Collections of the New York Historical Society: The John Watts De Peyster publication fund series, 第 6 巻The Society, 1874 |
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28th of June Aid-de-Camp answer appeared army artillery asked attack the enemy battalions Battle of Monmouth believe BENJAMIN RUSH Berkley County cannon Captain cavalry CHARLES LEE Colonel Butler Colonel Grayson Colonel Oswald column command Congress corps cou'd Court Martial DEAR enemy's English-Town eral Excellency fire flank front Genl gentlemen give Grayson's regiment ground halted honour horse hundred immediately infantry informed Jackson Lee the 28th Lee's question letter liberty Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Stirling main body Major Major-General Lee mand Marquis Maxwell Maxwell's brigade Mercer Monmouth Court-house morass N. Y. City observed officer opinion orders party Philadelphia pieces of artillery point of woods ravine rear received recollect regiment respect retiring retreat road rode Scott Scott's detachment sent shou'd suppose thought tion told troops Washington Wayne Whig whole Wikoff William Henry Drayton wood wou'd
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376 ページ - Colonel Butler will form a column on the left of Febiger and Major Murphey in his rear. "Every officer and soldier are then to fix a piece of white paper in the most conspicuous part of his hat or cap as an insignia to be distinguished from the enemy.
173 ページ - Kemp who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did depose and say That on the day of...
409 ページ - I am, Sir, with the greatest respect, Your most obedient humble servant, CHARLES LEE.
357 ページ - ... of my heart. I do most sincerely declare, that your assault of Stony Point is not only the most brilliant, in my opinion, throughout the whole course of the war on either side, but that it is the most brilliant I am acquainted with in history ; the assault of Schweidnitz by Marshal Laudon, I think inferior to it. I wish you, therefore, most sincerely, joy of the laurels you have deservedly acquired, and that you may long live to wear them.
208 ページ - Disobedience of orders in not attacking the enemy on the 28th of June, agreeably to repeated instructions.
100 ページ - Sir, you cannot afford me greater pleasure than in giving me the opportunity of showing to America the sufficiency of her respective servants. I trust that temporary power of office, and the tinsel dignity attending it, will not be able, by all the mists they can raise, to obfuscate the bright rays of truth.
376 ページ - ... whatever, until a general halt is made, and then to be attended by one of the officers of the platoon. When the head of the troops arrive in rear of the hill.
100 ページ - I received your letter (dated through mistake the 1st of July), expressed as I conceive in terms highly improper. I am not conscious of having made use of any very singular expressions at the time of meeting you, as you intimate. What I recollect to have said was dictated by duty, and warranted by the occasion. As soon as circumstances will permit, you shall have an opportunity of justifying yourself to the army, to Congress, to America...
99 ページ - I must in justice to myself, when this campaign is closed, which I believe will close the war, retire from the service at the head of which is placed a man capable of offering such injuries.
300 ページ - So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil, be thou my good : by thee at least Divided empire with heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long and this new world shall know.