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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... appointed him military commander - in - chief at Metz . In compliance with a rule requiring retired staff officers to do garrison duty from time to time , de Kalb spent four months at Metz during the summer of 1775 , in close ...
... appointed him military commander - in - chief at Metz . In compliance with a rule requiring retired staff officers to do garrison duty from time to time , de Kalb spent four months at Metz during the summer of 1775 , in close ...
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... appoint- ments by Congress , and six were forced to return ignominiously without having gained any glory . However , they ... appointed director of the military school at Brienne , and thus the chief teacher of Napoleon . De Lesser : a ...
... appoint- ments by Congress , and six were forced to return ignominiously without having gained any glory . However , they ... appointed director of the military school at Brienne , and thus the chief teacher of Napoleon . De Lesser : a ...
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... appointed to the expedition , who , being older in rank than Conway , would of course be second in command . This request was not readily granted , but he insisted on it so strenuously that it was finally conceded . " 294 During the ...
... appointed to the expedition , who , being older in rank than Conway , would of course be second in command . This request was not readily granted , but he insisted on it so strenuously that it was finally conceded . " 294 During the ...
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Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
Apprenticeship under Marshals Saxe and Lowendal | 30 |
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