Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
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militia - men drawn up under arms , on the green before the meetinghouse . Major Pitcairn , galloping up , in no very courteous terms , ordered them to disperse ; and , on their hesitating to obey his commands , he discharged his pistol ...
militia - men drawn up under arms , on the green before the meetinghouse . Major Pitcairn , galloping up , in no very courteous terms , ordered them to disperse ; and , on their hesitating to obey his commands , he discharged his pistol ...
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Morgan was joined by a considerable number of militia , who , since the establishment of the British at Ninety - Six , had been ground down with cruel oppression , and were now burning for revenge . As soon as the intelligence of this ...
Morgan was joined by a considerable number of militia , who , since the establishment of the British at Ninety - Six , had been ground down with cruel oppression , and were now burning for revenge . As soon as the intelligence of this ...
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His army consisted of four thousand four hundred men , more than one half of which were militia ; that of Cornwallis , two thousand four hundred , chiefly veteran troops . The former were drawn up in three lines ; the front , composed ...
His army consisted of four thousand four hundred men , more than one half of which were militia ; that of Cornwallis , two thousand four hundred , chiefly veteran troops . The former were drawn up in three lines ; the front , composed ...
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| Title | Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
| Author | John Frost |
| Publisher | Leary & Getz, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 588 pages |
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