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scendants of many other races , they nevertheless formed the kernel of the
distinctively and intensely American stock who were the pioneers of our people in
their march westward , the vanguard of the army of fighting settlers , who with axe
...
scendants of many other races , they nevertheless formed the kernel of the
distinctively and intensely American stock who were the pioneers of our people in
their march westward , the vanguard of the army of fighting settlers , who with axe
...
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... set in , and there they passed the winter ; suffering somewhat from the weather
, and now and then from hunger , though the hunters generally killed plenty of elk
, and deer of a new kind , the blacktail of the Columbia . In March , 1806 , they ...
... set in , and there they passed the winter ; suffering somewhat from the weather
, and now and then from hunger , though the hunters generally killed plenty of elk
, and deer of a new kind , the blacktail of the Columbia . In March , 1806 , they ...
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The storming took place on March 6 , 1836. The Mexican troops came on well
and steadily , breaking through the outer defenses at every point , for the lines
were too long to be manned by the few Americans . The frontiersmen then
retreated ...
The storming took place on March 6 , 1836. The Mexican troops came on well
and steadily , breaking through the outer defenses at every point , for the lines
were too long to be manned by the few Americans . The frontiersmen then
retreated ...
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He was a master of strategy and tactics , fearless of responsibility , able to instill
into his men his own intense ardor in battle , and so quick in his movements , so
ready to march as well as fight , that his troops were known to the rest of ...
He was a master of strategy and tactics , fearless of responsibility , able to instill
into his men his own intense ardor in battle , and so quick in his movements , so
ready to march as well as fight , that his troops were known to the rest of ...
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... Jackson , and Jackson begged to be allowed to make one of his favorite flank
attacks upon the Union army ; attacks which could have been successfully
delivered only by a skilled and resolute general , and by troops equally able to
march ...
... Jackson , and Jackson begged to be allowed to make one of his favorite flank
attacks upon the Union army ; attacks which could have been successfully
delivered only by a skilled and resolute general , and by troops equally able to
march ...
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| Title | The Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt: Selections from His Writings and Speeches Volume 3 of Publications of the Roosevelt Memorial Association Volume 272 of Riverside literature series Issue 3 of Roosevelt memorial association |
| Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Editor | John Ashby Lester |
| Compiled by | Hermann Hagedorn |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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