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 WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1853 - 586 pages |
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Page 172
... militia - men drawn up under arms , on the green before the meeting- house . Major Pitcairn , galloping up , in no very courteous terms , ordered them to disperse ; and , on their hesitating to obey his commands , he discharged his ...
... militia - men drawn up under arms , on the green before the meeting- house . Major Pitcairn , galloping up , in no very courteous terms , ordered them to disperse ; and , on their hesitating to obey his commands , he discharged his ...
Page 400
... 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 movement reached Lord Corn- wallis , he ...
... 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 movement reached Lord Corn- wallis , he ...
Page 403
... militia ; that of Cornwallis , two thousand four hundred , chiefly veteran troops . The former were drawn up in three lines ; the front , composed of North Carolina militia , the second of Virginia militia , the third of continentals ...
... militia ; that of Cornwallis , two thousand four hundred , chiefly veteran troops . The former were drawn up in three lines ; the front , composed of North Carolina militia , the second of Virginia militia , the third of continentals ...
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