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... army on the stricken field near Fort Duquesne . On that day of surprise and slaughter he displayed not only cool courage but the reckless daring which was one of his chief characteristics . So exposed himself that bullets passed through ...
... army on the stricken field near Fort Duquesne . On that day of surprise and slaughter he displayed not only cool courage but the reckless daring which was one of his chief characteristics . So exposed himself that bullets passed through ...
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... army . Silently he accepted the duty , and , leaving Philadelphia , took command of the army at Cambridge . There is no need to trace him through the events that followed . From the time when he drew his sword under the famous elm the ...
... army . Silently he accepted the duty , and , leaving Philadelphia , took command of the army at Cambridge . There is no need to trace him through the events that followed . From the time when he drew his sword under the famous elm the ...
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... army at his back , and supported by the great forces which , in every community , desire order before every- thing else , and are ready to assent to any arrange- ment which will bring peace and quiet , nothing would have been easier ...
... army at his back , and supported by the great forces which , in every community , desire order before every- thing else , and are ready to assent to any arrange- ment which will bring peace and quiet , nothing would have been easier ...
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... Army in general , should do injustice to my own feelings not to acknowledge , in this place , the peculiar services and distinguished merits of the Gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the It was impossible that the ...
... Army in general , should do injustice to my own feelings not to acknowledge , in this place , the peculiar services and distinguished merits of the Gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the It was impossible that the ...
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... army . We had a vigorous and well - defined foreign pol- icy ; we had recovered the western posts , which , in the hands of the British , had fettered our march to the west ; and we had proved our power to maintain order at home , to ...
... army . We had a vigorous and well - defined foreign pol- icy ; we had recovered the western posts , which , in the hands of the British , had fettered our march to the west ; and we had proved our power to maintain order at home , to ...
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