Light-horse Harry LeeC. Scribner's Sons, 1931 - 350 pagine |
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... miles from the Haw on their right . The next day they forded the river . From their dis- coveries they ascertained that Tarleton commanded a large troop of cavalry , about four hundred infantry and had with him two brass cannon , that ...
... miles from the Haw on their right . The next day they forded the river . From their dis- coveries they ascertained that Tarleton commanded a large troop of cavalry , about four hundred infantry and had with him two brass cannon , that ...
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... miles ahead of Guilford to post his Legion along the road to the Quaker settlement of New Garden where Cornwallis was encamped . That night Lee covered the nine miles that lay between himself and the British army by sending out ...
... miles ahead of Guilford to post his Legion along the road to the Quaker settlement of New Garden where Cornwallis was encamped . That night Lee covered the nine miles that lay between himself and the British army by sending out ...
Pagina 330
... miles only from the water which washes the enemy's post at Queens- town . This water is narrow , less than one quarter of a mile as I am informed & the country from thence to our camp , [ is ] open & easy of penetration . Gen. Brooke is ...
... miles only from the water which washes the enemy's post at Queens- town . This water is narrow , less than one quarter of a mile as I am informed & the country from thence to our camp , [ is ] open & easy of penetration . Gen. Brooke is ...
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CONTENTS | 8 |
CHAPTER PAGE I PRINCETON COMMENCEMENT 1773 I | 9 |
THE LEES OF VIRGINIA II | 11 |
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