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When in the 17th century Gustav II Adolf introduced dragoons into the Swedish Army, he provided them with a sabre, an axe and a matchlock musket: many of the European armies henceforth imitated this all-purpose set of weaponry.

At the age of 18, she married Daniel Parke Custis, a rich planter two decades her senior. They lived at White House Plantation on the south shore of the Pamunkey River, a few miles upriver from Chestnut Grove. She had four children by Custis

Martha Washington was raised in a time when chattel slavery was legal in all the American colonies

"Abe Lincoln" redirects here. For the musician, see Abe Lincoln (musician). For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation).

On the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point there are plaques commemorating all of the generals that served in the Revolution. One plaque bears only a rank, "major general" and a date, "born 1740",[2] and no name.[105]

Place of birth Norwich, Connecticut Place of death London, England Place of burial London, England Service/branch Colonial militia Continental Army British Army Years of service Colonial militia: 1757, 1775 Continental Army: 1775–1780 British Army: 1780–1781 Rank Major General (Continental Army) Brigadier General (British Army) Commands held Philadelphia West Point Battles/wars American Revolutionary War Capture of Fort Ticonderoga Arnold Expedition Battle of Quebec Battle of the Cedars Battle of Valcour Island Battle of Ridgefield Siege of Fort Stanwix (relief) Battles of Saratoga Battle of Blanford Battle of Groton Heights Awards Boot Monument

Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 in the American Revolutionary War.

National Memorial Arch inscription: Naked and starving as they are We cannot enough admire The incomparable Patience and Fidelity of the Soldiery             –George Washington