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  • Lieutenant Charles Russell; the "Scammel," Lieutenant J. Adams, and the

    The Story of Commodore John Barry 1876

  • Their estimable road surfacing machines were once a widely used along with Scammel tar spreaders.

    A Kick in the Privates Peter Ashley 2008

  • Colonel Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it; he raised the handkerchief from his eyes and said, "I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate like a brave man."

    Camps and Firesides of the Revolution 1902

  • Brave Colonel Scammel (between Washington and Lafayette), Washington's Adjutant General, carefully notes the opinion of each for the guidance of his chief.

    Lafayette Martha Foote Crow 1889

  • So he rambled on for a half hour, relating the Cragg history in all its details, including the story of Ingua and Ingua's mother, Nan Cragg, who had married some unknown chap named Scammel, who did not long survive the ceremony.

    Mary Louise in the Country J. Allen St. [Illustrator] John 1887

  • We seized these lines next day, losing Colonel Scammel, formerly of the staff, in whose amusing songs and gay talk our chief had used to take much pleasure.

    Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker 1871

  • Scammel (if this was the person) came to dine at headquarters.

    Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Benson John Lossing 1852

  • Scammel had a fund of ludicrous anecdotes, and a manner of telling them, which relaxed even the gravity of the commander-in-chief.

    Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Benson John Lossing 1852

  • Some of the American soldiers were ready to take the lives of the captured after they had possession of the fort, in revenge for the barbarous conduct of the British towards many of our men, and especially for the mortal wound inflicted upon the brave and amiable Scammel, after he had surrendered.

    Memoirs of General Lafayette Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de 1824

  • Scammel was a brave and accomplished officer, and eminent as a disciplinarian.

    Memoirs of General Lafayette Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de 1824

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