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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weeden, George 1730-1790 (search)
Weeden, George 1730-1790 Military officer; born in Fredericksburg, Va., about 1730; was postmaster and tavern-keeper there before the Revolution; was an active politician and patriot, and entered the military service early in the strife, becoming colonel of Virginia troops in the summer of 1776. He was made brigadier-general in February, 1777, and led a brigade in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. Dissatisfaction about rank caused him to leave the service at Valley Forge, but he resumed the command of his brigade in 1780, and commanded the militia near Gloucester during the siege of Yorktown (1781). He died in Fredericksburg, Va., after 1790.
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