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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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 school . He was deeply religious , but did not wear his faith on his sleeve . He was a devoted husband and father at a time and in a land where infidelity was a matter for amusing witticisms , with the King setting the style . He ...
... German school . He was deeply religious , but did not wear his faith on his sleeve . He was a devoted husband and father at a time and in a land where infidelity was a matter for amusing witticisms , with the King setting the style . He ...
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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 and a Protestant should be recommended for a post in the army of Catholic Portugal by French , British and German generals . It may be in place here to mention that de Kalb's independent income was noted by contemporaries , and ...
... German and a Protestant should be recommended for a post in the army of Catholic Portugal by French , British and German generals . It may be in place here to mention that de Kalb's independent income was noted by contemporaries , and ...
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