Homes of American statesmen: . Headquarters, White Marsh., 1777 Encamped at Whitemarsh, fourteen miles from Philadel-phia, Washington, with his half-clad and half-fed troops,awaited an attack from General Howe, who had marched in 34 HOMES OF AMERICAN STATESMEN. that direction with twelve thousand effective men. But bothcommanders were wary—the British not choosing to attackhis adversary on his own ground, and the American not to bedecoyed from his chosen position to one less favorable. Somesevere skirmishing was therefore all that ensued, and GeneralHowe retreated, rather ingloriously, to Phil
Homes of American statesmen: . Headquarters, White Marsh., 1777 Encamped at Whitemarsh, fourteen miles from Philadel-phia, Washington, with his half-clad and half-fed troops,awaited an attack from General Howe, who had marched in 34 HOMES OF AMERICAN STATESMEN. that direction with twelve thousand effective men. But bothcommanders were wary—the British not choosing to attackhis adversary on his own ground, and the American not to bedecoyed from his chosen position to one less favorable. Somesevere skirmishing was therefore all that ensued, and GeneralHowe retreated, rather ingloriously, to Headquarters, Valley Forge, 1777 This brings us to the terrible winter at Valley Forge, thesufferings of which can need no recapitulation for our felt them with sufficient keenness, yet his invari-able respect for the rights of property extended to that of thedisaffected, and in no extremity was he willing to resort tocoercive measures, to remedy evils which distressed his verysoul, and which he shared with the meanest soldier. His tes-timony to the patience and fortitude of the men is emphatic : Naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admirethe incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that WASHINGTON. 35 they have not been, ere this, excited by their sufferings to ageneral mutiny and dispersion. And while this evil waspresent, and for the time irremediable, he writes to Congresson the subject of a suggestion which had been made of a win-ter campaign, I can assure those gentlemen, that it is amuch easier and less distressing thing to draw remonst
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