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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... seemed to be offering in 1764. In the Seven Years ' War even so small a country as Portugal had become involved when in 1762 a Spanish army supported by French forces had staged an invasion . With the help of the British and their ...
... seemed to be offering in 1764. In the Seven Years ' War even so small a country as Portugal had become involved when in 1762 a Spanish army supported by French forces had staged an invasion . With the help of the British and their ...
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... seemed to do away with , or at least to postpone their aspirations for independence . In a letter of August 11 , 1767 , de Kalb told the Duke that in his opinion , the calm would not last long , as the colonists would only wait for a ...
... seemed to do away with , or at least to postpone their aspirations for independence . In a letter of August 11 , 1767 , de Kalb told the Duke that in his opinion , the calm would not last long , as the colonists would only wait for a ...
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... seemed to me to be neglected . I arrived in Philadelphia in the first days of August ... It resembles very much our cities in Flanders . The finest building erected here is the jail , built of stone ; it is large and sanitary . One ...
... seemed to me to be neglected . I arrived in Philadelphia in the first days of August ... It resembles very much our cities in Flanders . The finest building erected here is the jail , built of stone ; it is large and sanitary . One ...
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