Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States, Tom 1Bradford and Inskeep, 1812 |
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... infantry stationed on the western side of the Bran- dywine , advanced upon our left . Three small detach- ments , commanded by the lieutenant colonels Parker , Heth , and Simms , of the Virginia line , were , early in the morning ...
... infantry stationed on the western side of the Bran- dywine , advanced upon our left . Three small detach- ments , commanded by the lieutenant colonels Parker , Heth , and Simms , of the Virginia line , were , early in the morning ...
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... infantry . Considering himself entitled to a regiment , the hero of Breed's Hill would not accept a second station . Warren , who fell nobly supporting the action , was the favorite of the day , and has engrossed the fame due to Prescot ...
... infantry . Considering himself entitled to a regiment , the hero of Breed's Hill would not accept a second station . Warren , who fell nobly supporting the action , was the favorite of the day , and has engrossed the fame due to Prescot ...
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... infantry and the New York volunteers to gain our rear by moving oc- cultly along the accidentally discovered path . Waiting the effect of his operation , the British con- Southern Department of the United States . 69.
... infantry and the New York volunteers to gain our rear by moving oc- cultly along the accidentally discovered path . Waiting the effect of his operation , the British con- Southern Department of the United States . 69.
Strona 82
... infantry under colonel Harris to general Moultrie . The unexpected facility with which the British general moved , the slight re- sistance opposed to him , the favorable intelligence received , and the fame of the signal success which ...
... infantry under colonel Harris to general Moultrie . The unexpected facility with which the British general moved , the slight re- sistance opposed to him , the favorable intelligence received , and the fame of the signal success which ...
Strona 91
... infantry ; and the other was not intersected by water . Notwithstanding appearances , both were , in fact , assailable . The retiring piquets were supported by two companies of the seventy - first regiment , who , with their usual ...
... infantry ; and the other was not intersected by water . Notwithstanding appearances , both were , in fact , assailable . The retiring piquets were supported by two companies of the seventy - first regiment , who , with their usual ...
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Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.