Works, Volumen16,Tema 6G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1857 |
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... hundred miles back from the sea is a level country , abounding with swamps , locked up in the windings of the rivers which flow down from the Appalachian Mountains . Some of these swamps are mere canebrakes , of little use until subdued ...
... hundred miles back from the sea is a level country , abounding with swamps , locked up in the windings of the rivers which flow down from the Appalachian Mountains . Some of these swamps are mere canebrakes , of little use until subdued ...
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... hundred ; yet , with these , he attacked and routed a well - armed body of British troops and tories , the terror of the fron- tier . His followers supplied themselves with weapons from the slain . In a little while his band was ...
... hundred ; yet , with these , he attacked and routed a well - armed body of British troops and tories , the terror of the fron- tier . His followers supplied themselves with weapons from the slain . In a little while his band was ...
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... the following day were reinforced by a brigade of seven hundred Virginia militia , under General Stevens . On the approach of Gates , Lord Rawdon British and American Forces II had concentrated his forces at 10 Life of Washington.
... the following day were reinforced by a brigade of seven hundred Virginia militia , under General Stevens . On the approach of Gates , Lord Rawdon British and American Forces II had concentrated his forces at 10 Life of Washington.
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... hundred were militia and tory refugees from North Carolina . The forces under Gates , according to the re- turn of his adjutant - general , were three thou- sand and fifty - two fit for duty ; more than two thirds of them , however ...
... hundred were militia and tory refugees from North Carolina . The forces under Gates , according to the re- turn of his adjutant - general , were three thou- sand and fifty - two fit for duty ; more than two thirds of them , however ...
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... hundred yards in rear of the first . At daybreak ( August 16th ) , the enemy were dimly descried advancing in column ; they ap- peared to be displaying to the right . The deputy adjutant - general ordered the artillery to open a fire ...
... hundred yards in rear of the first . At daybreak ( August 16th ) , the enemy were dimly descried advancing in column ; they ap- peared to be displaying to the right . The deputy adjutant - general ordered the artillery to open a fire ...
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