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Had it occurred twenty-four hours later, the destinies of the world might, and most probably would, have been completely changed; for Waterloo was one of those decisive battles which dominate the ages through their results, belonging to the same class of combats as do Marathon, Pharsalia, Lepanto, Blenheim, Yorktown, and Trafalgar.
Cornelius continued in the Continental service until January 1st, 1781, and received an honorable discharge. After the war he settled at Yorktown, Westchester County, and came to be known as the "beloved physician." He was very gentle and kind, and a great Presbyterian. He died in 1823, and left descendants, one of whom is Judge C. M. Tompkins, of Washington, D. C.
Thomas Lunsford, Kt., in memory of whom this marble is placed by order of Philip Ludwell, Esq., nephew of the said Thomas Ludwell, in the year 1727. As Yorktown was an important post, after three weeks' work in this section, I repaired to that ancient place. There I found two large camps.
Was Captain Kinsolving a very brave man, do you know, Terence?" "He was licked at Yorktown, I believe," said Terence, reflecting. "They say he skedaddled with his company, after the first battle there." "I thought he must have been timid," said Mrs. Bellmore, absently. "He might have had another." "Another battle?" asked Terence, dully. "What else could I mean?
"At Monmouth he turned the fortunes of the day by his stubborn and successful resistance to the repeated bayonet charges of the Guards and Grenadiers." The storming of Stony Point is ranked by Lossing as one of the most brilliant achievements of the Revolutionary war. He fought at Yorktown and later drove the English out of Georgia. His favorite weapon of offense was the bayonet.
In fact, at the very outset he was threatened in this quarter with a serious defection. De Barras, with the squadron of the American station, was at Boston, and it was essential that he should be united with De Grasse at Yorktown. But De Barras was nettled by the favoritism which had made De Grasse, his junior in service, his superior in command.
Sally and Shirley were at the steps to see him off, and now Jane joined them. Ted tossed back a freshman's cap, snatched from the head of a luckless "stude" who must go all the way to Yorktown uncapped. He threw the "inkspot" out high in the air, and as it came down, somehow it managed to come within reach of Jane's outstretched palm.
His name was Primus Ransome, and at an early period he had enlisted into the army, and served until disabled by the loss of a leg, when he found himself in rags, with an excellent character for bravery and general good conduct, minus the member left at Yorktown, and a candidate for any such bounty as the exhausted means of the country and the liberality of Congress might grant.
Equally brave and intelligent, he continued in this situation to display a degree of firmness and capacity which commanded the confidence and esteem of his general and of the principal officers in the army. After the capitulation at Yorktown, the war languished throughout the American continent and the probability that its termination was approaching daily increased.
The advance to Yorktown A thunder storm "Reliable contrabands" Facing the enemy A strong position The Union line A rebel welcome Digging On picket A dreary country An enterprising planter Active work Battle of Lee's Mills Charge of the Vermont brigade Progress of the siege Ravages of disease A front seat Short supplies The rebels withdraw Entering the strongholds Infernal machines March to Williamsburgh Victims of disease.
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