Hero Tales From American History – The Storming of Stony Point
The Storming of Stony Point by Theodore Roosevelt http://ia800302.us.archive.org/9/items/hero_tales_from_american_history_dl_0905_librivox/herotales_07_lodgeroosevelt.mp3 In their ragged regimentals Stood the old Continentals, Yielding not, When the grenadiers were lunging, And like hail fell the plunging Cannon-shot; When the files Of the isles From the smoky night encampment bore the banner of the rampant Unicorn, And grummer, grummer, grummer, rolled the roll of the drummer, Through the morn! Then with eyes to the front all, And with guns horizontal. Stood our sires; And the balls whistled deadly, And in streams flashing redly Blazed the fires; As the roar On the shore Swept the strong battle-breakers o'er the green-sodded acres Of the plain; And louder, louder, louder cracked the black gunpowder. Cracked amain! - by Guy Humphrey McMaster. Major General Anthony Wayne by Trumbull and Forest [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons ONE of the heroic figures of the Revolution was Anthony Wayne, Major- General of the Continental line. With the exception of Washington, and perhaps Greene, he was the best general the Americans developed in the contest ; and without exception he showed himself to be the hardest fighter produced on either side. He belongs, as regards this latter characteristic, with the [...]