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Washington and his generals, or, Legends of the Revolution

Lippard, George (1822-1854)
  
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DEDICATION.

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THE BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN.
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Part the First. THE BATTLE EVE.
 1. 
I.—THE RED CROSS IN PHILADELPHIA.
 2. 
II.—THE HAUNT OF THE REBEL.
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III.—THE CAMP OF THE BRITISHER.
 4. 
IV.—THE NIGHT-MARCH.
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Part the Second. THE BATTLE MORN.
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I.—THE DAYBREAK WATCH.
 2. 
II.—THE FIRST CORSE OF GERMANTOWN.
 3. 
III.—THE FLAG OF TRUCE.
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Part the Third. CHEW'S HOUSE.
 1. 
I.—THE FORLORN HOPE.
 2. 
II.—THE HORSEMAN AND HIS MESSAGE.
 3. 
III.—THE BRITISH GENERAL.
 4. 
IV.—THE LEGEND OF GENERAL AGNEW.
 5. 
V.—THE CONTEST IN THE VILLAGE STREET.
 6. 
VI.—CHEW'S HOUSE AGAIN.
 7. 
VII.—THE ADVENTURE OF WASHINGTON.
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Part the Fourth. THE FALL OF THE BANNER OF THE STARS.
 1. 
I.—WASHINGTON IN DANGER.
 2. 
II.—THE UNKNOWN FORM.
 3. 
III.—THE REVEL OF DEATH.
 4. 
IV.—THE WISSAHIKON.
 5. 
V.—THE CRISIS OF THE FIGHT.
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VI.—“RETREAT.”
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Part the fifth. THE LAST SHOT OF THE BATTLE.
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I.—THE SOLDIER AND HIS BURDEN.
 2. 
II.—HOW THE LEGIONS CAME BACK FROM THE BATTLE.
 3. 
III.—CAPTAIN LEE.
 4. 
IV.—SUNSET UPON THE BATTLE FIELD.
 5. 
V.—THE LEGEND OF GENERAL AGNEW AGAIN.
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Part the Sixth. THE FUNERAL OF THE DEAD.
 1. 
I.—THE ANCIENT CHURCH.
 2. 
II.—FUNERAL SERMON OVER THE DEAD.
 3. 
III.—PRAYER FOR THE DEAD.
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BOOK SECOND WISSAHIKON.
 1. 
I.—THE CONSECRATION OF THE DELIVERER.
 2. 
II.—THE MIDNIGHT DEATH.
 3. 
III —THE BIBLE LEGEND OF THE WISSAHIKON.
 4. 
IV.—THE TEMPTATION OF WASHINGTON.
 5. 
V.—WASHINGTON AS DUKE, KING AND REBEL.
 6. 
VI.—THE HERO WOMAN.
 7. 
VII.—KING GEORGE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
 8. 
VIII.—VALLEY FORGE.
 9. 
IX.—THE MANSION ON THE SCHUYLKILL.
 10. 
X.—THE GRAVEYARD OF GERMANTOWN.
 11. 
XI.—“REMEMBER PAOLI.”
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BOOK THIRD. BENEDICT ARNOLD.
 1. 
I.—THE MOTHER AND HER BABE.
 2. 
II.—THE DRUGGIST OF NEW HAVEN.
 3. 
III.—THE MARCH THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
 4. 
IV.—THE ATTACK ON QUEBEC.
 5. 
V.—THE WAR-HORSE LUCIFER.
 6. 
VI.—THE APE-AND-VIPER GOD.
 7. 
VII.—THE BRIDAL EVE.
 8. 
VIII. THE BLACK HORSE AND HIS RIDER; OR “WHO WAS THE HERO OF SARATOGA?”
 9. 
IX.—ARNOLD, THE MILITARY COMMANDER OF PHILADELPHIA.
 10. 
X.—WHO WAS THIS ACCUSER?
 11. 
XI.—THE DISGRACE OF ARNOLD.
 12. 
XII.—ARNOLD AT LANDSDOWNE.
 12. 
XII.—ARNOLD, THE TRAITOR.
 14. 
XIV.—THE FALL OF LUCIFER.
 15. 
XV—THE TULIP-POPLAR; OR THE POOR MEN HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION.
 16. 
XVI.—THE KNIGHT OF THE MESCHIANZA.
 17. 
XVII.—JOHN CHAMPE.
 18. 
XVIII.—THE TEMPTATION OF SIR HENRY CLINTON.
 19. 
XIX.—THE SISTERS.
 20. 
XX.—ANDRE THE SPY.
 21. 
XXI.—NATHAN HALE.
 22. 
XXII.—THE MARTYR OF THE SOUTH.
 23. 
XXIII.—ARNOLD IN VIRGINIA.
 24. 
XXIV.—THE THREE WORDS— WHICH FOLLOWED BENEDICT ARNOLD TO HIS GRAVE.
 25. 
XXV.—ARNOLD: HIS GLORY, HIS WRONGS, HIS CRIMES.
 26. 
XXVI.—THE RIGHT ARM.
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BOOK FOURTH. THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE.
 1. 
I.—THE GLORY OF THE LAND OF PENN.
 2. 
II.—THE PROPHET OF THE BRANDYWINE.
 3. 
III.—THE FEAR OF WAR.
 4. 
IV.—THE GATHERING OF THE HOSTS.
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V.—THE PREACHER OF BRANDYWINE.
  
