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Born April 9, 1738 • Massachusetts
Died May 4, 1824 (aged 86) • Marietta • Ohio
Role In American Revolution

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Israel Putnam
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Philip John Schuyler
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Constantino Brumidi: Henry Knox
Henry Knox
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Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates
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Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Wagram
marshal of France
George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
James Monroe
James Monroe
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Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
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Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
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Anthony Wayne
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Benjamin Tallmadge
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Henry Lee, portrait by Gilbert Stuart; in a private collection
Henry Lee
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Daniel Shays
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John Morgan
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Jacob Cox
Jacob Dolson Cox
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Nathan Hale, on a U.S. postage stamp.
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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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Daniel Morgan
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John Stark
John Stark
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