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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... wounded general from British bayonets , himself receiving severe wounds . He wrote an interesting account of the group's first experiences in the United States . Sourbader de Gimat who was given the rank of major by Deane , was made a ...
... wounded general from British bayonets , himself receiving severe wounds . He wrote an interesting account of the group's first experiences in the United States . Sourbader de Gimat who was given the rank of major by Deane , was made a ...
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... wounded , prostrate General to protect him with his own body from British bayonets . Dubuysson was severely wounded and taken prisoner . When , after de Kalb's death , an offer was made to exchange him for a British officer who had ...
... wounded , prostrate General to protect him with his own body from British bayonets . Dubuysson was severely wounded and taken prisoner . When , after de Kalb's death , an offer was made to exchange him for a British officer who had ...
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... wounds of bayo- nets and three musket balls . I stood by the Baron during the action and shared his fate , being taken by his side , wounded in both arms and hands . Lord Cornwallis and Rawdon treated us with the greatest civility . The ...
... wounds of bayo- nets and three musket balls . I stood by the Baron during the action and shared his fate , being taken by his side , wounded in both arms and hands . Lord Cornwallis and Rawdon treated us with the greatest civility . The ...
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