PRAYER OF THE REVOLUTION.
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VI.—THE DAWN OF THE FIGHT.
 7. 
VII.—THE QUAKER TEMPLE.
 8. 
VIII.—WASHINGTON COMES TO BATTLE.
 9. 
IX.—THE HOUR OF BATTLE.
 10. 
X.—THE POETRY OF BATTLE.
 11. 
XI.—LORD PERCY'S DREAM.
 12. 
XII.—THE LAST HOUR.
 13. 
XIII.—PULASKI.
 14. 
XIV.—WASHINGTON'S LAST CHARGE AT BRANDYWINE.
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XV.—THE HUNTER-SPY.
 16. 
XVI.—THE SON OF THE HUNTER-SPY.
 17. 
XVII.—BLACK SAMPSON.
 18. 
XVIII.—THE MECHANIC HERO OF BRANDYWINE.
 19. 
XIX.—ANTHONY WAYNE AT BRANDYWINE.
 20. 
XX.—FORTY-SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE BATTLE.
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BOOK FIFTH. THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1776.
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I.—THE DAY.
  
THE SPEECH OF THE UNKNOWN.
 2. 
II.—THE APOSTLE TO THE NEW WORLD.
 3. 
III.—“BACK EIGHTEEN HUNDRED YEARS!”
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V.—THE WILDERNESS.
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VI.—“THE OUTCAST.”
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VII.—THE HOPE OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED YEARS.
 8. 
VIII.—COUNCIL OF FREEMEN.
 9. 
IX.—THE BATTLE OF THE PEN.
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X.—THE AUTHOR-SOLDIER.
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X.—THE PEOPLE AND THE CRIMINAL.
 11. 
XI.—KING GUILLOTINE.
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XII.—TRUTH FROM THE CARNAGE.
 13. 
XIII.—THE REIGN OF THE KING OF TERROR.
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XIV.—THE FALL OF KING GUILLOTINE.
 15. 
XV.—THE BIBLE.
 16. 
XVI.—THE DEATH-BED OF THOMAS PAINE.
 17. 
XVII.—REVIEW OF THE HISTORY.
 18. 
XVIII.—THE LAST DAY OF JEFFERSON AND ADAMS.
 18. 
XVIII.—THE NAMELESS DEATH.
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XX.—THE LAST OF THE SIGNERS.
  
THE VIOLATOR OF THE GRAVE. A SEQUEL TO THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1776.
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BOOK SIXTH. ROMANCE OF THE REVOLUTION.
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I.—A TRADITION OF THE TWO WORLDS.
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II.—THE NINTH HOUR.
 4. 
IV.—THE PREACHER-GENERAL.
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V.—TRENTON; OR, THE FOOTSTEP IN THE SNOW. A TRADITION OF CHRISTMAS NIGHT, 1776.
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VI.—THE PRINTER BOY AND THE AMBASSADOR.
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VII.—THE REST OF THE PILGRIM.
  
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WASHINGTON
AND HIS
GENERALS:
OR,
LEGENDS OF THE REVOLUTION.

BY GEORGE LIPPARD,
AUTHOR OF LADYE ANNABEL, THE QUAKER CITY, BLANCHE OF BRANDYWINE,
HERBERT TRACY, THE NAZARENE, OR, THE LAST OF
THE WASHINGTONS, ETC.
WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR,
BY REV. C. CHAUNCEY BURR.

PHILADELPHIA.

G. B. ZIEBER AND CO.

1847.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by
GEORGE LIPPARD,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania. Printed by King & Baird,
No. 9 George St. Philadelphia.
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