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de Kalb

American  
[di kalb] / dɪ ˈkælb /

noun

  1. Baron. Johann Kalb.

  2. a city in N Illinois.


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Gen. Johann de Kalb, who led a division of Maryland and Delaware Continentals southward and died from wounds sustained in the Battle of Camden.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023

General Gates took command in July, 1780, superseding Baron de Kalb; and Col.

From A sketch of the life and services of Gen. Otho Holland Williams Read before the Maryland historical society, on Thursday evening, March 6, 1851 by Osmond Tiffany

Baron de Kalb, there is a spirit whose pinions float upon the wings of time.

From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by H. Winthrop Pierce

The Baron de Kalb occupied the carriage with Lafayette.

From Lafayette by Martha Foote Crow

Baron de Kalb, we stood together side by side at Metz, and we knelt down together that midsummer night when we first landed on Carolina's sands, and then we rode together across the provinces.

From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by H. Winthrop Pierce

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