Adventures and Achievements of Americans: A Series of Narratives Illustrating Their Heroism, Self-reliance, Genius and EnterpriseGeo. F. Tuttle, 1858 - 732 pages |
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... ARMY . Five Years an American Soldier , comprising adventures at Palo Alto , Resaca de la Palma , Monterey , Vera Cruz , Cerro Gordo , and in the battles in the Valley of Mexico , interspersed with anecdotes of mili- tary life in peace ...
... ARMY . Five Years an American Soldier , comprising adventures at Palo Alto , Resaca de la Palma , Monterey , Vera Cruz , Cerro Gordo , and in the battles in the Valley of Mexico , interspersed with anecdotes of mili- tary life in peace ...
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... army during the whole eight years of the Revolu- tionary war , at first as a common soldier , afterward as an officer . My mother had the sole charge of us , four little ones . Our house was a poor one , and far from neighbors . I have ...
... army during the whole eight years of the Revolu- tionary war , at first as a common soldier , afterward as an officer . My mother had the sole charge of us , four little ones . Our house was a poor one , and far from neighbors . I have ...
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... army , and being inclined , as I hope , for good reasons , to accept it , I am constrained to ask as a favor , that which scarce anything else would have induced me to , which is to be excused from keeping your school any longer . For ...
... army , and being inclined , as I hope , for good reasons , to accept it , I am constrained to ask as a favor , that which scarce anything else would have induced me to , which is to be excused from keeping your school any longer . For ...
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... army was nearly annihilated by the defeat of Long Island , and the expiration of the terms for which the sol- diers had enlisted , Hale generously relinquished his own pay to induce the men of his company to remain . Hale's fondness for ...
... army was nearly annihilated by the defeat of Long Island , and the expiration of the terms for which the sol- diers had enlisted , Hale generously relinquished his own pay to induce the men of his company to remain . Hale's fondness for ...
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... army , and claim the country by conquest , or proceed southward and make a descent where no preparation would present a barrier , were questions of anxious import to the American commander , and the solution of which was of vital ...
... army , and claim the country by conquest , or proceed southward and make a descent where no preparation would present a barrier , were questions of anxious import to the American commander , and the solution of which was of vital ...
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