General de KalbUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1966 - 251 էջ Originally published in 1966, A. E. Zucker presented the first modern biography of General de Kalb, a German by birth who held the rank of major general in the Continental Army and died at the Battle of Camden during the American Revolutionary War. Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette. |
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... cause of liberty in America , accordingly offers his services to most honorable Congress on the following terms ... American cause , acquired during his visit to the colonies . There are many expressions of this feeling in his letters ...
... cause of liberty in America , accordingly offers his services to most honorable Congress on the following terms ... American cause , acquired during his visit to the colonies . There are many expressions of this feeling in his letters ...
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... American cause . But he returned to Paris more determined than ever to reach America , and within a short time two opportunities presented themselves . One was a repetition of the former offer by Deane to place him on a ship carrying ...
... American cause . But he returned to Paris more determined than ever to reach America , and within a short time two opportunities presented themselves . One was a repetition of the former offer by Deane to place him on a ship carrying ...
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... America excepted ) by his natural and acquired capacity , his bravery , good sense , uprightness and honesty , to keep up the spirits of the army and the people , and that I look upon him as the sole defender of his country's cause ...
... America excepted ) by his natural and acquired capacity , his bravery , good sense , uprightness and honesty , to keep up the spirits of the army and the people , and that I look upon him as the sole defender of his country's cause ...
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