Charles Lee (general)
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Charles Lee was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven
Portrait of Lee
Lee as depicted in Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
General Lee on horseback
Lee was very fond of dogs, and was seldom seen without half a dozen at his heels.
Battle of Monmouth
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The Battle of Monmouth, also known as the Battle of Monmouth Court House, was fought near the Village of Monmouth Court House in modern-day Freehold Borough, New Jersey and Manalapan, on June 28, 1778
Charles Lee (general)
…that year, he was captured by British cavalry under Banastre Tarleton; he was held by the British as a prisoner until exchanged in 1778. During the Battle of Monmouth later that year, Lee led an assault on the British that miscarried. He was subsequently court-martialed and his military service brought to an end. He…
Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth Emanuel Leutze, 1857
Washington at Princeton by Charles Willson Peale
General Henry Clinton
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben by Charles Willson Peale