A Brief History Of The Public Services Of Gen William Henry Harrison Commander In Chief Of The North Western Army In The War Of 1812 The Hero Of The Battles Of Tippecanoe Fort Meigs And The Thames

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Download or read book A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of William H. Harrison written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of William H. Harrison: Commander in Chief of the Northwestern Army During the War of 1812, &C The prominent position now occupied by General Harrison before the American people, renders it peculiarly proper that a brief sketch of his life and public services should be laid before his fellow-citizens; for although his public acts, both in a civil and military capacity, have been tor the lasting glory and honor of our whole country, yet in consequence of his having resided for the greater part of his life among the patriotic and chivalric inhabitants of the Western States, they are more familiar with his history than those who reside in the East and North. It was this acquaintance with the man, or rather - to make use of the endearing appellation by which he has been universally known - it was this acquaintance with the Washington of the West, that has there produced such a general and ardent feeling in his favor; that the people have, in despite of party dictation, borne him triumphantly along, for the highest office in their gift, until there is now no doubt but be will be elected by a most decisive majority. It will be apparent that our efforts to compress the materials of his eventful life, in the compass of a few pages, has compelled us to omit all those minute illustrations of particular facts, which have in, reality given to his life all the beauty of romance. To see a youth of eighteen years of age, leaving his kindred, and friends, and paternal roof, and inspired by a lofty patriotism, marching into the savage wilderness, and battling with the enemies of his country; and then in a few years to find him in the councils of the nation, exerting himself to promote the civil institutions he had so gallantly defended in the field; and then again leading the armies of our country to victory at the dreadful midnight conflict of Tippecanoe, and at the hard-fought siege of Fort Meigs, and the still more brilliant victory of the Thames, - together opens a field for meditation, which it is impossible to express in the few pages we have devoted to the history of his life. To have pursued a subject of this kind in all its details, would have been grateful to our feelings, but the brevity of our plan will forbid it. We must leave the reader to fill up for himself the many omissions we are compelled to make. 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.