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... sent from Pennsylvania , Maryland and Virginia , to join the army before Boston . These are an excellent species of light infantry . They use a peculiar kind of musket , called a rifle . It has circular or -grooves within the barrel ...
... sent from Pennsylvania , Maryland and Virginia , to join the army before Boston . These are an excellent species of light infantry . They use a peculiar kind of musket , called a rifle . It has circular or -grooves within the barrel ...
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... sent to you by the nearest way , two hundred thousand pounds of cannon powder , twenty thousand ex- cellent fusils , some brass mortars , bombs , cannon balls , bayonets , platines , clothes , linens , etc. , for the clothing of your ...
... sent to you by the nearest way , two hundred thousand pounds of cannon powder , twenty thousand ex- cellent fusils , some brass mortars , bombs , cannon balls , bayonets , platines , clothes , linens , etc. , for the clothing of your ...
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... sent a note to Grant asking terms . The reply was immediate and conclusive . It stamped Grant as the Man of Destiny . Buckner capitulated at once . It was the first great Union victory of the war and overnight Grant was nicknamed ...
... sent a note to Grant asking terms . The reply was immediate and conclusive . It stamped Grant as the Man of Destiny . Buckner capitulated at once . It was the first great Union victory of the war and overnight Grant was nicknamed ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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