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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... arrived here after a short , though stormy passage . The packet boat from Falmouth to New York does not leave , as I ... arrived about January 12 , after one hundred days of contrary winds and stormy weather . In a letter dated ...
... arrived here after a short , though stormy passage . The packet boat from Falmouth to New York does not leave , as I ... arrived about January 12 , after one hundred days of contrary winds and stormy weather . In a letter dated ...
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... arrived here tonight a courier from the Court with orders to delay the departure of the " Amphitrite : " I am very glad that he arrived too late , but I fear lest this may prove a hindrance to the departure of the second vessel , and ...
... arrived here tonight a courier from the Court with orders to delay the departure of the " Amphitrite : " I am very glad that he arrived too late , but I fear lest this may prove a hindrance to the departure of the second vessel , and ...
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... arrive before our vessel sets sail . Notwithstanding the ardor with which we are at work , nothing is more uncertain ... arrived with the reply from Lafayette's friend . Lafayette read it as the sailors rowed toward the " Victoire ...
... arrive before our vessel sets sail . Notwithstanding the ardor with which we are at work , nothing is more uncertain ... arrived with the reply from Lafayette's friend . Lafayette read it as the sailors rowed toward the " Victoire ...
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