seat of war
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In the same year Howe was made a K.B. and a lieutenant-general, and appointed, with the local rank of general, to the chief command in the seat of war.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
To hush up the heart-burnings of the parties, on their return to the seat of war, was, however, not so easy a matter.
From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Cooper, Thomas
My dear Margaret is still in Quebec, with her lovely little Julia, as Upper Canada is still the seat of war.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
June 22d it embarks at Fort Snelling for the seat of war.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
Men enlisting daily, not for bounties, but for patriotism; and soon the regiment was ready for its departure for the seat of war.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton
