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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... promised him his support for one of the positions , but in the end the whole plan fell through , thus occasioning him one more disappointment . Disgusted with fruitless waiting in Paris , de Kalb decided to return to the provinces at ...
... promised him his support for one of the positions , but in the end the whole plan fell through , thus occasioning him one more disappointment . Disgusted with fruitless waiting in Paris , de Kalb decided to return to the provinces at ...
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... promised audience , Choiseul sent the reply that his receptions at the War Department were open to all who had anything to say to him . De Kalb went there to request an hour's interview , but Choiseul interrupted him with a flimsy ...
... promised audience , Choiseul sent the reply that his receptions at the War Department were open to all who had anything to say to him . De Kalb went there to request an hour's interview , but Choiseul interrupted him with a flimsy ...
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... promised further reenforcements of militia from Virginia and North Carolina ; but such is the dilatory manner in which all things are done here , that I cannot depend upon them , much less wait for them . To- morrow and next day my ...
... promised further reenforcements of militia from Virginia and North Carolina ; but such is the dilatory manner in which all things are done here , that I cannot depend upon them , much less wait for them . To- morrow and next day my ...
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