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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... Lord Rawdon . That general had been , since the beginning of June , in command of the advanced posts of the army , which were destined to invade North Carolina , and only kept back until the autumn by the heat and the want of provisions ...
... Lord Rawdon . That general had been , since the beginning of June , in command of the advanced posts of the army , which were destined to invade North Carolina , and only kept back until the autumn by the heat and the want of provisions ...
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... Lord Rawdon before Lord Cornwallis arrived with reenforcements . Lord Rawdon's position was a strong one , and Gates acted cautiously in rejecting the Baron's plan . De Kalb , usually conservative , with careful consideration of the ...
... Lord Rawdon before Lord Cornwallis arrived with reenforcements . Lord Rawdon's position was a strong one , and Gates acted cautiously in rejecting the Baron's plan . De Kalb , usually conservative , with careful consideration of the ...
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... Lord Rawdon's position was strong , and he declined an attack ; but he had not sufficient penetration to perceive that by a forced march up the creek , he could have passed Lord Rawdon's flank and reached Camden , which would have been ...
... Lord Rawdon's position was strong , and he declined an attack ; but he had not sufficient penetration to perceive that by a forced march up the creek , he could have passed Lord Rawdon's flank and reached Camden , which would have been ...
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