The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesHenry T. Coates, 1882 - 489 páginas |
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... called Fort Pitt . In this place he spent a few days to conciliate the affections of the Indians of the vicinity . Some of their chiefs , whose fidelity he took the wisest meas- ures to secure , he engaged as guides , with them , as ...
... called Fort Pitt . In this place he spent a few days to conciliate the affections of the Indians of the vicinity . Some of their chiefs , whose fidelity he took the wisest meas- ures to secure , he engaged as guides , with them , as ...
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... called together within these few months . " Relaxed and unfit as our rules and regulations of war are for the government of an army , the militia ( those properly so called , for of these we have two sorts , the six months ' men , and ...
... called together within these few months . " Relaxed and unfit as our rules and regulations of war are for the government of an army , the militia ( those properly so called , for of these we have two sorts , the six months ' men , and ...
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... called Red Bank , a fort was constructed and mounted with heavy artillery , and called Fort Mercer . Fort Island and Red Bank were distant from each other half a mile . In the channel of the Delaware , which ran between them , two ...
... called Red Bank , a fort was constructed and mounted with heavy artillery , and called Fort Mercer . Fort Island and Red Bank were distant from each other half a mile . In the channel of the Delaware , which ran between them , two ...
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