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... received an express from General Sumter , who , with his partisan corps , after harassing the enemy at various points , was now endeavoring to cut off their supplies from Charleston . The object of the express was to ask a reinforcement ...
... received an express from General Sumter , who , with his partisan corps , after harassing the enemy at various points , was now endeavoring to cut off their supplies from Charleston . The object of the express was to ask a reinforcement ...
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... receiving eleven wounds . His aide - de- camp , De Buysson , supported him in his arms and was repeatedly wounded in protecting him . He announced the rank and nation of his gen- eral , and both were taken prisoners . De Kalb died in ...
... receiving eleven wounds . His aide - de- camp , De Buysson , supported him in his arms and was repeatedly wounded in protecting him . He announced the rank and nation of his gen- eral , and both were taken prisoners . De Kalb died in ...
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... that Washington received word of the disas- trous reverse at Camden . The shock was the greater , as previous reports from that quarter had represented the operations a few days pre- ceding the action as much in our favor . It.
... that Washington received word of the disas- trous reverse at Camden . The shock was the greater , as previous reports from that quarter had represented the operations a few days pre- ceding the action as much in our favor . It.
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... expense , con- sumption of provisions , and waste of arms and stores . No magazines can be equal to the de- mands of an army of militia , and none need economy more than ours . ' He had scarce written the foregoing , when he received.
... expense , con- sumption of provisions , and waste of arms and stores . No magazines can be equal to the de- mands of an army of militia , and none need economy more than ours . ' He had scarce written the foregoing , when he received.
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Washington Irving. He had scarce written the foregoing , when he received a letter from the now unfortunate Gates , dated at Hillsborough , August 30th and September 3d , giving particulars of his discomfiture . No longer vaunting and ...
Washington Irving. He had scarce written the foregoing , when he received a letter from the now unfortunate Gates , dated at Hillsborough , August 30th and September 3d , giving particulars of his discomfiture . No longer vaunting and ...
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