. Abraham Lincoln and constitutional government. EARLY HOME OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, FREDERICKSBURG. ABRAHAM LINCOLNS EARLY HOME WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN The following description of George Washington, as General andPresident, written by the historian Bancroft, will, in many respects,apply equally as well to Abraham Lincoln. At the time Washington was chosen Commander-in-chief of thearmy June 17, 1775, he was forty-three years old. It happened tobe on the same day on which the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought,under Colonel William Prescott. Washington arrived at Cambridge,Mass., July 7th, and his h
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. Abraham Lincoln and constitutional government. EARLY HOME OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, FREDERICKSBURG. ABRAHAM LINCOLNS EARLY HOME WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN The following description of George Washington, as General andPresident, written by the historian Bancroft, will, in many respects, apply equally as well to Abraham Lincoln. At the time Washington was chosen Commander-in-chief of thearmy June 17, 1775, he was forty-three years old. It happened tobe on the same day on which the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought, under Colonel William Prescott. Washington arrived at Cambridge, Mass., July 7th, and his headquarters remained there until after theevacuation of Boston by the royal forces March 17, 1776. He atfirst lost several battles on account of the rawness and insufficiencyof the troops under his command, and the superior training andequipment of the British forces under Sir William Howe and GeneralClinton. At Brandywine he was attacked and driven back with aloss of twelve hundred men, Sept. 11, 1777, and his friend Lafayettewas severely wounded. He was forced to retreat again with heavylos