Book/Printed Material Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of author's desperate leap from a swiftly moving train of cars, and a fatiguing tramp of 1,000 miles through three Confederate states, in making his escape from a prison-pen
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Image 1 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 6 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... Gen. J. Madison Drake- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 7 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... Historical Sketches OF THE Revolutionary and Civil Wars With an account of author s desperate leap from a swiftly moving train of cars, and a fatiguing tramp of 1,000 miles through three...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
- Date: 1908
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Image 8 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... V *s Copyright, 1908 By J. MADISON DRAKE o-lo^%ifZ- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 9 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... INTRODUCTORY. AT the earnest and repeated solicitations ot many citizens I present this volume to the public, the chief object of which is to preserve in convenient form many personal incidents which...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 10 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 11 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... Historical Sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. PART I.— THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. NEW JERSEY S CONTINENTALS. THE first call made on New Jersey for troops in the Revolu- tionary War was...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
- Date: 1908
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Image 12 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... O HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE specified that no apprentice should be enlisted without the consent of his master or mistress, and every person under the age of twenty-one years, enlisting as aforesaid,...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 13 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. HOW MINUTE-MEN WERE ORGANIZED. THE Provincial Congress of New Jersey, on the fifth of August, 1775, ordered the various counties to raise and equip fifty-four companies of minute-men,...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
- Date: 1908
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Image 14 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 8 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE arrest and confinement of Richard Stockton, a member of Con- gress, whose home was at Princeton. When the British army, in pursuit of Washington, reached that town,...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 15 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. V out judge or jury any person who purchased or used stamped paper. This proclamation had the desired effect. It was because of this action on the part...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
- Date: 1908
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Image 16 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 10 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE Previous to this the Earl had been colonel of a militia regiment in Somerset county. June 29, 1776, General Livingston sent three companies of Elizabethtown boys to...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 17 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. II fate of the country, perhaps, depended on the exertion the army might make during the next few weeks. The address failed to have the effect desired, as...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
- Date: 1908
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Image 18 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 12 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE the entire eight years, finding a refuge at Baskingridge and Parcipany. The governor himself, upon whose head the British government had set a price of several thousand...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 19 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 13- being with the army on Long Island, left here in wagons for Amboy, with the avowed intention of procuring a vessel at that place, in which he...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 20 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 14 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE wind, but the patriots, thinking only of the object in view, mur- mured not at their exposure to the wintry blasts. Wrapped in blankets, and huddled together...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 21 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 15 in length. Its cargo consisted of 107 chaldrons of coal, 30 bundles of hoops, 100 butts of porter, 225 bags of beans, 150 sacks of potatoes, mostly...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 22 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 16 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE Second Lieutenants Thomas Clark, James Heard. Captain Frelinghuysen served but one month and resigned Lieutenant Neill succeeding him. Shepard Kollock, born in Delaware in 1750, after learning...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 23 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 17 piquets posted on the ground now occupied by the buildings of the Singer company, were surprised to see a large British gunboat lying off the southern end...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 24 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 18 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE Staten Island s beautiful hills, ruthlessly awaking sleeping thun- ders of the woods, was followed by a rain of merciless iron, utterly demoralizing the officers and crew,...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 25 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 19 o clock that evening It was the first exploit of the new-born nation, and a gallant young patriot, a citizen of this province, carried it to success....- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 26 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 20 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE to assemble several hundred militiamen and took position among them beyond the Short Hills, toward Chatham, while Major Oliver Spencer, of Elizabethtown, with some two hundred boys,...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 27 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 21 Notwithstanding the great speed at which he rode over the hills, his ride was a task of supererogation, as when he reached Colonel Ford s trusty minutemen,...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 28 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 22 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE bers, the little American band fell back about a mile to higher ground, where it would have a more advantageous position in case the enemy advanced in...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 29 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 23 point-blank range at the gallant major, whose noble charger fell dead, under the terrific fire. The major, who had received a wound, being unable to extricate himself...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 30 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 24 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE sions of the British and tories to the town and vicinity that Colonel Matthias Ogden, a native, and one of its best defend- ers all through the...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 31 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 25 Colonel Ogden displayed the highest attributes of a soldier in getting his command across the sound, and in gaining the desired point without discovery by the enemy....- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 32 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 26 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE after a long wait, Colonel Ogden and his men embarked in their boats and were speedily conveyed to the Jersey shore. Soon after Colonel Ogden engaged the...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 33 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 27 enemy was held back until all of Sullivan s troops were safely conveyed across the sound. So heroically did the brave South- rons contest the advance of...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 34 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 28 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE NEW JERSEY SOLDIERS BATTLED WITH INDIANS. I WILL devote this chapter to the operations of General William Maxwell s New Jersey Brigade, which took an im- portant...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 35 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 29 had entrusted to Major General John Sullivan, of New Hamp- shire, one of the truest officers in the army. Many friends of the soldiers accompanied them several...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 36 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 30 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE crossed in the space of half an hour without the loss of either man or horse, or any baggage. The sight was beautiful and pleasing, but must...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 37 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 31 According- to orders the whole paraded in a line to fire a feu de joie, when thirteen rounds of cannon was fired. Then began a running fire...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 38 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 32 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE the whole of the soldiery engaged in the expedition merit and have the commander-in-chief s warmest acknowledgments for their important services. General Maxwell s brigade returned to...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 39 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... REVOLUTIONARY AND CIVIL WARS. 33 sound so tightly frozen that it could be crossed in safety. Gen- eral Irvine s report, endorsed by Colonel Dayton, was so roseate in character that Washington...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
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Image 40 of Historical sketches of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars : with an account of ... 34 HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE communication with Colonel (Lord) Rawdon, commanding the Royal Irish Volunteers, on the easterly shore at the foot of the Narrows, and Lieutenant-Colonel Simcoe, in command of the...- Contributor: Drake, J. Madison (James Madison)
- Date: 1908