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Born 1736 • Hunterdon • New Jersey
Died July 6, 1802 (aged 66) • Winchester • Virginia
Political Affiliation Federalist Party
Role In American Revolution • Battle of Cowpens • Battles of Saratoga
Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates
United States general
John Stark
John Stark
American general
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Pickering, Timothy
Timothy Pickering
American politician
Thomas Pinckney, engraving
Thomas Pinckney
American statesman
James Monroe
James Monroe
president of United States
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
United States general
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne
United States general
Henry Lee, portrait by Gilbert Stuart; in a private collection
Henry Lee
United States military officer
Daniel Shays
United States officer
Schuyler, Philip John
Philip John Schuyler
United States statesman
Rufus Putnam
United States general
John Morgan
American physician and educator
Putnam, Israel
Israel Putnam
United States general
Constantino Brumidi: Henry Knox
Henry Knox
United States general
Nathan Hale, on a U.S. postage stamp.
Nathan Hale
American Revolutionary War officer
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
American statesman
George Clinton
George Clinton
vice president of United States
William Moultrie, engraving
William Moultrie
United States general and politician

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