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Brandywine (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
Halle (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel 1746-
Patriot; born in Trappe, Pa., Oct. 1, 1746; was educated at Halle, Germany; ran away, and for a year was a private in a
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. regiment of dragoons; was ordained in 1772, and preached at Woodstock, Va., until the Revolutionary War broke out. One Sunday he told his hearers that there was a time for all things—a time to preach and a time to fight—and that then was the time to fight.
Casting off his gown, he appeared in the regimentals of a Virginia colonel, read his commission as such, and ordered drummers to beat up for recruits.
Nearly all the able-bodied men of his parish responded, and became soldiers of the 8th Virginia (German) regiment.
He had been an active patriot in civil life, and was efficient in military service.
In February, 1777, he was made brigadier-general, and took charge of the Virginia line, under Washington.
He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was at the capture
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
Trappe, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel 1746-
Patriot; born in Trappe, Pa., Oct. 1, 1746; was educated at Halle, Germany; ran away, and for a year was a private in a
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. regiment of dragoons; was ordained in 1772, and preached at Woodstock, Va., until the Revolutionary War broke out. One Sunday he told his hearers that there was a time for all things—a time to preach and a time to fight—and that then was the time to fight.
Casting off his gown, he appeared in the regimentals of a Virginia colonel, read his commission as such, and ordered drummers to beat up for recruits.
Nearly all the able-bodied men of his parish responded, and became soldiers of the 8th Virginia (German) regiment.
He had been an active patriot in civil life, and was efficient in military service.
In February, 1777, he was made brigadier-general, and took charge of the Virginia line, under Washington.
He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was at the captur
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
United States (United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
Woodstock, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel 1746-
Patriot; born in Trappe, Pa., Oct. 1, 1746; was educated at Halle, Germany; ran away, and for a year was a private in a
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. regiment of dragoons; was ordained in 1772, and preached at Woodstock, Va., until the Revolutionary War broke out. One Sunday he told his hearers that there was a time for all things—a time to preach and a time to fight—and that then was the time to fight.
Casting off his gown, he appeared in the regimentals of a Virginia colonel, read his commission as such, and ordered drummers to beat up for recruits.
Nearly all the able-bodied men of his parish responded, and became soldiers of the 8th Virginia (German) regiment.
He had been an active patriot in civil life, and was efficient in military service.
In February, 1777, he was made brigadier-general, and took charge of the Virginia line, under Washington.
He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, and was at the capture
Stony Point (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel
Monmouth, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry muhlenberg-john-peter-gabriel