User:Hamilton1781
Alexander Hamilton | |
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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 | [1] Charlestown, Nevis, British Leeward Islands (now St. Kitts and Nevis) | January 11, 1755 or 1757
Died | Greenwich Village, New York | July 12, 1804 (aged 47 or 49)
Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
Resting place | Trinity Church Cemetery |
Political party | Federalist |
Spouse | |
Children | |
Parent(s) | James A. Hamilton Rachael Fawcett |
Education | King's College (renamed Columbia) |
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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 |
Part of the Age of Revolution | |
Date | 1760s - 1870s |
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Outcome | Multiple revolutions across the Atlantic world, including the Latin American wars of independence |
Part of the Atlantic Revolutions | |
Date | 22 March 1765 – 3 September 1783 |
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Location | Thirteen Colonies |
Participants | Colonists in British America |
Outcome |
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Yorktown Campaign | |||||||
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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. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States France | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
George Washington |
Sir Henry Clinton | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
American land forces: 5,500, sixty cannon |
Cornwallis land forces: 7,000 | ||||||
Force strengths are maximums marshalled during and shortly after the siege of Yorktown. |
Siege of Yorktown | |||||||
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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. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
George Washington |
Lord Cornwallis | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Americans: 8,000–9,000 men[6] Total: 15,500–17,800 (fewer engaged) |
British: 7,000+ German: Fewer than 3,000Total: 9,000[10]–10,000[11] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
88 killed 301 wounded[12] |
142–309 killed; 326–595 wounded prisoners; 7,416–7,685 captured[13] | ||||||
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- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Larrabee, p. 281
- ^ a b Larrabee, p. 233
- ^ Greene, p. 466. Greene notes that 32 of these ships were unserviceable and sunk by the French after the surrender, and that only six were armed.
- ^ "German Auxiliary Units at Yorktown". National Park Service. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ^ Tucker, Spencer (2013). Almanac of American Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 369. ISBN 978-1-59884-530-3.
- ^ Tucker, Spencer (2013). Almanac of American Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 369. ISBN 978-1-59884-530-3.
- ^ a b Lengel p. 337
- ^ Tucker, Spencer (2013). Almanac of American Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 369. ISBN 978-1-59884-530-3.
- ^ Tucker, Spencer (2013). Almanac of American Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 369. ISBN 978-1-59884-530-3.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Greene, p. 307
- ^ Greene, pp. 307–308