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" I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. "
Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious ... - Page 75
by Sherman Day - 1843 - 708 lehte
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Rules of Conduct, Diary of Adventure, Letters, and Farewell Addresses

George Washington - 1887 - 122 lehte
...impossible to rally them. The general was wounded, of which he died three days after. Sir Peter Halket was killed in the field, where died many other brave...bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. Captains Orme and Morris, two of the aids-de-camp, were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered...
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Lee County, Iowa

1887 - 650 lehte
...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter...
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Mahaska County, Iowa: Containing Full ...

1887 - 554 lehte
...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter...
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Benton County, Iowa: Containing ...

1887 - 414 lehte
...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was levelin" my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter...
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The Life of George Washington: Studied Anew

Edward Everett Hale - 1887 - 436 lehte
...dispensation of Providence I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation ; for I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side of me. We have been most...
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Allegheny County's Hundred Years

George Henry Thurston - 1888 - 358 lehte
...deal of bravery, and were nearly all killed. * * * The General was wounded and died three days after. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four...bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me." It has always been a tradition that General Braddock was killed by one of his own men. On that point,...
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Branch County, Mich., Containing Full ...

1888 - 670 lehte
...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter...
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Portrait and Biographical Album of St. Joseph County, Michigan

1889 - 636 lehte
...action, and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : "I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter...
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Marshall County, Kansas: Containing Full ...

1889 - 760 lehte
...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter...
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Portrait and Biographical Album of St. Joseph County, Michigan ... Together ...

1889 - 628 lehte
...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter...
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