Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Volume 3Henry J. Johnson, 1878 - 1866 pages |
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... latter , with the regulars , swell- ing the army , in prospective , from about three thousand men of the peace establishment , to more than seventy thousand . The President was author- ized to call upon the governors of States to ...
... latter , with the regulars , swell- ing the army , in prospective , from about three thousand men of the peace establishment , to more than seventy thousand . The President was author- ized to call upon the governors of States to ...
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... latter , alone , the government felt compelled to look for its military leaders . Henry Dearborn , who had been a meritorious New Hampshire colonel in the Continental Army , was commissioned major - general and commander - in - chief ...
... latter , alone , the government felt compelled to look for its military leaders . Henry Dearborn , who had been a meritorious New Hampshire colonel in the Continental Army , was commissioned major - general and commander - in - chief ...
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... latter , shat- tered into weakness , fell into the sea . The hapless vessel , shivered and shorn , rolled like a log in the trough of the waves , entirely at the mercy of the billows . A jack that had been kept flying on the stump of ...
... latter , shat- tered into weakness , fell into the sea . The hapless vessel , shivered and shorn , rolled like a log in the trough of the waves , entirely at the mercy of the billows . A jack that had been kept flying on the stump of ...
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... latter to cruise in the track of the English West Indiamen , and at a specified time to rendezvous at certain ports , where , if she did not fall in with the flag - ship , she would be at liberty to make an independent cruise . Not long ...
... latter to cruise in the track of the English West Indiamen , and at a specified time to rendezvous at certain ports , where , if she did not fall in with the flag - ship , she would be at liberty to make an independent cruise . Not long ...
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... Meigs , at the close of April . Although the latter fort was strong , having bastions and many cannon planted , Harrison felt that its garrison was in peril , and he sent. SCENE AT THE RIVER RAISIN . ATTACK ON FORT STEPHENSON .
... Meigs , at the close of April . Although the latter fort was strong , having bastions and many cannon planted , Harrison felt that its garrison was in peril , and he sent. SCENE AT THE RIVER RAISIN . ATTACK ON FORT STEPHENSON .
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