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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... supplies . The new French minister plenipotentiary , the Marquis de la Luzerne , had arrived to replace Gérard , and was going to pay a visit to de Kalb as an old friend and comrade in arms of the Baron from the days of the Seven Years ...
... supplies . The new French minister plenipotentiary , the Marquis de la Luzerne , had arrived to replace Gérard , and was going to pay a visit to de Kalb as an old friend and comrade in arms of the Baron from the days of the Seven Years ...
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... Supplies coming from the North would find this route safest to the army's destination . 7. This circuitous route would make possible an outflanking of the enemy outposts , permitting later an advance on Camden with the Wateree River on ...
... Supplies coming from the North would find this route safest to the army's destination . 7. This circuitous route would make possible an outflanking of the enemy outposts , permitting later an advance on Camden with the Wateree River on ...
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... supplies did not very soon arrive , foraging parties would be sent out by every corps in all directions to collect what little corn might still be stored in the country , and bring it to the mill.331 The desperate tone of Gates ' letter ...
... supplies did not very soon arrive , foraging parties would be sent out by every corps in all directions to collect what little corn might still be stored in the country , and bring it to the mill.331 The desperate tone of Gates ' letter ...
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