The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10Historical Society of Pennsylvania., 1886 - Pennsylvania |
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... hundred men at a moment's notice to aid you in case of need . They were the last evening drawn out , when I reviewed them . They are of Colonel Shee's and Magaw's regiments , and the best disciplined of any troops I have yet seen in the ...
... hundred men at a moment's notice to aid you in case of need . They were the last evening drawn out , when I reviewed them . They are of Colonel Shee's and Magaw's regiments , and the best disciplined of any troops I have yet seen in the ...
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... hundred men . " With them came Glover's Massachusetts regiment , -Marblehead fisher- men and sailors , mostly . Cheers went up as the detachment briskly marched along the line and was posted on the left of the Brooklyn intrenchments ...
... hundred men . " With them came Glover's Massachusetts regiment , -Marblehead fisher- men and sailors , mostly . Cheers went up as the detachment briskly marched along the line and was posted on the left of the Brooklyn intrenchments ...
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... hundred men , and a few days after by the Maryland rifle regiment . But from the first Washington had not been deceived either as to the possi- bility of the forts successfully commanding the river , or of their own defence from an ...
... hundred men , and a few days after by the Maryland rifle regiment . But from the first Washington had not been deceived either as to the possi- bility of the forts successfully commanding the river , or of their own defence from an ...
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... hundreds in New York , but he might have been more thoroughly informed of everything desirable to be known from one ... hundred and fifty men , —all that could be spared in the unequal contest . Magaw's detachment did not arrive in time ...
... hundreds in New York , but he might have been more thoroughly informed of everything desirable to be known from one ... hundred and fifty men , —all that could be spared in the unequal contest . Magaw's detachment did not arrive in time ...
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... hundred men were killed and wounded in their boats , made good their landing , and fought their way to the top of the hill . When their guns were heard by Percy , he again attacked . Sterling , seeing the enclosed bastions of the line ...
... hundred men were killed and wounded in their boats , made good their landing , and fought their way to the top of the hill . When their guns were heard by Percy , he again attacked . Sterling , seeing the enclosed bastions of the line ...
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