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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 178 178 Browse Search
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 33 33 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 27 27 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 26 26 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 23 23 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 10 10 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 9 9 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 7 7 Browse Search
Emil Schalk, A. O., The Art of War written expressly for and dedicated to the U.S. Volunteer Army. 7 7 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 6 6 Browse Search
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reached the zenith of his military fame at the same age. Napoleon was a Lieutenant at seventeen, Captain at twenty, Chief of Battalion at twenty-four, General of brigade at twenty-five, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy at twenty-six. His great Generals were all, with scarcely a single exception, young men. The mean age of the eighteen Marshals whom he nominated on becoming Emperor was forty-four. On the other hand, the principal Generals who opposed him, were, in the campaign of 1796, Beaulieu, nearly eighty; Wurmser, eighty; and Alvinzi, over seventy. In 1800 Miles was General-in-Chief of the Austrian forces, who had served fifty years in the army. In 1805 the French were opposed by Kulersoff, then sixty, while still more aged Generals directed the plan of operations. In 1806 the French were opposed by the Duke of Brunswick, seventy-one; Hohenlope, sixty, and other old Generals who had served under the great Frederick; men, says Jomini, "exhumed from the Seven Years W