Robert Kirkwood
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Robert Henry Kirkwood was a United States officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. He died in 1791 during the battle of St. Clair's Defeat.
Kirkwood inscription from the monument at Fort Recovery, Ohio
Historical marker at the Robert Kirkwood Library
John Eager Howard
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John Eager Howard was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1788, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congres
Robert Kirkwood
…unit. At the Battle of Cowpens on 17 January 1781, Captain Kirkwood repulsed the British cavalry, and made a famous bayonet charge ordered by Colonel John Eager Howard. Kirkwood also fought at the March 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, where he recorded "many were Killed & wounded on both sides." After the June…
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1825
Colonel John Eager Howard in Uniform, painted in 1784 by Charles Willson Peale
Peggy Chew Howard and John Eager Howard Jr., portrait by Charles Willson Peale