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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... winter of Valley Forge : 28th . Our affairs wear a very gloomy aspect . Great part of our army gone into winter quarters ; those in camp wanting breeches , shoes , stockings and blankets , and by account brought yesterday , were in want ...
... winter of Valley Forge : 28th . Our affairs wear a very gloomy aspect . Great part of our army gone into winter quarters ; those in camp wanting breeches , shoes , stockings and blankets , and by account brought yesterday , were in want ...
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... winter quarters in a country wasted and without a single magazine . " 222 On December 19 , 1777 , the army had made its bitter march to the bleak and windswept hills eighteen miles north of Philadelphia . On Christmas Day de Kalb wrote ...
... winter quarters in a country wasted and without a single magazine . " 222 On December 19 , 1777 , the army had made its bitter march to the bleak and windswept hills eighteen miles north of Philadelphia . On Christmas Day de Kalb wrote ...
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... winter arrived , a worse experience than Valley Forge was in store for the army . Washington decided that the main force , comprising about 10,000 men , was to pass the winter at Morristown , New Jersey . Accordingly , de Kalb led his ...
... winter arrived , a worse experience than Valley Forge was in store for the army . Washington decided that the main force , comprising about 10,000 men , was to pass the winter at Morristown , New Jersey . Accordingly , de Kalb led his ...
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