 | 1837 - 594 sider
...they fiad no means of retiring. The unfonunale soldiers were in want of every thing ; ihey had ncilher coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes; their feet and legs...provisions nor any means of transport; the colonels were oficn reduced to two rations, and sometimes even to one. The army frequently remained whole days without... | |
 | 1837 - 578 sider
...which, however, they had no means of retiring. The unfortunate soldiers were in want of every thing ; they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes ; their feet and legs froze till ihey became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them. From want of money, they could neither... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 sider
...The unfortunate soldiers," says Lafayette, " were in want of every thing ; they had neither coats nor hats, shirts nor shoes ; their feet and legs froze...often necessary to amputate them. From want of money the officers could obtain neither provisions nor any means of transport; the colonels were often reduced... | |
 | William Howitt - 1846 - 376 sider
...enough : the officers were as ragged and as famished as the men. Lafayette, who saw them, says — " The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything ; they had neither coats nor hats, shirts nor shoes. Their legs and feet froze till they became black, and it was often necessary... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1855 - 400 sider
...after it had taken up its winter quarters: " The unfortunate soldiers were in want of every thing; — they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes; — their feet and legs froze until they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them. From want of money they could... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1856 - 396 sider
...after it had taken up its winter quarters: " The unfortunate soldiers were in want of every thing; — they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes; — their feet and legs froze until they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them. From want of money they could... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1859 - 387 sider
...it had taken up its winter quarters: " The unfortunate soldiers were in want of every thing;—they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes;— their feet and legs froze until they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them. From want of money -they could... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1887 - 800 sider
...their quarters with fearful rapidity. " The unfortunate soldiers," wrote Lafayette, in after - years, " were in want of everything; they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes; their feet and their legs froze till they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them. . . . The army... | |
 | Lydia Hoyt Farmer - 1888 - 622 sider
...quarters at Valley Forge. La Fayette thus describes the condition of their troops at this time : — " The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything...hats, shirts, nor shoes; their feet and legs froze until they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them. From want of money they could... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1888 - 800 sider
...in want of everything ; they had neither coats, hats, shirts, nor shoes ; their feet and their lugs froze till they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them. . . . The army frequently remained whole days without provisions, and the patient endurance of both... | |
| |
The unfortunate soldiers were in want of everything ; they had neither coats, hats, shirts nor shoes ; their feet and legs froze till they became black, and it was often necessary to amputate them. 
