Life Of George Washington Vol 4 Of 5 Classic Reprint

Download or read book Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 of 5 (Classic Reprint) written by Washington Irving and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 of 5 The other detachment, consisting of one hun dred dragoons and between three and four hun dred infantry, under Lieutenant-colonel Boskirk, crossed from Staten Island to Trembly's Point, surprised the picket-guard at Elizabethm and captured two majors, two captains, and forty-two privates. This, likewise. Was effected without loss. The disgraceful part of the expedition was the burning of the town-house, a church, and a private residence, and the plundering of the inhabitants. 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.