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The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics

The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics

by Thomas Dunn English

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Author
English, Thomas Dunn, 1819-1902
Title
The boy's book of battle-lyrics : a collection of verses illustrating some notable events in the history of the United States of America, from the colonial period to the outbreak of the sectional war
Original Publication
United States: Harper & Brothers, 1885.
Credits
Bob Taylor, Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
United States -- History -- Poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70415
Release Date
April 2, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE BOY’S BOOK OF BATTLE-LYRICS
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.PREFACE.
  7. 7.CONTENTS.
  8. 8.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  9. 9.DE SOTO’S EXPEDITION. — THE FALL OF MAUBILA.
  10. 10.BACON’S REBELLION. — THE BURNING OF JAMESTOWN.
  11. 11.THE DEERFIELD MASSACRE. — THE SACK OF DEERFIELD.
  12. 12.THE LEWISES. — THE FIGHT OF JOHN LEWIS.
  13. 13.THE FIRST BLOOD DRAWN. — THE FIGHT AT LEXINGTON.
  14. 14.BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SULLIVAN. — SULLIVAN’S ISLAND.
  15. 15.A TURN OF THE TIDE. — THE SURPRISE AT TRENTON.
  16. 16.Untitled
  17. 17.FOLLOWING THE OPERATIONS AT TRENTON. — ASSUNPINK AND PRINCETON
  18. 18.DONALD M’DONALD. — COLONEL HARPER’S CHARGE.
  19. 19.ORISKANY. — THE FIGHT AT ORISKANY.
  20. 20.BAUM’S EXPEDITION. — THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON.
  21. 21.THE CAPTURE OF BURGOYNE. — ARNOLD AT STILLWATER.
  22. 22.SIEGE OF FORT HENRY. — BETTY ZANE.
  23. 23.Untitled
  24. 24.OPERATIONS AT MONMOUTH. — BATTLE OF MONMOUTH.
  25. 25.JOHN BERRY, THE LOYALIST. — JACK, THE REGULAR.
  26. 26.TARLETON’S DEFEAT. — THE BATTLE OF THE COWPENS.
  27. 27.THE AFFAIR OF CHERRY VALLEY. — DEATH OF WALTER BUTLER.
  28. 28.THE FIGHT OF THE MOUNTAINEERS. — THE BATTLE OF KING’S MOUNTAIN.
  29. 29.MRS. MERRILL’S DEFENCE. — THE LONG-KNIFE SQUAW.
  30. 30.THE LAST BATTLE OF THE WAR. — THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.EL MOLINO DEL REY. — BATTLE OF THE KING’S MILL.
  32. 32.A TALE OF THE WAR. — THE FENCING-MASTER.
  33. 33.AN AMBUSCADE. — THE CHARGE BY THE FORD.
  34. 34.A NEW FOLK SONG. — FLAG OF THE RAINBOW.
  35. 35.Transcriber’s Notes

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