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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... leave soon . " ( Lafayette was on leave in France at the time . ) De Kalb , despite various disappointments , continued to seek opportunities for gaining advancement and glory . He kept his name before the prime minister Choiseul and in ...
... leave soon . " ( Lafayette was on leave in France at the time . ) De Kalb , despite various disappointments , continued to seek opportunities for gaining advancement and glory . He kept his name before the prime minister Choiseul and in ...
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... leave to serve with the Americans ; however , previously , according to a French historian , Conway had held the rank of colonel while de Kalb was a lieutenant colonel . At any rate , Conway demanded the rank of major general , i.e. ...
... leave to serve with the Americans ; however , previously , according to a French historian , Conway had held the rank of colonel while de Kalb was a lieutenant colonel . At any rate , Conway demanded the rank of major general , i.e. ...
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... leave will come , I shall let Conway have the command of those few regiments , and I shall immediately rejoin my respectable friend ; but till I have received instruc- tions for leaving this place from yourself , I shall stay , as ...
... leave will come , I shall let Conway have the command of those few regiments , and I shall immediately rejoin my respectable friend ; but till I have received instruc- tions for leaving this place from yourself , I shall stay , as ...
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Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
Apprenticeship under Marshals Saxe and Lowendal | 30 |
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