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... soldier acted , as if on his single arm the fate of the day depended . The slaughter was great , especially of the British ... soldiers . The second action was speedily followed by the surrender of the British force . * Conditions more ...
... soldier acted , as if on his single arm the fate of the day depended . The slaughter was great , especially of the British ... soldiers . The second action was speedily followed by the surrender of the British force . * Conditions more ...
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... soldier . By obedience to the im- pulse flowing from this cause , the main body of the American army had been risked improvidently in the bold attempt to hold that city ; and with much difficulty and much loss , did the commander in ...
... soldier . By obedience to the im- pulse flowing from this cause , the main body of the American army had been risked improvidently in the bold attempt to hold that city ; and with much difficulty and much loss , did the commander in ...
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... soldiers ; yet these inci- dents could not have produced the disastrous change in the fortune of the day . * Besides the ninth regiment , but few prisoners were taken . The whole amounted to 400 , which , added to our killed and wounded ...
... soldiers ; yet these inci- dents could not have produced the disastrous change in the fortune of the day . * Besides the ninth regiment , but few prisoners were taken . The whole amounted to 400 , which , added to our killed and wounded ...
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... soldier - like reflections determined this gal- lant officer to rely solely upon his inferior force , which he directed to resume its original disposition , assign- ing his entire corps to that part of the works hereto- fore contracted ...
... soldier - like reflections determined this gal- lant officer to rely solely upon his inferior force , which he directed to resume its original disposition , assign- ing his entire corps to that part of the works hereto- fore contracted ...
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... soldier , and mingled its tears with those of his family . That the patriotic and military virtues of your honourable father may influence your conduct in every case in which your country may require your services is the sincere wish of ...
... soldier , and mingled its tears with those of his family . That the patriotic and military virtues of your honourable father may influence your conduct in every case in which your country may require your services is the sincere wish of ...
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Pagina 240 - 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.
Pagina 241 - I considered the information as coming from yourself, and given with a view to forewarn, and consequently to forearm me, against a secret enemy, or in other words, a dangerous incendiary ; in which character sooner or later this country will know General Conway. But in this, as in other matters of late, I have found myself mistaken.
Pagina 242 - I find myself just able to hold the pen during a few minutes, and take this opportunity of expressing my 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.
Pagina 165 - A rigid disciplinarian, he reduced to practice the justice of his heart; and during the difficult course of warfare, through which he passed, calumny itself never charged him with violating' the rights of person, property, or humanity.
Pagina 236 - Those fathers of the commonwealth," writes Colonel H. Lee, in his memoirs, " appointed a committee of their body to wait on the vanquished general, and assure him of their high regard and esteem, that their remembrance of his former glorious services was never to be obliterated by any reverse of fortune ; but, ever mindful of his great merit, they would omit no opportunity of testifying to the world the gratitude which Virginia, as a member of the American Union, owed to him in his military character.
Pagina 142 - Nevertheless, so well established was the spotless reputation of the vanquished general that he continued to enjoy the undiminished respect and confidence of Congress, of the army, and of the commander in chief.
Pagina 186 - 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...
Pagina 2 - Nam saepe ego audivi Q. Maxumum, P. Scipionem, praeterea civitatis nostrae praeclaros viros solitos ita dicere, cum maiorum imagines intuerentur, vehementissume sibi animum ad virtutem accendi. Scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere neque prius sedari quam virtus eorum famam atque gloriam adaequaverit.