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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Order of Battle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03796 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript Date: circa 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 33.4 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Organizational chart of General LaFayette's battle plan for reconnaissance down the west side of the Hudson River. Includes references to Brigadier Generals Hand, Poor, and Parsons, and Major Generals Lord Stirling (William Alexander), St. Clair, and Steuben.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794
Poor, Enoch, 1736-1780
Hand, Edward, 1744-1802
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789
Alexander, William, 1726-1783
St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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