The Battle of Long Island, Volume 2The Society, 1869 - 549 halaman |
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... Wood , James H. Prentice , Joseph Battell , Henry Sanger , Alfred S. Barnes , John C. Barnes , and Charles J. Lowrey . It is proposed by the Directors to publish , in future volumes of the Memoirs of the Society , the more important and ...
... Wood , James H. Prentice , Joseph Battell , Henry Sanger , Alfred S. Barnes , John C. Barnes , and Charles J. Lowrey . It is proposed by the Directors to publish , in future volumes of the Memoirs of the Society , the more important and ...
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... woods swarmed with their savage foes ; and now they met on their home soil , as mortal ene- mies . It was , perhaps , the knowledge of each other's qualities that made these partisan officers reluctant to test them in actual conflict ...
... woods swarmed with their savage foes ; and now they met on their home soil , as mortal ene- mies . It was , perhaps , the knowledge of each other's qualities that made these partisan officers reluctant to test them in actual conflict ...
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... wood , three - fourths of which were proven to belong to friends of Congress , and were therefore permitted by Mr. Sands to be sold . The confiscation of the remainder , belonging probably to one of his old neighbors , seemed perhaps so ...
... wood , three - fourths of which were proven to belong to friends of Congress , and were therefore permitted by Mr. Sands to be sold . The confiscation of the remainder , belonging probably to one of his old neighbors , seemed perhaps so ...
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... wood , which he claimed to be of the value of forty shillings and sixpence ; and as that loss had occurred through Mr. Sands ' violation of duty , he held him personally responsible for it . Duyckinck was summoned before the provincial ...
... wood , which he claimed to be of the value of forty shillings and sixpence ; and as that loss had occurred through Mr. Sands ' violation of duty , he held him personally responsible for it . Duyckinck was summoned before the provincial ...
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... woods and morasses . " The commanding officer of the district was that Capt . John Sands , now advanced to the rank of Colonel , whose zeal for convicting his tory neighbors we have already witnessed . His patriotic energy , still ...
... woods and morasses . " The commanding officer of the district was that Capt . John Sands , now advanced to the rank of Colonel , whose zeal for convicting his tory neighbors we have already witnessed . His patriotic energy , still ...
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Halaman 419 - Esq. who, being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and saith...
Halaman 188 - The Hessians and our brave Highlanders gave no quarter, and it was a fine sight to see with what alacrity they dispatched the rebels with their bayonets, after we had surrounded them so that they could not resist.
Halaman 385 - Circumstanced as this army was, in respect to situation and strength, it was the unanimous advice of a council of general officers to give up Long Island, and not, by dividing our force, be unable to resist the enemy in any one point of attack.
Halaman 32 - Whereas a majority of the inhabitants of Queens county, in the colony of New- York, being incapable of resolving to live and die freemen, and being more disposed to quit their liberties than part with the little proportion of their property necessary to defend them, have deserted the American cause by refusing to send deputies as usual to the Convention of that colony...
Halaman 368 - ... come, more insufferable than his open and avowed enemy would make it ; when by duty and every rule of humanity they ought to aid, and not oppress, the distressed in their habitations. The distinction between a well regulated army and a mob, is the good order and discipline of the former, and the licentious and disorderly behaviour of the latter.
Halaman 381 - About midnight, he fell in with their advanced parties, and at daybreak, with a large corps, having cannon, and advantageously posted, with whom there was skirmishing and a cannonade for some hours, until, by the firing at Brooklyn, the Rebels, suspecting their retreat would be cut off, made a movement to the right, in order to secure it across a swamp and creek that covered the right of their works...
Halaman 168 - The Enemy have now landed on Long Island, and the hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty — that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men...
Halaman 389 - Thomas's company, which had just come over from York, to the mouth of the creek, opposite where the brigade was drawn up, and ordered two field-pieces down to support and cover their retreat, should they make a push that way. Soon after our march they began to retreat, and, for a small time, the fire was very heavy on both sides, till our troops came to the marsh, where they were obliged to break their order, and escape as quick as they could to the edge of the creek, under a brisk fire, notwithstanding...
Halaman 396 - In the mean time Captain Carpenter brought up two fieldpieces, which were placed on the side of the hill, so as to command the road and the only approach for some hundred yards. On the part of General Grant there were two field-pieces. One...
Halaman 42 - General Lee will execute a work of the same kind on Long Island. It is high time to begin with our internal foes, when we are threatened with such severity of chastisement from our kind parent without.