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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... honor ( or in the back alley . ) Gates must have missed his calling in not becoming an actor , for there , with tears and the tenderness of a fond father for a wayward son , he disarmed his irate antagonist and sent him away completely ...
... honor ( or in the back alley . ) Gates must have missed his calling in not becoming an actor , for there , with tears and the tenderness of a fond father for a wayward son , he disarmed his irate antagonist and sent him away completely ...
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... honor was to be paid to the French officers . De Kalb described the great day in a letter to his wife , May 12 ... honor of the King of France , the second in honor of European powers friendly to America , and the third in honor of ...
... honor was to be paid to the French officers . De Kalb described the great day in a letter to his wife , May 12 ... honor of the King of France , the second in honor of European powers friendly to America , and the third in honor of ...
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... honor , united with the Americans to mourn him . He is praised widely in America , where the good patriots are not always the best of friends . The rank M. de Kalb held sets him off in a class by himself , and his high sense of honor ...
... honor , united with the Americans to mourn him . He is praised widely in America , where the good patriots are not always the best of friends . The rank M. de Kalb held sets him off in a class by himself , and his high sense of honor ...
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