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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... ship's papers protected them only in going to the West Indies . Any English cruiser apprehending them headed for the United States would make them prisoners and take the ship as a prize . Lafayette then repeated his order to sail ...
... ship's papers protected them only in going to the West Indies . Any English cruiser apprehending them headed for the United States would make them prisoners and take the ship as a prize . Lafayette then repeated his order to sail ...
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... ship life is a most wearisome one . " " Almost fifty days had passed in dull monotony , aggravated toward the end by short rations due to unwisely liberal distribution of the food supply in the first weeks . He tells us that after ...
... ship life is a most wearisome one . " " Almost fifty days had passed in dull monotony , aggravated toward the end by short rations due to unwisely liberal distribution of the food supply in the first weeks . He tells us that after ...
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... ships , made ready to defend himself and challenged the arrivals . De Kalb , speaking English , explained that they were French officers who had just arrived from Bordeaux to serve in the Continental Army , that their ship was at the ...
... ships , made ready to defend himself and challenged the arrivals . De Kalb , speaking English , explained that they were French officers who had just arrived from Bordeaux to serve in the Continental Army , that their ship was at the ...
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