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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... Camden : The deputy adjutant general , who was as solicitous of the welfare of the army as if he had been personally responsible for it , requested Lieutenant Colonel Ford , the officer of the day , to visit the guard with him at an ...
... Camden : The deputy adjutant general , who was as solicitous of the welfare of the army as if he had been personally responsible for it , requested Lieutenant Colonel Ford , the officer of the day , to visit the guard with him at an ...
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... Camden and the imminent possibility of their being cut off from their base in Charles- ton is described by Charles Stedman , the English historian who fought under Howe , Clinton and Cornwallis : The communication between Camden and ...
... Camden and the imminent possibility of their being cut off from their base in Charles- ton is described by Charles Stedman , the English historian who fought under Howe , Clinton and Cornwallis : The communication between Camden and ...
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... Camden , in the State of South Carolina , on the 16th of August , 1780 , where , leading on the troops of the Maryland and Delaware Lines against superior numbers , and animating them by his example of deeds of valor , he was pierced ...
... Camden , in the State of South Carolina , on the 16th of August , 1780 , where , leading on the troops of the Maryland and Delaware Lines against superior numbers , and animating them by his example of deeds of valor , he was pierced ...
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Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
Apprenticeship under Marshals Saxe and Lowendal | 30 |
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