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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... lieutenant colonel . " François de Chevert , born in Verdun of poor parents , an orphan in childhood , enlisted at eleven years of age . He was made second lieutenant in 1710 ( age 15 ! ) in the regiment of Béauce . Thanks to his ...
... lieutenant colonel . " François de Chevert , born in Verdun of poor parents , an orphan in childhood , enlisted at eleven years of age . He was made second lieutenant in 1710 ( age 15 ! ) in the regiment of Béauce . Thanks to his ...
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... Lieutenant Colonel de Kalb went through the whole of the late war with me as assistant quartermaster general and is deserving of your protection in the highest degree . To what my brother has written in reference to him , I can only add ...
... Lieutenant Colonel de Kalb went through the whole of the late war with me as assistant quartermaster general and is deserving of your protection in the highest degree . To what my brother has written in reference to him , I can only add ...
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... Lieutenant Colonel Ba- nastre , 218 , 220 , 222 , 224 Tercier , Claude Augustus de , 26 Tessé , Comtesse de , 112 Thackeray , William Makepeace , 17 Thomson , Charles , 144 , 145 , 147 , 193 Tilghman , Lieutenant Tench , 168 Timoleon ...
... Lieutenant Colonel Ba- nastre , 218 , 220 , 222 , 224 Tercier , Claude Augustus de , 26 Tessé , Comtesse de , 112 Thackeray , William Makepeace , 17 Thomson , Charles , 144 , 145 , 147 , 193 Tilghman , Lieutenant Tench , 168 Timoleon ...
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