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Alexander Hamilton
Portrait by John Trumbull, 1806
1st United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office September 11, 1789 – January 31, 1795
President	George Washington
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Oliver Wolcott Jr.
8th Senior Officer of the United States Army
In office December 14, 1799 – June 15, 1800
President	John Adams
Preceded by	George Washington
Succeeded by	James Wilkinson
Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from New York
In office November 3, 1788 – March 2, 1789
Preceded by	Egbert Bensonor
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
In office November 4, 1782 – June 21, 1783
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	(1755-01-11)January 11, 1755 or 1757 Charlestown, Nevis, British Leeward Islands (now St. Kitts and Nevis)
Died	(1804-07-12)July 12, 1804 (aged 47 or 49) Greenwich Village, New York
Cause of death	Gunshot wound
Resting place	Trinity Church Cemetery
Political party	Federalist
Spouse	Elizabeth Schuyler ​ (m. 1780)​
Children	Philip Angelica Alexander James Alexander John Church William Eliza Philip
Parent(s)	James A. Hamilton Rachael Fawcett
Education	King's College (renamed Columbia)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	New York (1775-1777) United States (1777–1800)
Branch/service	New York Provincial Company of Artillery Continental Army United States Army
Years of service	1775–1776 (Militia) 1776–1781 1798–1800
Rank	Major general
Commands	U.S. Army Senior Officer
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War  • Battle of Harlem Heights  • Battle of White Plains  • Battle of Trenton  • Battle of Princeton  • Battle of Brandywine  • Battle of Germantown  • Battle of Monmouth  • Siege of Yorktown Quasi-War

Atlantic Revolutions

Part of the Age of Revolution
Lands affected by the Atlantic Revolutions in Europe
Date	1760s - 1870s
Outcome	Multiple revolutions across the Atlantic world, including the Latin American wars of independence

American Revolution

Part of the Atlantic Revolutions
John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence, showing the Committee of Five presenting its draft for approval by Second Continental Congress on June 28, 1776
Date	22 March 1765 – 3 September 1783
Location	Thirteen Colonies
Participants	Colonists in British America
Outcome	Independence of the United States of America from the British Empire End of British colonial rule in the Thirteen Colonies End of the First British Empire Began the Age of Revolution

Yorktown Campaign
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull, depicting the British surrendering to French (left) and American (right) troops. Oil on canvas, 1820.
Date June – October, 1781 Location Primarily Virginia Result Decisive Franco-American victory End of large-scale combat in the war Start of peace negotiations
Belligerents
United States France	Great Britain Ansbach-Bayreuth Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
George Washington Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Anthony Wayne Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches Jacques-Melchior, Comte de Barras Saint-Laurent Claude-Anne-Montbleru, Marquis de St. Simon	Sir Henry Clinton Charles Cornwallis  (POW) Benedict Arnold William Phillips August von Voigt (POW) Marriot Arbuthnot Sir Thomas Graves Thomas Symonds (POW)
Strength
American land forces: 5,500, sixty cannon French land forces: 9,500, ninety cannon French navy: 36 ships of the line French naval personnel: 20–22,000	Cornwallis land forces: 7,000 Clinton land forces: 7,000 New York fleet: 25 ships of the line Yorktown fleet: 63 small ships
Force strengths are maximums marshalled during and shortly after the siege of Yorktown.

Siege of Yorktown
Part of the Yorktown Campaign Part of the American Revolutionary War
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis by John Trumbull, depicts the British surrendering Benjamin Lincoln, flanked by French (left) and American troops. Oil on canvas, 1820.
Date September 28 – October 19, 1781 Location Yorktown, Virginia 37°14′21″N 76°30′38″W Result Decisive Franco-American victory End of major land operations in North America Beginning of peace negotiations
Belligerents
United States France	Great Britain Loyalists Hesse-Kassel Ansbach
Commanders and leaders
George Washington Benjamin Lincoln Henry Knox Alexander Hamilton Marquis de Lafayette Baron von Steuben Thomas Nelson Moses Hazen Comte de Rochambeau Comte d'Aboville Marquis de Choisy Comte de Grasse	Lord Cornwallis  Charles O'Hara  Banastre Tarleton  Robert Abercromby  Thomas Dundas  Thomas Symonds  Matthias von Fuchs  August Voit
Strength
Americans: 8,000–9,000 men 5,000–5,900 regular troops 3,000–3,100 militia (not engaged) French: 7,500–8,800 men and 29 warships Total: 15,500–17,800 (fewer engaged)	British: 7,000+ German: Fewer than 3,000 Total: 9,000–10,000
Casualties and losses
88 killed 301 wounded	142–309 killed; 326–595 wounded prisoners; 7,416–7,685 captured
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