A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 2F. Betts, 1822 - United States |
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Page ix
... militia leave the enemy , and rejoin the Ame- rican standard ... General Gates advances towards Cambden ... Skirmish of Brigadier General Sumpter ... Gates and Corn- wallis meet between Clermont and Cambden ... Battle and defeat of ...
... militia leave the enemy , and rejoin the Ame- rican standard ... General Gates advances towards Cambden ... Skirmish of Brigadier General Sumpter ... Gates and Corn- wallis meet between Clermont and Cambden ... Battle and defeat of ...
Page x
... militia men ... Proposition of Washington for a change of prisoners ... Congress resolve to erect a monu- ment to the memory of the Baron de Kalb ... Sir Henry Clinton sends reinforcements to the south ... Congress or- der a Court ...
... militia men ... Proposition of Washington for a change of prisoners ... Congress resolve to erect a monu- ment to the memory of the Baron de Kalb ... Sir Henry Clinton sends reinforcements to the south ... Congress or- der a Court ...
Page xi
Paul Allen. Tarleton disperses the militia at Terrants ... Greene retreats to Guilford Court - House , crosses the ... militia under Baron Steuben ... General Phillips moves with his forces to Petersburg ... The Marquis establishes ...
Paul Allen. Tarleton disperses the militia at Terrants ... Greene retreats to Guilford Court - House , crosses the ... militia under Baron Steuben ... General Phillips moves with his forces to Petersburg ... The Marquis establishes ...
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... militia ; and not with- out some success a few hundreds of them were in- duced to join Generals Mifflin and Greene ; while the continentals , in the true spirit of hireling mercenaries , after accepting an extra bounty of ten dollars ...
... militia ; and not with- out some success a few hundreds of them were in- duced to join Generals Mifflin and Greene ; while the continentals , in the true spirit of hireling mercenaries , after accepting an extra bounty of ten dollars ...
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... militia . He had about thirty pieces of artillery posted on the bank of the creek , which was easily fordable in every part of it , and in this perilous situation hung the destinies of the young Republick , when Cornwallis arrived on ...
... militia . He had about thirty pieces of artillery posted on the bank of the creek , which was easily fordable in every part of it , and in this perilous situation hung the destinies of the young Republick , when Cornwallis arrived on ...
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