The Boys of '76; A History of the Battles of the Revolution (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 Excerpt: ...the puffs of white smoke rolling up amidst the limbless trunks, and fire rapidly, but at random, and wildly. The riflemen charge upon the British, and drive them. They follow on, but soon come face to face with the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Ninth regiments, the grenadiers, and eight cannon. There is a blaze of fire along the whole British line. The cannon-shot crash through the trunks of the trees, the air is filled with leaden rain; the British advance, and the riflemen, in turn, are obliged to retreat. The battle has raged scarcely twenty minutes, but during that time terrible the slaughter in the Sixty-second regiment. More than half have been killed or wounded. Not many of the riflemen have fallen, but they are scattered in the woods. Colonel Morgan blows a whistle, and its shrill notes ring through the forest, sharp and clear, above the noise and confusion. The riflemen hear it, and flock once more around their leader. General Burgoyne, thinking that he has put a large part of the Americans to flight, advances toward the intrenchments. The three New Hampshire regiments, under General Poor, were behind the intrenchments by Neilson's house. They heard the volley of the riflemen, and the louder volley of the British llght-infantry, and the roar of the British cannon. They could see the smoke of battle rolling above the trees. Then came the lull, and some of the riflemen were running to the intrenchments. "Forward " said General Poor, and Scammell's regiment filed down a path toward the ravine. Colonel Cilley and Colonel Hale followed with their regiments. Dodifer and Nicholas were together once more. They could hear a rattling fire down on their right toward the river; but the Tories and Canadians there were getting the worst of it, for thirt...