Methodist Episcopal Church
Published: 2016-10-31
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Excerpt from The New Jersey Conference Memorial: Containing Biographical Sketches of All Its Deceased Members, Including Those Who Have Died in the Newark Conference His health was now rapidly declining, but his ardor in the cause kept him in the field. He marched with the army to the attack of Germantown. The battle began with the dawn of Nov. 4th, and raged with great fury nearly all day. He was in. The heat of the contest, which, though not entirely successful, gained unfading laurels for Washington's army. With it dates the close of the Major's military career, his failing health com pelling him to retire. To this, Washington, after a. Long inter view, reluctantly consented, regretting the loss of so skillful and brave an officer. Over two and a half years had elapsed since the first battle for American freedom, during most of which time he had either been in active service or laid aside by wounds received in battle. Nor did he now leave the service from choice, but necessity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
