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Chapter 53:
The March to Quebec.
September—November, 1775.
The detachment which Washington, as he thought-
Chap. LIII.} 1775. Sept. fully brooded over the future without hope of a speedy termination of the war, sent against Quebec, consisted of ten companies of New England infantry, one of riflemen from Virginia, and two from Pennsylvania, in all two battalions of about eleven hundred men. The command was given to Arnold, who, as a trader in years past, had visited Quebec, where he still had correspondents.
In person he was short of stature and of a florid complexion; his broad, compact frame displayed a strong animal nature and power of endurance; he was complaisant and persuasive in his manners; daringly and desperately brave; avaricious and profuse; grasping but not sordid; sanguinely hopeful; of restless activity; intelligent and enterprising.
The next in rank as lieutenant colonels were Roger Enos, who proved to be a craven, and the brave Christopher Greene of
September (search for this): chapter 13
Chapter 53:
The March to Quebec.
September—November, 1775.
The detachment which Washington, as he thought-
Chap. LIII.} 1775. Sept. fully brooded over the future without hope of a speedSept. fully brooded over the future without hope of a speedy termination of the war, sent against Quebec, consisted of ten companies of New England infantry, one of riflemen from Virginia, and two from Pennsylvania, in all two battalions of about eleven hund d to be a craven, and the brave Christopher Greene of Rhode Island.
The ma-
Chap. LIII.} 1775 Sept. jors were Return J. Meigs of Connecticut, and Timothy Bigelow, the early patriot of Worcester, M borne into the Kennebec.
They passed the bay where that river and the An-
Chap. LIII.} 1775. Sept. droscoggin hold their merry meeting; on the twenty first they reached the two block houses, and ficers in Canada would surely defend to the last.
The mountains had been clad in snow since September; winter was howling around them, and their
Chap. LIII.} 1775. Oct. course was still to the n