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Photographer: Internet Archive
Caption: Gulielmo Washington Legionis Equitpræfecto
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Comitia Americana
Additional Description:
Quod
Parva Militum Manu
Strenue Prospectus Hostes
Virtutis Ingenitæ
Præclarum Specimen Dedit
In Pugna Ad Cowpens
XVII Jan. MDCCLXXXI
“To William Washington, Lieutenant of the Cavalry,
The American Congress”
“Since he pursued the enemy diligently with a small band of soldiers, he gave a signal example of native courage at the Battle of Cowpens , January 17, 1781”

Silver Medal awarded by Congress to William Washington for his valor at Cowpens. – from B. Lossing, ed. Harpers’ Cyclopedia of American History, 1893.
Submitted: March 20, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p467292
File Size: 0.398 Megabytes

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