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... army debilitated , the spirit of the soldiers abated , and , perhaps , the final event of the whole contest decided . The possession of the peninsula of Charlestown was much less useful than prejudicial to the royalists . Their army was ...
... army debilitated , the spirit of the soldiers abated , and , perhaps , the final event of the whole contest decided . The possession of the peninsula of Charlestown was much less useful than prejudicial to the royalists . Their army was ...
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... army in the name of the whole Union . If they had all consented to serve under general Putnam , it was on account of his seniority ; and the power he enjoyed , was rather a sort of temporary dictature , conferred by the free will of the ...
... army in the name of the whole Union . If they had all consented to serve under general Putnam , it was on account of his seniority ; and the power he enjoyed , was rather a sort of temporary dictature , conferred by the free will of the ...
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... army , other experienced officers , who might second Washington , they appointed Artemas Ward , first major - general ; Charles Lee , second major- general ; and Philip Schuyler , third major - general ; Horatio Gates was named adjutant ...
... army , other experienced officers , who might second Washington , they appointed Artemas Ward , first major - general ; Charles Lee , second major- general ; and Philip Schuyler , third major - general ; Horatio Gates was named adjutant ...
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... army . It was divided into three corps ; the right , under the command of Ward , occupied Roxbury ; the left , conducted by Lee , defended Prospect Hill ; and the centre , which comprehended a select corps , destined for reserve , was ...
... army . It was divided into three corps ; the right , under the command of Ward , occupied Roxbury ; the left , conducted by Lee , defended Prospect Hill ; and the centre , which comprehended a select corps , destined for reserve , was ...
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... army should amount to the number of more than twenty thousand men ; and that each colony should levy battalions , at the expense of the continent . About this time Dr. Church , first physician of the army , was de- clared traitor . He ...
... army should amount to the number of more than twenty thousand men ; and that each colony should levy battalions , at the expense of the continent . About this time Dr. Church , first physician of the army , was de- clared traitor . He ...
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