... War of 18 12 as the most important ofthe many that were waged. These three were, first, the battle of Tippecanoe, regarded as the opening scene ofthe bloody drama; second, thebattleofthe ... no other party, the incident ofthebattle and defeatwould have been mentioned and passed without comment. THE COVERT RETREAT OFTHE BRITISH. The battles ofthe eighth were decisive ofthe campaign, ... not reprehensible. The cause of the retreat the Court attributes to the shameful flight ofthe command of Major Arnaud, sent to oppose the landing of the enemy. The retreat ofthe Kentucky militia,...
... seen the work of their guns upon the same occasion, Iwas gratified to see these things. Along the slope of Culp's Hill, in front ofthe position ofthe 12th, and the 1stDivision ofthe ... number of casualtiesin this than my estimate in a former partof these sheets. Few battles ofthe war that have had so manycasualties altogether as those ofthe two hours on the 2d of July. The ... description. The line ofbattle as it was established, on the evening ofthe first, and morning of the second of July was in the form ofthe letter "U," the troops facing outwards. And the "Cemetery,"...
... Thirteen of his seventeen officers were veterans ofthe war of the Rebellion, as were nearly all the citizen volunteers. The other four officers, and nearly all the enlistedmen had seen years of hard ... good prices as relics ofthe battle. Several of them werebadly stained with blood, but this, of course, enhanced, rather than lessened, their value in the eyes ofthe class of buyers he sought.Captain ... escort, and on the morning ofthe 12th, hismedical officers reached the field and gave to the suffering wounded the first professional care they had had,for owing to the rapid movements of Gibbon's...
... resist The Battleof Principles 12 IX. Henry Ward Beecher: The Appeal to England 21 2X. Heroes of Battle: American Soldiers and Sailors 24 2XI. The Life ofthe People at Home Who Supported the ... upon the mother-land, upon the avarice ofthe throne, the cupidity of Englishmerchants and the power of English guns and cannon.By the year 1790, therefore, slavery in the North had either ... been offered providing for the reception ofthe State of Orleans into the Union. The people of New Orleans spoke the French language,lived under the code of Napoleon, were monarchial in their...
... guns were posted to sweep the fields in front ofthe 42d with their fire. To the left ofthe 42d anextension ofthe woods ran out into the fields and concealed the 42d from Cleburne until he ... left the rumble ofthe wheels while the artillery and the wagons were pulling out, and much ofthe time could beheard the dull tread of many feet and the clicking of accoutrements that told ofthe ... captain ofthe regiment, he relates how the officers ofthe regiment triedto stop the flying troops, and taunted their officers with the bad example they were setting their men; how the regiment...
... Sylvius Aeneas, the son of Aeneas, the uncle of Brutus, and the third king ofthe Latins. 22 Geoffrey of Monmouthit not to them, but pardon it; since it is the common sentiment of everycaptive, ... this time Eli the priest governed in Judea, and the ark ofthe covenant was taken by the Philistines. At the same time,also, the sons of Hector, after the expulsion ofthe posterity of Antenor,reigned ... all the provinces, forced the giants to fly into the caves ofthe mountains, and divided the countryamong them according to the directions of their commander. After thisthey began to till the...
... clear the law of all ambiguities, summoned all the workmen ofthe islandtogether, and commanded them to pave a causeway of stone and mortar,which should run the whole length ofthe island, from the ... state and the nobility of the kingdom, went out to meet him, and received him honourably, and gave 32 Geoffrey of Monmouthbest partof his kingdom, he went to each of them to ask which of themloved ... Geoffrey of Monmouthother daughters upon the dukes of Cornwall and Albania, with half the island at present, but after his death, the inheritance ofthe wholemonarchy of Britain. It...
... offered to help poor Chanticleer by laying himself across the stream; and this time he got safely to the other side with the hearse, and managed to get Partlet out of it; but the fox and the ... upon a beam, the cat sat down in the fireplace, the duck got into the washing cistern, the pin stuck himself into the bed pillow, the millstone laid himself over the house door, and the egg rolled ... the bride; and then the bride gave him the silken cord, and he took the silken cord to the river, and the river gave him water, and he carried the water to Partlet; but in the meantime she...
... However, the duck, who slept in the open air in the yard, heard them coming, and jumping into the brook which ran close by the inn, soon swam out of their reach. An hour or two afterwards the landlord ... they went to the mountains; and as it was a lovely day, they stayed there till the evening. Now, whether it was that they had eaten so many nuts that they could not walk, or whether they were ... however, they spoke civilly to him, and gave him the egg which Partlet had laid by the way, and said they would give him the duck, who was in the habit of laying one every day: so at last he let them...
... agreeable to the majority ofthe house of commons, and suited their religious principles. But as the impatience ofthe people, the danger of delay, the general disgust towards faction, and the authority ... D’Estrades, 3d of October, 16 62. The chief importance, indeed, of Dunkirk to the English was, that it was able to distress their The History of England, Volume I, Part VI 26 chiefly pushed the Portuguese ... we not know, that men ofthe greatest genius, where they relinquish by principle the use of their reason, are only enabled, by their vigor of mind, to work themselves the deeper into error...