 Swett fought the enemy hand to hand ; displaying upon the spot, find in a retreat of two miles, great presence of mind as well as personal courage, in repeated rallies of his men, in his exertions to bring off the dead and wounded, and in defence of his...  Mementos of the Swett Family - Page 16by John Wingate Thornton - 1851 - 26 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Durkee Williamson - Maine - 1832 - 750 pages
...sides soon shared the same fate. Swett fought the enemy hand to hand ; displaying upon the spot, find in a retreat of two miles, great presence of mind...engagement. Seldom is the merit of a military officer more genuine—seldom is the death of one more deeply lamented.f The triumphant savages, in their next movement,... | |
 | New England - 1896 - 842 pages
...in repeated rallies of his men. At last, wounded in twenty places and exhausted by loss of blood and fatigue, he was grappled, thrown to the ground and...sixty of his men, forty English and twenty Indians. Seldom is the merit of a military officer more genuine; seldom is the death of one more deeply mourned."... | |
 | John Swett - Education - 1911 - 332 pages
...loss of blood, he was grabbed and thrown to the ground and barbarously hacked to pieces at the gate of the garrison. With this intrepid officer fell sixty of his men, forty English and twenty Indians." Captain Benjamin Swett left a family of eleven children, — five boys and six girls. His widow married... | |
 | Warren Brown - Church records and registers - 1900 - 726 pages
...courage in repeated rallies of his men in his exertions to bring off the dead and wounded and in defense of his rear, upon which the savages hung with destructive...in pieces at the gates of the garrison. With this brave officer fell sixty of his men, forty English and twenty Indians, being two thirds of the whole... | |
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