de Kalb
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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
His excellency Horatio Gates was the commander in chief, but as he had not yet arrived, the command rested on that brave old German general, the baron de Kalb.
From The Life of General Francis Marion by Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)
Lieutenant Colonel Dabusson, aid to Baron de Kalb, lately came here on his parole, with an offer from Lord Rawdon, to exchange him for Hamilton.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
Permit me to recall to your mind, Sir, the business of M. de Fleury, and of the widow of the Baron de Kalb.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI by Sparks, Jared
Gen. Gregory was killed, and Baron de Kalb and Gen. Rutherford of Carolina were taken prisoners.
From Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution by Hersey, Charles
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