History of the United States From the Earliest Discovery of America to the ... 2
History of the United States From the Earliest Discovery of America to the ... 2
Andrews Elisha Benjamin
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Towering above Revolutionary soldier, general, and statesman stands a figure summing up in himself all these characters and much more. That figure is George Washington, the most perfect human per- sonality the world has known. Washing- ton's military ability has been much 158 THE OLD CONFEDERATION [1775-81 underrated. He was hardly more First in Peace than First in War. That he had physical courage and could give orders calmly while bullets whizzed all about, one need not repeat. He was strateg...ist and tactician too. Trenton and Yorktown do not cover his whole military record. With troops inferior in every single respect except natural valor, he out- generalled Howe in 1776, and he almost never erred when acting upon his own good judgment instead of yielding to Congress or to his subordinates. His movements on the Delaware even such a captain as Frederick the Great declared **the most brilliant achievements in the annals of military action." Washington advised against the attempt to hold Fort Washington, which, failed ; against the Canada campaign, which failed ; against Gates for commander in the South, who failed ; and in favor of Greene for that post, who succeeded.
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