Johann de Kalb
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Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb, born Johann Kalb, was a German-born army officer who served in the French and Continental armies. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a major general
An engraving showing the wounding of Baron de Kalb
An engraving showing the wounded Baron de Kalb
DeKalb bust in Decatur, Georgia
Battle of Camden
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The Battle of Camden, also known as the Battle of Camden Court House, was fought on August 16, 1780, as part of the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. A British army of 2,100 regulars
Johann de Kalb
…Continental armies. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a major general in the Continental Army and was mortally wounded at the 1780 Battle of Camden, dying several days later. De Kalb was born in Hüttendorf, a German village near Erlangen, Principality of Bayreuth, the son of Johann Leonhard Kalb…
The Great Wagon Road, along which advance forces of both armies met on the night before the battle
Portrait of Horatio Gates by Gilbert Stuart, 1794
Battle of Sullivans Island