Winfield: The Lawyer's Son, and how He Became a Major-generalAshmead & Evans, 1865 - 313 |
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... old as well as the young , a literal transcript of the career of one of the most skilful and successful officers in the patriot Army of the United States . 1 * ILLUSTRATIONS . I. Pago ORIGINAL LIKENESS OF GENERAL HANCOCK , ( v )
... old as well as the young , a literal transcript of the career of one of the most skilful and successful officers in the patriot Army of the United States . 1 * ILLUSTRATIONS . I. Pago ORIGINAL LIKENESS OF GENERAL HANCOCK , ( v )
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... success , thus far , was that he was obedient to his parents ; he was found in his place at school ; he profited by the examples set before him by his Christian parents ; he neither despised nor shunned the duties connected with the ...
... success , thus far , was that he was obedient to his parents ; he was found in his place at school ; he profited by the examples set before him by his Christian parents ; he neither despised nor shunned the duties connected with the ...
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... successful in their pursuits and hospitable to strangers . Around them , and all through the valley of the Schuylkill , the advance of the age has been steadily onward . The navigable streams ; the manufacturing water- courses ; the ...
... successful in their pursuits and hospitable to strangers . Around them , and all through the valley of the Schuylkill , the advance of the age has been steadily onward . The navigable streams ; the manufacturing water- courses ; the ...
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... who was very popular and success- ful as a teacher - Winfield was among his most favor- ite pupils . He remained at this school , making good 9 progress in his studies , until just previous to 78 WINFIELD , THE LAWYER'S SON .
... who was very popular and success- ful as a teacher - Winfield was among his most favor- ite pupils . He remained at this school , making good 9 progress in his studies , until just previous to 78 WINFIELD , THE LAWYER'S SON .
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... success- ful pursuit . He left his camp , however , as a trophy to the Union , including his own equipage , together with wagons , horses , large quantities of ammunition and fifty head of cattle . In Hardy county , Virginia , the ...
... success- ful pursuit . He left his camp , however , as a trophy to the Union , including his own equipage , together with wagons , horses , large quantities of ammunition and fifty head of cattle . In Hardy county , Virginia , the ...
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