Medals of the United States MintU.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 274 pages |
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... troops against Fort Duquesne . The attack met with failure ; Brad- dock was mortally wounded , and the command passed to Washington . During this French and Indian onslaught , two horses were shot out from under Washington , and his ...
... troops against Fort Duquesne . The attack met with failure ; Brad- dock was mortally wounded , and the command passed to Washington . During this French and Indian onslaught , two horses were shot out from under Washington , and his ...
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... troops , against French and Indian raids . The engagements , which averaged two a month , gave Washington considerable opportunity to develop his skill in conducting warfare over an extensive range of territory . 1758 He had the ...
... troops , against French and Indian raids . The engagements , which averaged two a month , gave Washington considerable opportunity to develop his skill in conducting warfare over an extensive range of territory . 1758 He had the ...
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... troops at Waxhaw Church ; received a saber blow , which marked him for life , when he refused to clean the boots of a British officer . AND FRIENDSHIP 1784-87 - Studied in the law offices of Spruce Macay in Salisbury , N.C .; was ...
... troops at Waxhaw Church ; received a saber blow , which marked him for life , when he refused to clean the boots of a British officer . AND FRIENDSHIP 1784-87 - Studied in the law offices of Spruce Macay in Salisbury , N.C .; was ...
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... troops conferred on him . 1814 Commanding the Tennessee Militia , he defeated the Creek Indians on March 27 , at Horshoe Bend , Ga .; this was in retaliation for their massacre at Fort Mims in the Mississippi Territory . Was commis ...
... troops conferred on him . 1814 Commanding the Tennessee Militia , he defeated the Creek Indians on March 27 , at Horshoe Bend , Ga .; this was in retaliation for their massacre at Fort Mims in the Mississippi Territory . Was commis ...
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... troops in the Seminole War ( in Georgia and Alabama ) , and he issued an executive order which provided that no person should labor more than 10 hours a day on Federal works . 1840 - Van Buren lost the Democratic nomination for the ...
... troops in the Seminole War ( in Georgia and Alabama ) , and he issued an executive order which provided that no person should labor more than 10 hours a day on Federal works . 1840 - Van Buren lost the Democratic nomination for the ...
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