History of Bunker Hill Battle. With a Plan. ...: Much Enlarged with New Information Derived from the Surviving Soldiers Present at the Celebration on the 17th June Last, and Notes |
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... similar commissions , and the generals were allowed no rank with those of the mother country . They were confirmed in the same opinion from the ordinary arms and uncouth dress of the American troops , † worn by them unchanged from the ...
... similar commissions , and the generals were allowed no rank with those of the mother country . They were confirmed in the same opinion from the ordinary arms and uncouth dress of the American troops , † worn by them unchanged from the ...
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... related by Lieut . Col. Parker , dressed by him at the redoubt , the next day , on a fascine . + Stedman , Marshall , Gage , and all authorities . ‡ Note K. || Dr. Jeffries . § Of Chelmsford . They were who was very badly wounded at the ...
... related by Lieut . Col. Parker , dressed by him at the redoubt , the next day , on a fascine . + Stedman , Marshall , Gage , and all authorities . ‡ Note K. || Dr. Jeffries . § Of Chelmsford . They were who was very badly wounded at the ...
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... related in the first edition of our Sketch , a remarkable anec- dote of a Clergyman , who was on the battle - ground at Bunker Hill , and extremely desirous of saying prayers over the body of Asa Pol- lard , the first victim who fell ...
... related in the first edition of our Sketch , a remarkable anec- dote of a Clergyman , who was on the battle - ground at Bunker Hill , and extremely desirous of saying prayers over the body of Asa Pol- lard , the first victim who fell ...
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... Similar and superior exertions were now necessarily made by the offi cers , which , notwithstanding the men discovered an almost insuperable reluc- tance to fighting in this cause , were again successful . They formed once more , and ...
... Similar and superior exertions were now necessarily made by the offi cers , which , notwithstanding the men discovered an almost insuperable reluc- tance to fighting in this cause , were again successful . They formed once more , and ...
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... related in the first edition of our Sketch , a remarkable anec- dote of a Clergyman , who was on the battle - ground at Bunker Hill , and extremely desirous of saying prayers over the body of Asa Pol- lard , the first victim who fell ...
... related in the first edition of our Sketch , a remarkable anec- dote of a Clergyman , who was on the battle - ground at Bunker Hill , and extremely desirous of saying prayers over the body of Asa Pol- lard , the first victim who fell ...
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