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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... hundred thousand militia , and could easily be increased . The Germans of this and the neighboring provinces alone - continues my informant - independently of the numerous Irishmen living there , can raise sixty thousand men , nor is ...
... hundred thousand militia , and could easily be increased . The Germans of this and the neighboring provinces alone - continues my informant - independently of the numerous Irishmen living there , can raise sixty thousand men , nor is ...
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... hundred and fifty or to two hundred dollars a week , or more , but it ought to run from last July . The sum looks large , but horses are excessively dear at this place , and all necessaries so much above the ordinary price , that the ...
... hundred and fifty or to two hundred dollars a week , or more , but it ought to run from last July . The sum looks large , but horses are excessively dear at this place , and all necessaries so much above the ordinary price , that the ...
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... hundred regular infantry and two small pieces of artillery , under Lieutenant Colonel Woolford , to join Colonel Sumter . Thus on the eve of battle Gates weakened his forces by giving up a hundred of his best soldiers in a useless ...
... hundred regular infantry and two small pieces of artillery , under Lieutenant Colonel Woolford , to join Colonel Sumter . Thus on the eve of battle Gates weakened his forces by giving up a hundred of his best soldiers in a useless ...
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