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Remains of a Patriot Leader and Civil War Memories
A long, ad hoc summary recounts the last illness of Mr. Wirt with fever and erysipelas, the family sorrow, and the deathbed. interwoven are a vivid tale of Deacon Slocum's hypocrisy and a village defiance tale. The narrative shifts to a moral vignette of Peter in Franconia with Therese and an account of a regimented life. It then transitions to vivid battlefield recollections of Pulaski and the Brandywine action with Green and Sullivan, describing the tension before Cornwallis and a climactic engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witor
Wes
Toemake
Smade
Ervysipclas
Baltimore
Rant
Hall
Wature
Mr. Post
Beacon
Slocum
New Hampshire
Deacot Lemale Slocum
Aston
Ice
Lestuen Srocum
Lemule
Lemaire
Tanée
Genero
Iurely
Groulmether
Port Folio
Margraviat
Barith
Franconia
Peter
Theress
Peter Theress
Lowies
Grandpapa
Owen
Louise
Lowisay
Theresa
Aimar
Villazey
Bohemia
Villey
Amy
Eyra
al ‘Egra
Tars
Germide
Fredrick
Theresia
Jane
Frederick
Realore
Gertrude
Vheresa
Place de’ Armes
Tan
Moe
Louisa
Jaétas
Pulaski
Colums
Knyphausen
Maxwell
Cornwallis
Washigton
Knyphausén