. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . Adjutant-General Horatio THE STORM CENTRE, BOSTON 183 Two of the brigadiers declined to serve, conceivingthemselves slighted by having an inferior man placedover their heads, and there was no promotion forPrescott, the hero of Bunker Hill.^ With an efficient staff, and nearly 17,000 men, allNew Englanders, and with 3000 men from Virginia,Maryland, and the South on their way to his head-quarters, it may be surmised that the new Commander-in-Chie
. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . Adjutant-General Horatio THE STORM CENTRE, BOSTON 183 Two of the brigadiers declined to serve, conceivingthemselves slighted by having an inferior man placedover their heads, and there was no promotion forPrescott, the hero of Bunker Hill.^ With an efficient staff, and nearly 17,000 men, allNew Englanders, and with 3000 men from Virginia,Maryland, and the South on their way to his head-quarters, it may be surmised that the new Commander-in-Chief had ample resources for the reduction ofBoston, occupied and defended as it was by only eightor nine thousand men. But Washington was practicallyimpotent. The Continental Army was of little value as Seean aggressive force. Short of powder, cavalry, siege ^Jj^P/^*artillery, or money, the new Commander-in-Chief was conti-quite unable to adopt any vigorous or forward move- ^ntalment. In these, his earlier days, he was wont to con- ^^^suit his Council of War, and follow their advice. HisCouncil advised him not to seize Dorchester Heights,because of the inability of his tr
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