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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... troops indicate a certain amount of humane feeling . Troops were raised either by voluntary engagement or by capitulation ( i.e. an agreement be- tween the troops and the ruler who hires them ) sometimes by compulsion , but mostly by ...
... troops indicate a certain amount of humane feeling . Troops were raised either by voluntary engagement or by capitulation ( i.e. an agreement be- tween the troops and the ruler who hires them ) sometimes by compulsion , but mostly by ...
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... troops under my command with every necessary for their march has been attended with many difficulties and delays which it was not in my power to remove as soon as I could have wished ; and therefore I was not able to give a satisfactory ...
... troops under my command with every necessary for their march has been attended with many difficulties and delays which it was not in my power to remove as soon as I could have wished ; and therefore I was not able to give a satisfactory ...
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Adolf Eduard Zucker. a liberal hand be distributed to the army . The General thanks the troops for the patience and perseverance with which they have endured the wants and hardships of the preceding part of the campaign , and is ...
Adolf Eduard Zucker. a liberal hand be distributed to the army . The General thanks the troops for the patience and perseverance with which they have endured the wants and hardships of the preceding part of the campaign , and is ...
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