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Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812

Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874; Kealing, H. T. (Hightower Theodore), 1860-1918 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812 — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Afric...

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, African AmericanUnited States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, African American
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Comentario del coronel Francisco Verdugo, de la guerra de Frisia, en xiv años que fue gobernador y capitan general de aquel estado y ejercito por el rey don Felipe II, nuestro señor

Verdugo, Francisco, 1537-1595; Fuensanta del Valle, Feliciano Ramírez de Arellano, marqués de la, 1826-1896 [Editor]; Sancho Rayón, José León, 1830-1900 [Editor]

Comentario del coronel Francisco Verdugo, de la guerra de Frisia, en xiv años que fue gobernador y capitan general de aquel estado y ejercito por el rey do...

Netherlands -- History -- Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648
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Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; with additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-55, showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate.

Guthrie, G. J. (George James), 1785-1856

Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands from the battle of Roliça, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; wi...

Surgery, Military -- Europe -- HistoryNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Medical careCrimean War, 1853-1856 -- Medical care
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Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington

Otis, James, 1848-1912; Davis, J. Watson, 1870-1959 [Illustrator]

Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington — English source edition. Subject: Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Ca...

Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Capture by the British, 1814 -- Juvenile fiction
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Common Sense

Thomas Paine

A political pamphlet seeks to turn dissatisfaction into a case for changing government. Track how direct address, analogies and challenges to inherited aut...

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Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war

Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1822-1896

Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war — English source edition. Subject: Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Regimental histories --...

Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- EngineersUnited States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Company A
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Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record, April 24, 1861-July 16, 1865

Brown, Andrew, 1844-1915

Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record, April 24, 1861-July 16, 1865 — English source edition. Subject: United States...

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- BiographySoldiers -- Illinois -- BiographyUnited States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865). Company K
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