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    The Importance of the Battle of Monmouth in the American Revolutionary War Few, when writing about the American Revolution, list the Battle of Monmouth among the significant battles. It was hardly a bloody battle, with only about seven-hundred total casualties. It was not a decisive battle, it was not a battle in which we gained or lost a key position, and it was not a battle in which we point to as an example of how to conduct an engagement. In fact, it was not a battle in which one can say that

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    The Continental Army, under the command of General Washington, had followed the British forces to an area located in Freehold, NJ. General Washington’s use of IPB played out on multiple fronts during the pre-battle phase. In one aspect, General Washington directed forces under the command of Major General Charles Lee to harass the British rear guard. This started June 18, 1778, as the British forces exited Philadelphia with 12,000 personnel and 12 mile baggage train (Stryker, 1927). The baggage

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    the American Revolution’s Battle Of Monmouth was won. The American Revolution was a war between Great Britain and the colonies in a fight for freedom. The colonies refused to pay taxes to the king, so the king sent an army to make them. They boycotted, beginning the Revolutionary War. Molly, or Mary Ludwig Hays, her birth name, has been remembered as a hero, and a symbol of the American Revolution. Molly Pitcher was a hero, because of her courage to take over the battle after every fighter couldn't

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    Charles Lee

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    Lee: General in the American Revolutionary War By David E. LaClair Jr Charles Lee, a general in the American Revolutionary war, is a historic figure in American history. Serving under George Washington, Charles Lee participated in a number of battles. However, history says Charles Lee was treacherous to the cause, all the while that he was in command during that time; he was acting in bad faith toward the Americans. His influence in the army was, at all times, mischievous (General Charles Lee:

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    Enlightenment in mind, he journeyed to the colonies as a volunteer to aid in the American war effort. Because of his French nobility and social rank, he was immediately promoted to Major General. He commanded his army in various battles against the British including the Battle of Monmouth and

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    The Women Present at Valley Forge As Abigail Adams will write to her husband John to “remember the ladies” during the Continental Congress, so too must we must not forget the many women who played a vital role here during the winter encampment at Valley Forge from 1777-1778. Officers’ Wives Martha Washington- (1732-1802)- During the Revolutionary War, Martha joined her husband for part of each winter encampment, he attended, including the 1777-1778 encampment at Valley Forge. Martha arrived

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    become a second lieutenant. Despite Baron Von Steuben being wounded and the Prussian Army being outnumbered 2 to 1, the Prussian army still won the Battle of Prague. He served as a principal staff officer and an adjutant to General Johann von Mayer during a special detached corps in 1758. He was promoted to first lieutenant and was wounded at the Battle of Kunersdorf in 1759. Baron Von Steuben served as a staff officer in the position of a deputy quartermaster when he was transferred to general headquarters

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    Marquis de Layafette

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    In fact, the bond was so strong, that at the Battle of Valley Forge in the winter of 1777, when a cluster of jealous officers interested in trying to have a sentiment developed against Washington to have Congress relieve him of the command of the Continental Army, they were unable to gain the support

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    British to surrender and grant America their freedom. Marquis de Lafayette was born into the Mortier family, a family of French aristocrats, on September 6, 1757, in Chavaniac, France. When Lafayette was only two years old, his father was killed in a battle during the Seven Years War. Then, in 1770 Lafayette lost his mother, along with his grandfather a few weeks later. Consequently, 12 year old Lafayette inherited a majority of his family’s wealth. He went on to spend 3 years studying at the Collage

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    Marquis de Lafayette The Marquis de Lafayette is best remembered for the part he played in the American War of Independence. He contributed in helping the Americans gain free control over the colonies by breaking away from British home rule. For sixty years he fought with consistency and insight for political ideals and social reforms that have dominated the history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hence, Lafayette can be attributed to the spreading of liberty and freedom

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