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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... German regiment where he was in daily contact with German officers who knew the various branches of nobility . This suggests his valid right to the title . even Works on the French army give hundreds of examples of bour- geois lads who ...
... German regiment where he was in daily contact with German officers who knew the various branches of nobility . This suggests his valid right to the title . even Works on the French army give hundreds of examples of bour- geois lads who ...
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... Germans fighting on German soil against other Germans , there were naturally many deserters . Some of them are said to have gone over to Frederick's victorious forces . Among various proposals made to put a stop to this evil , one was ...
... Germans fighting on German soil against other Germans , there were naturally many deserters . Some of them are said to have gone over to Frederick's victorious forces . Among various proposals made to put a stop to this evil , one was ...
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... German ; thus , he was to travel as a German colonel on business in the American colonies . Since the army of Frederick the Great was the admiration of the British military men , English officers in America would readily receive such an ...
... German ; thus , he was to travel as a German colonel on business in the American colonies . Since the army of Frederick the Great was the admiration of the British military men , English officers in America would readily receive such an ...
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