Pictorial Life of Andrew JacksonBelknap and Hamersley, 1847 - 560 pages |
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John Frost. PREFACE . A LIFE of GENERAL JACKSON , written so soon after his decease as the present , may be thought premature . Perhaps in some respects it is so . There are many points in which posterity alone will be able to appre ...
John Frost. PREFACE . A LIFE of GENERAL JACKSON , written so soon after his decease as the present , may be thought premature . Perhaps in some respects it is so . There are many points in which posterity alone will be able to appre ...
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... soon as the ap- proaching harvest furnished means of subsistence , to advance with his army into North Carolina , when he should count upon their active assistance ; and in the meanwhile they were exhorted to continue passive under the ...
... soon as the ap- proaching harvest furnished means of subsistence , to advance with his army into North Carolina , when he should count upon their active assistance ; and in the meanwhile they were exhorted to continue passive under the ...
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... soon as the boats had reached a proper distance from M'Arthur , the militia rose upon their colonel , who with difficulty escaped , made prisoners of the sick , and conveyed them safely into North Carolina . In the district lying ...
... soon as the boats had reached a proper distance from M'Arthur , the militia rose upon their colonel , who with difficulty escaped , made prisoners of the sick , and conveyed them safely into North Carolina . In the district lying ...
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... soon yielded and took to flight . Sumpter pressed with ardour the advantage he had gained , and bore down upon the legion infantry , which was forced . He then fell upon Brown's detachment . Here he was re- ceived upon the point of the ...
... soon yielded and took to flight . Sumpter pressed with ardour the advantage he had gained , and bore down upon the legion infantry , which was forced . He then fell upon Brown's detachment . Here he was re- ceived upon the point of the ...
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... soon as pressed . The error of the guides , which deranged the plan of attack , the allurements of the spoils found in the enemy's camp , and the indulgence in the use of liquor , deprived Sumpter of the victory once within his grasp ...
... soon as pressed . The error of the guides , which deranged the plan of attack , the allurements of the spoils found in the enemy's camp , and the indulgence in the use of liquor , deprived Sumpter of the victory once within his grasp ...
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