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... tion by Congress . A population so characterized presented formidable difficulties to the invader . The physical difficulties arising from the nature of the country consisted in its mountain fast- nesses in the northwestern part , its ...
... tion by Congress . A population so characterized presented formidable difficulties to the invader . The physical difficulties arising from the nature of the country consisted in its mountain fast- nesses in the northwestern part , its ...
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... tion , and entreating relief . For three weeks he remained in this encampment , foraging an exhausted country for a meagre subsistence , and was thinking of deviating to the right , and seeking the fertile counties of Mecklenburg and ...
... tion , and entreating relief . For three weeks he remained in this encampment , foraging an exhausted country for a meagre subsistence , and was thinking of deviating to the right , and seeking the fertile counties of Mecklenburg and ...
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... tion took place with the North Carolina militia . On the 13th they encamped at Rugeley's Mills , otherwise called Clermont , about twelve miles from Camden , and on the following day were reinforced by a brigade of seven hundred ...
... tion took place with the North Carolina militia . On the 13th they encamped at Rugeley's Mills , otherwise called Clermont , about twelve miles from Camden , and on the following day were reinforced by a brigade of seven hundred ...
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... tion for the officers and men of his division who had so nobly stood by him in this deadly strife . If the militia fled too soon in this battle , said the adjutant - general , the regulars remained too long ; fighting when there was no ...
... tion for the officers and men of his division who had so nobly stood by him in this deadly strife . If the militia fled too soon in this battle , said the adjutant - general , the regulars remained too long ; fighting when there was no ...
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... tion . The latter was out of command , and had nothing to offer but his services ; which in his actual situation were scarcely worth buying . In the meantime the circumstances of Arnold were daily becoming more desperate . Debts were ...
... tion . The latter was out of command , and had nothing to offer but his services ; which in his actual situation were scarcely worth buying . In the meantime the circumstances of Arnold were daily becoming more desperate . Debts were ...
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