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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... persons , e.g. Arthur Lee and Beaumarchais , the suggestion came to Deane of engaging some experienced French ... person of so much experience , and who is by everyone recommended as one of the bravest and most skilful officers in ...
... persons , e.g. Arthur Lee and Beaumarchais , the suggestion came to Deane of engaging some experienced French ... person of so much experience , and who is by everyone recommended as one of the bravest and most skilful officers in ...
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... persons of all classes , and carry them along with him , not courtiers , but brave , efficient , and well educated officers , who would confide in their superior , and repose implicit faith in him ... person in question , who would 96.
... persons of all classes , and carry them along with him , not courtiers , but brave , efficient , and well educated officers , who would confide in their superior , and repose implicit faith in him ... person in question , who would 96.
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... person , is worth more than the reenforcement of the army with ten or twenty thousand men . You will know the persons who adhere to this leader and the unlimited number of subalterns ; you know that they are not courtiers , but ...
... person , is worth more than the reenforcement of the army with ten or twenty thousand men . You will know the persons who adhere to this leader and the unlimited number of subalterns ; you know that they are not courtiers , but ...
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