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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... took place in this region , as a peace settlement was momentarily expected ; it was signed February 10 , 1763. Voltaire , as usual , made a very pat comment ; " France has lost more in money and men through its alliance with Austria in ...
... took place in this region , as a peace settlement was momentarily expected ; it was signed February 10 , 1763. Voltaire , as usual , made a very pat comment ; " France has lost more in money and men through its alliance with Austria in ...
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... took place the day before de Kalb left . Conway had protested against de Kalb's appointment to a major generalship , spreading reports about his disloyalty to the American cause ; hence there was no love lost between the two men . At ...
... took place the day before de Kalb left . Conway had protested against de Kalb's appointment to a major generalship , spreading reports about his disloyalty to the American cause ; hence there was no love lost between the two men . At ...
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... took his post with it in the line . Gates and his staff took a position six hundred yards back of the line.352 On the British side , Lord Rawdon commanded the left wing opposite Gist , and Lieutenant Colonel James Webster the right ...
... took his post with it in the line . Gates and his staff took a position six hundred yards back of the line.352 On the British side , Lord Rawdon commanded the left wing opposite Gist , and Lieutenant Colonel James Webster the right ...
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