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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

Sir, I have the honor to enclose you an account of the moneys received by Baron de Kalb and Lieutenant Colonel La Radi�re, as extracted from the Paymaster's books.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared

Paris, November 28th, 1776,67 On the acknowledgment of American independence by European powers.—Applications of officers to go to America.—Baron de Kalb.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Sparks, Jared

He and a friend, named Baron de Kalb, made their plans to escape secretly from Paris to Bordeaux.

From Historic Boyhoods by Holland, Rupert Sargent

Office of Foreign Affairs, May 8th, 1782,87 Accounts of Baron de Kalb and others.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared