on General Washington, for the character fits him. There is a natural firmness in some minds which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude...
Pagina 437 - Twice we marched back to meet the enemy and remained out till dark. The sign of fear was not seen in our camp, and had not some of the cowardly and disaffected inhabitants spread false alarms through the country, the Jerseys had never been ravaged.
Pagina 54 - While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the rights of conscience in others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men and to him only in this case are they answerable.
Pagina 243 - The general hopes and trusts," said he, " that every officer and man will endeavor so to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier, defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.
Pagina 285 - That the troops may have an opportunity of attending public worship, as well as to take some rest after the great fatigue they have gone through, the general, in future, excuses them from fatigue duty on Sundays, except at the ship-yards, or on special occasions, until further orders.