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 Baron De Kalb
The museum portrait may represent Peale's response to De Kalb's posthumous congressional honor, a monument in Annapolis, with the idea to start a portrait gallery to commemorate Revolutionary heroes.
De Kalb wears a light blue sash with gold medal, the Knight's Cross, third class, of the Order of Military Merit that was created in 1759 for Swiss and German Protestant officers in the French service.
e Kalb was born in Huettendorf, Bavaria, on June 19, 1721.
www.cr.nps.gov /museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/indeimg/dekalb.html   (309 words)

  
 Cazoo.org: German-American Cultural Center
De Kalb joined the French Army and the Alsatian and Lothringian Regiment of Count Loewendal and fought numerous campaigns in the Seven Years' War.
He was made colonel, assumed aristocratic tile that was confirmed in 1763, married the wealthy Anne de Robais, became an intimate of the influential Comte de Broglie, and gained entrance to the most exclusive circles in Paris.
Through the intercession of the American envoy in Paris at de Kalb's behest, the 19-year-old Lieutenant Lafayette was made an American Major General, a fact that subsequently became important in French support for the American cause.
cazoo.org /Germans/JohanndeKalb.html   (349 words)

  
 Johann de Kalb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Johann Henry Jules Alexandre von Robaii, Baron de Kalb (born Johann Kalb) (June 19, 1721 – October 19, 1780) was a German soldier and volunteer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Kalb was born in Hüttendorf near Erlangen, Bavaria, the son of peasants Johann Leonhard Kalb and Margarethe Seitz.
In 1886 a monument to Baron de Kalb was erected on the grounds of the Maryland state house to honor his contributions to the revolution.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johann_de_Kalb   (479 words)

  
 DeKalb History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Baron Johann De Kalb, the French army officer for whom DeKalb County is named, was neither French nor a Baron.
The son of a German peasant, De Kalb left home at the age of sixteen to become a French soldier of fortune.
De Kalb was one of several foreign soldiers to offer their services gallantly in the Battle of Camden, S.C. on August 16, 1780 and died there after being wounded eleven times.
www.co.dekalb.ga.us /history.htm   (496 words)

  
 BARONJOHANNKALB
Contact US Kalb, Johann [Baron de] (1721-1780) General: De Kalb was born in Bavaria, and began his military career at the age of 16 in a French infantry regiment.
De Kalb joined Horatio Gates in the Southern Department and, in the Battle of Camden in 1780, led troops against the British.
Despite fierce effort, the Continental forces were eventually driven back, and de Kalb was wounded, dying several days after the battle.
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 Johann de Kalb
Kalb was thus attacked on all sides, but remained during the whole encounter, fighting bravely to the last.
A marble monument was erected to his memory by the citizens of that town, the corner stone being laid by General Lafayette in 1825.
On 16 August, 1886, a statue of Kalb, executed in Rome by Ephraim Keyser, was placed in front of the court house in Annapolis, Maryland, the address being delivered by Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware.
www.famousamericans.net /johanndekalb   (699 words)

  
 The Battle of Camden
De Kalb's men were bordering on starvation and exhaustion; consequently, he advised Gates to take a longer route into South Carolina by way of Charlotte, where friends and supplies were plentiful.
Meanwhile, the Delaware and Maryland regiments held, led by de Kalb, whose horse had been shot from under him -- and here the British concentrated their attack.
A stone monument erected by the Hobkirk Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution indicates the spot where Baron de Kalb fell.
www.historic-camden.net /battle_of_camden.htm   (449 words)

  
 German American Corner: Baron de Kalb, Johann (1721-80)
Born in Hüttendorf, near Bayreuth, in Bavaria, he became a lieutenant in a German regiment of the French army at the age of 22; he fought with distinction in the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War, rising to the rank of brigadier general by 1761.
In 1768 Kalb was sent to America as an agent of the French government to determine the attitude of the colonies toward Great Britain.
Kalb's troops were finally forced to retreat before the army of Lord Charles Cornwallis, but Kalb himself was wounded and captured by the British.
www.germanheritage.com /biographies/atol/kalb.html   (233 words)

  
 Ashland Daily Tidings :: Online Edition
Baron Johann De Kalb came because he craved martial glory and honor to conceal his plebian past.
Johann was a strappling 6-footer when he left home at 16, to fight as a mercenary in France.
De Kalb was a Freemason, as was Cornwallis.
www.dailytidings.com /2005/1228/122805c1.shtml   (537 words)

