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Washington the Soldier

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By Henry B. Carrington
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A detailed military biography traces George Washington's campaigns, orders, correspondence, and strategic choices, assessing his performance in the field and as a senior staff officer. It contextualizes operations through comparisons with earlier military systems and discussions of tactics, organization, and logistics. Throughout, the author links Washington's conduct to moral, religious, and patriotic motives and provides illustrations, maps, a chronological index, and appendices to clarify movements and decisions.

Washington the Soldier

WASHINGTON

From the St Memin Crayon in possession of J. Carson Brevoort Esq.

WASHINGTON
THE SOLDIER

BY
General Henry B. Carrington, LL.D.
AUTHOR OF
“Battles of the American Revolution,” “Battle Maps and Charts of the Revolution,” “Indian Operations on the Plains,” “The Six Nations,” “Beacon Lights of Patriotism,” etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS, CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX AND APPENDICES
“Th’ applause of list’ning senates to command;
The threats of pain and ruin to despise;
To scatter plenty o’er a smiling land,
And read his history in a Nation’s eyes.”
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
1899
Copyright, 1898
BY
LAMSON, WOLFE AND COMPANY
Copyright, 1899
By Charles Scribner’s Sons
All rights Reserved
Typography by Rockwell and Churchill
Presswork by The University Press
DEDICATED
TO THE
Sons and Daughters of Liberty Everywhere
KNOWING
THAT ALL WHO ASPIRE AFTER INTELLIGENT FREEDOM SHALL FIND THE WATCHWORD OF WASHINGTON THE SOLDIER—“FOR THE SAKE OF GOD AND COUNTRY”—THEIR LOFTIEST INCENTIVE.