. Washington, the man of action . bridge (July 3, 1775) 94-95 Reading the Declaration of Independenceto the Army (July 9, 1776) . . .107 The Retreat from Long Island (August29, 1776) 119 Moving to the Attack on Trenton (De-cember 25, 1776) 132-133 Washington Receiving Colonel RailsParole (December 26, 1776) . . .145 The Battle of Princeton (January 3,1777) 158-159 Valley Forge (1777-8) 172-173 The Battle of Monmouth (June 28,1778) 184-185 Molly Pitcher at Monmouth (June 28,1778) 199 The First Gun at Yorktown (September28-9, 1781) 211 XVI ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Americans Carrying Redoubt at York-to
. Washington, the man of action . bridge (July 3, 1775) 94-95 Reading the Declaration of Independenceto the Army (July 9, 1776) . . .107 The Retreat from Long Island (August29, 1776) 119 Moving to the Attack on Trenton (De-cember 25, 1776) 132-133 Washington Receiving Colonel RailsParole (December 26, 1776) . . .145 The Battle of Princeton (January 3,1777) 158-159 Valley Forge (1777-8) 172-173 The Battle of Monmouth (June 28,1778) 184-185 Molly Pitcher at Monmouth (June 28,1778) 199 The First Gun at Yorktown (September28-9, 1781) 211 XVI ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Americans Carrying Redoubt at York-town (October 14, 1781) 223 French Carrying Redoubt at Yorktown(October 14, 1781) 235 Surrender of Cornwallis (October 19,1781) 248-249 Washington and His Principal Gen-erals 262-263 Washington Pleading with MutinousSoldiers (1782) 275 Washingtons Farewell to His Officers(December 4, 1783) 288-289 Washington at Mount Vernon (1798) 302-303The Death of Washington (December 14, 1799) 315 Washingtons Tomb at Mount Vernon . 325 XVII. WASHINGTONTHE MAN OF ACTION CHAPTER I A COUNTRY BOY AND HIS PEOPLE VIRGINIA was singularly for-tunate in the type of colonistthat was attracted to her shores inthe sixteenth and seventeenth cen-turies, and some of the best bloodof England was represented amongher early settlers. To cross the Atlantic in thosedays was no pleasure trip. It wasa hazardous journey which only thehardy and adventurous dared at- 3 WASHINGTON tempt, and the land beyond thetreacherous ocean was, at best, buta promising wilderness, peopledlargely by savages and girt with allthe terrors of the unknown. It isnot to such fearsome solitudes thatmen go to prate of rank or familynames. The builders of new worldsare usually men of courage, enter-prise and independence, with a spiritof conquest in their veins whichcraves an outlet, and the Englishcolonials were largely recruited fromthis class. Those who had inheritedsterling virtues did not need toadvertise that fact. They had 4 WASHINGTO
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