  
 De Kalb, Johann - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DE KALB, JOHANN [De Kalb, Johann] see Kalb, Johann.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "De Kalb, Johann" at HighBeam.
Mock funeral honors de Kalb: Revolutionary War re-enactors, German soldier?s descendants attend
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 Brigades
He sailed with the Marquis de Lafayette, and after an initial disagreement with Congress over rank, he was promoted to Major General in September of 1777.
Gates then ignored de Kalb's sound council on how to conduct the campaign, an oversight which led to the American defeat at Camden on August 16, 1780.
In 1780 he served under de Kalb in the southern theatre.
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 Baron de Kalb
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Johann de Kalb was born in Bavaria in 1721, and joined the French military at the age of 16.
In 1776, Brigadier General de Kalb volunteered for the Continental Army.
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 Kalb - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Kalb, Johann, called Baron de Kalb (1721-1780), German-born soldier, who fought in the American Revolution (1775-1783).
De Kalb, city, De Kalb County, northern Illinois, on the Kishwaukee River; settled 1837, incorporated as a city 1877.
De Kalb: Northern Illinois University, College of Law
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 Collins Family
Early in the engagement a large part of Gate's militia fled 160 miles to Hillsboro, North Carolina followed by the remnants of his army, leaving the fighting to regulars under Baron Johann De Kalb, who was killed.
Baron Johann De Kalb (1721-1780) was a German soldier of fortune in the American Revolution.
De Kalb died of wounds received at Camden.
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 George Washington Papers: Time Line: The American Revolution - 1780
German mercenary for the British, Captain Johann von Ewald, notes upon surrender that the "garrison consisted of handsome young men whose apparel was extremely ragged, and on the whole the people looked greatly starved." Officers are confined on land, while enlisted soldiers are held in prison ships in the harbor.
The Maryland and Delaware Continental regiments sent by Washington have arrived under command of Baron Johann de Kalb.
De Kalb is mortally wounded, and after heavy fighting Gates is forced to retreat by Lord Rawdon and Cornwallis and their forces.
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 TFM - forest history attraction:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Upon suggestion of David Crockett, a visitor on his way to fight in the Texas War for Independence, the city of DeKalb was named for Maj. Gen.
Johann de Kalb- a hero of the American Revolution.
When the Texas and Pacific Railroad reached DeKalb in 1876, the city became a major lumber-producing center.
www.treetexas.com /forestlegacy/Bowie-DeKalb.shtm   (97 words)

  
 Silas Deane
On arriving in Paris, Deane at once opened negotiations with Vergennes and Beaumarchais, securing through the latter the shipment of many vessel loads of arms and munitions of war to America.
He also enlisted the services of a number of Continental soldiers of fortune, among whom were the Marquis de Lafayette, Baron Johann De Kalb and Thomas Conway.
His carelessness in keeping account of his receipts and expenditures, and the differences between himself and Arthur Lee regarding the contracts with Beaumarchais, eventually led, in November 1777, to his recall to face charges, of which Lee's complaints formed the basis.
www.nndb.com /people/138/000096847   (471 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Pedro Menendez de Aviles and a large force of Spanish soldiers and colonists sailed from Spain to drive out
In 1777, De Kalb accompanied the Marquis de Lafayette and a group of French soldiers to America to fight the British.
The Continental Congress made De Kalb a major general in the Continental Army.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/tdgh-jun/jun29.htm   (914 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Johann De Kalb (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
AllRefer.com - Johann De Kalb (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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 DESSAR - Delaware Regiment's History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The specified compliment in a regiment varied from state to state, and it was rare for any unit to get close to full strength.
A strong British attack put DE and MD troops in the crossfire of two British units.
The advance toward Newark DE of a column of 9,000 British troops was opposed by a mixed force of 700 U.S. Continentals from many states (but not Delaware) and 300 men of the Delaware militia.
www.sar.org /dessar/histderg.htm   (2317 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Johann Kalb (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Johann Kalb (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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yO´hAn kAlp] Pronunciation Key, 1721–80, American general in the Revolution, known generally as Baron de Kalb, b.
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 1779 page
The Continentals moved from Middle Brook to Pompton and by way of Ringwood to the Clove (north of Suffern).
Troops under Col. Henry Lee and Baron Johann De Kalb were posted in Suffern
Twice in May and again in June British and Loyalist troops conducted foraging raids into the eastern part of Bergen County, including into Closter and the English Neighborhood.
www.thehermitage.org /1779.html   (765 words)

  
 DESSAR - Camden Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The town of Dekalb (just off the top of the map) was named in honor of the patriot Major General Johann de Kalb, who died of wounds several days after the battle.
The town's name is written Dekalb, but the General's name is written de Kalb.
Since the battle site in Dekalb is subject to vandalism, the Revolutionary War memorials related to that battle have been placed in a protected historic district in the city of Camden SC.
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 Historical ResourcesLinks of Interest
Johann de Kalb was the only American general to die with his troops during the Revolutionary War.
A Documentary History: As part of the compilation of source documentation for a planned biography of Benjamin Franklin, J.A. Leo LeMay, Professor of Colonial American Literature at the University of Delaware, has made this exhaustive, partly finished chronology available.
The Marquis de La Fayette, whose name was Gilbert du Mottier was a French officer who volunteered for service in the American Army and served with brilliance thoughout the War, rising to the rank of Major General.
suvcw.org /co/history.htm   (2646 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Stephen Heard became president of the Supreme Executive Council.
Johann De Kalb, a German who had come with Lafayette to aid the American cause, was killed fighting in South Carolina.
See 1721 entry for information on Johann De Kalb.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/1780.htm   (384 words)

  
 Saratoga: The Tide Turns on the Frontier--Reading 1
The Battle of Saratoga is often called the turning point of the American Revolution because the defeat of the British encouraged France to enter into a military alliance with the newly formed United States.
Although the French were already supplying the Continental Army with weapons, and had been impressed by Washington's resourcefulness and favorable reports by German Johann de Kalb, they were concerned by the capture of Philadelphia.
Saratoga convinced the French government that the Americans could fight against disciplined military units and win.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/93saratoga/93facts1.htm   (941 words)

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