Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 175
YETTE. [July, La Fayette the command of a division. Thus, be-fore he was twenty, he was actually a general, andalready, as one historian says, he had justifiedthe boyish rashness which his friends deplored andhis sovereign resented, and had acquired a place inhistory. Notwithstanding General… … STATUE OF LA FAYETTE BV A. BARTHOLDI,—UNION SQUARE, NEW-YORK CITY. him, but his English was not readily understoodby the men he was called upon to command. Itwas therefore necessary to find as his aid-de-camp one who could quickly interpret the ordersof his commanding officer. Such an aid was at…
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