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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... wife more attractive than ever in her mature beauty , his daughter most ravishing , with a devoted suitor , and in the bosom of the family a devoted and extremely helpful friend , M. Tournehem . He gladly gave his consent to the ...
... wife more attractive than ever in her mature beauty , his daughter most ravishing , with a devoted suitor , and in the bosom of the family a devoted and extremely helpful friend , M. Tournehem . He gladly gave his consent to the ...
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... wife and second daughter in Courbevoye , a suburb of Paris . Probably their common Protes- tant faith may have ... wife was equally devoted to her husband and children . When one reads his numerous , lengthy letters to his wife ...
... wife and second daughter in Courbevoye , a suburb of Paris . Probably their common Protes- tant faith may have ... wife was equally devoted to her husband and children . When one reads his numerous , lengthy letters to his wife ...
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... wife received , in addition to a rich trousseau , 135,375 francs . After the death of her parents and grandparents in 1767 , she inherited the homestead at Courbevoye and 205,406 francs . Further wealth came to her on the decease of ...
... wife received , in addition to a rich trousseau , 135,375 francs . After the death of her parents and grandparents in 1767 , she inherited the homestead at Courbevoye and 205,406 francs . Further wealth came to her on the decease of ...
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