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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... foreign regiments and to avoid inhumanity in the judicial regulations . For example , a court martial of his regiment had ordered the death penalty for a deserter who had gone across the border , sold his uniform there , and then had ...
... foreign regiments and to avoid inhumanity in the judicial regulations . For example , a court martial of his regiment had ordered the death penalty for a deserter who had gone across the border , sold his uniform there , and then had ...
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... foreign war is less hurtful to England than internal discord , which , however , would at once yield to the necessity of defense against a common foe . On April 24 , 1768 , de Kalb notified Choiseul that he was about to return to France ...
... foreign war is less hurtful to England than internal discord , which , however , would at once yield to the necessity of defense against a common foe . On April 24 , 1768 , de Kalb notified Choiseul that he was about to return to France ...
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... foreign officers which Congress have declared themselves not bound to ratify and which in the present situation of affairs , they could not comply with , without deranging the army , and thereby injuring at this critical juncture the ...
... foreign officers which Congress have declared themselves not bound to ratify and which in the present situation of affairs , they could not comply with , without deranging the army , and thereby injuring at this critical juncture the ...
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Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
Apprenticeship under Marshals Saxe and Lowendal | 30 |
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