Author: William Henry Harrison

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-23

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9780365407416

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Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of the Life and Services of Gen. William Henry Harrison: Together With His Letter to Simon Bolivar He received the commission of Ensign, in the first regiment of the United States Artillery, then at Fort Washington, the site of the present city of Cincinnati, and immediately set out to join the army, and reached it a few days after Gen. St. Clair' s memorable defeat. He was at that time but nineteen years of age, tall, slender, and apparently wholly unsuited, from the ten derness and luxuriousness of his education, to brave the storms, encounter the hardships and perils, and battle with the beasts and savages of the wilderness. At that time the great valley of the Ohio and Mississippi, now filled with millions of civilized men, was roamed over by countless nations of hostile Indians, and the mighty rivers, now covered with a hundred steamers. 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.

Download or read book Biographical Sketch of the Life and Services of Gen. William Henry Harrison written by William Henry Harrison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of the Life and Services of Gen. William Henry Harrison: Together With His Letter to Simon Bolivar He received the commission of Ensign, in the first regiment of the United States Artillery, then at Fort Washington, the site of the present city of Cincinnati, and immediately set out to join the army, and reached it a few days after Gen. St. Clair' s memorable defeat. He was at that time but nineteen years of age, tall, slender, and apparently wholly unsuited, from the ten derness and luxuriousness of his education, to brave the storms, encounter the hardships and perils, and battle with the beasts and savages of the wilderness. At that time the great valley of the Ohio and Mississippi, now filled with millions of civilized men, was roamed over by countless nations of hostile Indians, and the mighty rivers, now covered with a hundred steamers. 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.