A Child's History of the United States, Part 2McMenamy, Hess & Company, 1875 - Adventure and adventurers |
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... body was re- moved by the British Government in 1821 . Clinton made every effort to save André , but nothing short of the surrender of Arnold would have availed him . The desertion of Arnold , and the audacity with which he made re ...
... body was re- moved by the British Government in 1821 . Clinton made every effort to save André , but nothing short of the surrender of Arnold would have availed him . The desertion of Arnold , and the audacity with which he made re ...
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... body , some four hundred in number , under Colonel Pyle , were suddenly confronted by Lee and his men . They opened fire on the Americans , however , but the superior discipline of Lee's command made the struggle a short though bloody ...
... body , some four hundred in number , under Colonel Pyle , were suddenly confronted by Lee and his men . They opened fire on the Americans , however , but the superior discipline of Lee's command made the struggle a short though bloody ...
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... stood firm , while Lee on their left , and Colonel Washington on the right , so galled the enemy that he had to call up his reserves . For a time this brave body of militia contended for victory with the best troops THE UNITED STATES . 21.
... stood firm , while Lee on their left , and Colonel Washington on the right , so galled the enemy that he had to call up his reserves . For a time this brave body of militia contended for victory with the best troops THE UNITED STATES . 21.
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John Gilmary Shea. body of militia contended for victory with the best troops and ablest officers in the British service , but at last it was forced to yield , and , re- tiring , formed again behind the Continentals ; though Campbell's ...
John Gilmary Shea. body of militia contended for victory with the best troops and ablest officers in the British service , but at last it was forced to yield , and , re- tiring , formed again behind the Continentals ; though Campbell's ...
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... body , when a panic arose in one of his best regiments , the 1st Maryland . It spread to others , and Greene saw the victory he had all but won slip from his grasp . He retreated to Saunder's Creek , Colonel Washington covering his ...
... body , when a panic arose in one of his best regiments , the 1st Maryland . It spread to others , and Greene saw the victory he had all but won slip from his grasp . He retreated to Saunder's Creek , Colonel Washington covering his ...
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