The Life of Francis MarionH. G. Langley, 1845 - 347 стор. |
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... enemy had power , and in the control of Editors , unlike the present , who were seldom able to expatiate upon the achievement which they record- ed ; -or the brief dispatches of the Captain himself , whose modesty would naturally recoil ...
... enemy had power , and in the control of Editors , unlike the present , who were seldom able to expatiate upon the achievement which they record- ed ; -or the brief dispatches of the Captain himself , whose modesty would naturally recoil ...
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... enemy . It was in such a region that the Cherokees made their first and formidable stand . Within five miles of Etchoee , the nearest town of the middle settlements , the army of Montgomery approach- ed a low valley , clothed with a ...
... enemy . It was in such a region that the Cherokees made their first and formidable stand . Within five miles of Etchoee , the nearest town of the middle settlements , the army of Montgomery approach- ed a low valley , clothed with a ...
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... enemy into close action . The bayonet stirred and laid bare the thicket The woods resounded with the shouts and yells of the Cherokees , but they no longer fell with terror upon the ear of the whites . They had grown familiar . The ...
... enemy into close action . The bayonet stirred and laid bare the thicket The woods resounded with the shouts and yells of the Cherokees , but they no longer fell with terror upon the ear of the whites . They had grown familiar . The ...
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... enemy . The Chero- kees were in possession of a hill , strongly posted , and in considerable force , upon the right flank of the army . Finding themselves discovered , they opened their fire upon the advanced guard , and followed it up ...
... enemy . The Chero- kees were in possession of a hill , strongly posted , and in considerable force , upon the right flank of the army . Finding themselves discovered , they opened their fire upon the advanced guard , and followed it up ...
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... enemies . " The value of this training was very soon to be subjected to the most thorough of all pos- sible tests ... enemy in front . Its form was square , with a bastion at each angle , sufficiently large , when finished , to cover ...
... enemies . " The value of this training was very soon to be subjected to the most thorough of all pos- sible tests ... enemy in front . Its form was square , with a bastion at each angle , sufficiently large , when finished , to cover ...
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active advance American approach arms army artillery ASTOR HOUSE battle bayonet body brave bridge brigade British British army Camden camp Capt Captain Carolinians cavalry character Charleston Cherokees Colonel command Cornwallis courage defence detachment dispatched duties effect encampment enemy enemy's equally escape fell Ferry fight fire followed force Fort Moultrie Fort Prince George Fort Watson fortunate Francis Marion Gainey garrison Georgetown Governor Rutledge Greene Horry Horry's horse Huguenots hundred infantry James latter legion Lord Rawdon loyalists Major Mayham Memoirs ment miles military militia Moultrie movements NEW-YORK North object officers partisan party patriots Pedee Peter Horry plantation possession prepared present prisoners proceeded pursuit Rawdon regiment retreat river safety Santee Savannah secure seems soldiers soon South Carolina spirit Stewart success suffered Sumter superior swamp sword Tarleton thicket tion took Tories troops warfare Watson Weems Whigs wounded yielded
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Сторінка 51 - But when we came, according to orders, to cut down the fields of corn, I could scarcely refrain from tears. For who could see the stalks that stood so stately with broad green leaves and...
Сторінка 342 - I can lay my hand on my heart and say that, since I came to man's estate, I have never intentionally done wrong to any.
Сторінка 17 - After our arrival in Carolina we suffered every kind of evil. In about eighteen months our elder brother, unaccustomed to the hard labor we were obliged to undergo, died of a fever. Since leaving France we had experienced every kind of affliction, disease, pestilence, famine, poverty, hard labor. I have been for six months together without tasting bread, working the ground like a slave ; and I have even passed three or four years without always having it when I wanted it. God has done great things...
Сторінка 141 - Colonel Marion had so wrought on the minds of the people, partly by the terror of his threats and cruelty of his punishments, and partly by the promise of plunder, that there was scarce an inhabitant between the Santee and Pedee that was not in arms against us. Some parties had even crossed the Santee and carried terror to the gates of Charlestown.
Сторінка 343 - AND INDEPENDENCE, And secured to her the blessings of LIBERTY AND PEACE. This tribute of veneration and gratitude is erected in commemoration of the noble and disinterested virtues of the CITIZEN; and the gallant exploits of the SOLDIER; Who lived without fear, and died without reproach.
Сторінка 18 - Many of the French follow a Trade with the Indians, living very conveniently for that Interest. There is about seventy Families seated on this River, who live as decently and happily as any Planters in these Southward Parts of America. The French being a temperate, industrious People, some of them bringing very little of Effects, yet by their Endeavors and mutual Assistance amongst themselves ( which is highly to be commended ) , have outstripped our English, who brought with them larger Fortunes,...
Сторінка 52 - I say, without grief, could see these sacred plants sinking under our swords with all their precious load, to wither and rot untasted in their mourning fields? "I saw everywhere around the footsteps of the little Indian children, where they had lately played under the shade of their rustling corn.
Сторінка 116 - To an inquiry, whether the inhabitants were to be allowed to remain upon their plantations, he was answered in the negative. ' His Majesty,' said Ardesoif, ' offers you a free pardon, of which you are undeserving, for you all ought to be hanged ; but it is only on condition that you take up arms in his cause.
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Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox of the American Revolution Louis P. Towles Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2001 |