Eulogy on the Life and Services of James S. Wadsworth, Brigadier-General of Volunteers in the Army of the United States

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  • Eulogy on the Life and Services of James S. Wadsworth, Brigadier-General of Volunteers in the Army of the United States Book Detail

  • Author : William J. Hoppin
  • Release Date : 2016-08-26
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 38
  • ISBN 13 : 9781333364649
  • File Size : 57,57 MB
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Eulogy on the Life and Services of James S. Wadsworth, Brigadier-General of Volunteers in the Army of the United States by William J. Hoppin PDF Summary

Book Description: Excerpt from Eulogy on the Life and Services of James S. Wadsworth, Brigadier-General of Volunteers in the Army of the United States: Read at a Meeting of the Century Association, December 3, 1864 James Samuel \vadsworth was born at Geneseo on the 30th day of October, 1807. He was the eldest son of James Wadsworth, Who had emigrated from Durham, in Connecticut, and whose family was among the most ancient and respectable in that State. It is said that one of his ancestors was that sturdy Puritan, Joseph Wads worth, the Captain of the train - bands who concealed the precious Charter which Charles II. Had given to the Col ony, in the famous oak at Hartford, in defiance of the authority of the tyrant Andross; and who, afterwards, when another intruding Governor, Colonel Fletcher, of New York, attempted to exercise illegal rule over the Connecticut Militia, caused his drums to beat and drown the reading of the Royal Commission, saying to Fletcher, If I am interrupted, I will make the daylight shine through your body. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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