| George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 588 pages
...in the most exposed situations. TO MAJOR-GENERAL PUTNAM. Pluckemin, 5 January, 1777. DEAR GENERAL, Fortune has favored us in an attack on Princeton....care he takes of himself in any action. His personal hravery, and the desire he has of animating his troops by example, make him fearless of danger. This... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1847 - 646 pages
...the troops by hia presence in the most exposed situation*. Pluckemin, 5 January, 1777. DEAR GENERAL, Fortune has favored us in an attack on Princeton....Heaven, which has hitherto been his shield, I hope will dill continue to guard so valuable a life." strength to be twice as great as it is. Forward on all... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1847 - 598 pages
...in the most exposed situations. TO MAJOR-GENERAL PUTNAM. Pluckemin, 5 January, 1777. DEAR GENERAL, Fortune has favored us in an attack on Princeton....Heaven, which has hitherto been his shield, I hope wil rtill continue to guard so valuable a life." strength to be twice as great as it is. Forward on... | |
| Thaddeus Allen - United States - 1847 - 574 pages
...one of the officers who were in the actions at Trenton and Princeton, wrote to an acquaintance, — ' Our army love their General very much, but they have...much uneasiness. But Heaven, which has hitherto been hii shield, I hope will still continue to guard so valuable a life.' open air without blankets. We... | |
| Samuel Shaw, Josiah Quincy - China - 1847 - 374 pages
...long enough at Princeton to take care of their wounded. " Our army love our General very much, but yet they have one thing against him, which is the little...animating his troops by example, make him fearless of any * See Writings of Washington, Vol. IV., pp. 255 - 258. danger. This, while it makes him appear... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1851 - 572 pages
...evinced so much of steady courage and dis* One officer writes from Morristown a few days afterwards : " Our army love their General very much, but they have...against him, which is the little care he takes of him" self in any action." Note by Mr. Sparks to "Washington's Writings, vol. iv. p. 262. cipline under... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 410 pages
...'* To Governor Cooke, April 3, 1777. f One officer writes from Morristown a few days afterwards : " Our " army love their General very much, but they...little care he takes of himself in any " action,'* Note by Mr. Sparks to Washington's Writings* voL ivw formed in line together, < they might have stood... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 418 pages
...Cooke, April 3. 1777. t One officer writes from Morristown a few days afterwards : " Oar " army lore their General very much, but they have one thing,...little care he takes of himself in any " action." Note by Mr. Sparks to Washington's Writings, vol. iv. p. 262. formed in line together, they might have... | |
| 1854 - 606 pages
...Ford— Position of the Northern Army, etc. AN officer, writing from Morristown, after the battle, said, "Our army love their general very much, but they have...: which is the little care he takes of himself in uny action. His personal bravery and the desire he has of animating his troops by his example make... | |
| Charles Wentworth Upham - Presidents - 1856 - 422 pages
...friend, a day or two after the battle of Princeton, speaks in the following terms on this subject : " Our army love their General very much, but they have...will still continue to guard so valuable a life." In a weekly newspaper, printed in Georgia, (the ' Brunswick Advocate,' of Dec. 17, 1839,) the following... | |
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