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Bunker Camp (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Wilkinson, James 1757-
Military officer; born in Benedict, Md., in 1757; was preparing for the medical profession when the Revolutionary War broke out. He repaired to Cambridge after the battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, where he was made a captain in Reed's New Hampshire regiment in the spring of 1776.
He served under Arnold in the Northern army, and in July, 1776, was appointed brigademajor.
He was at the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and was made lieutenantcolonel in January, 1777.
He was Gates's adjutant-general, and bore to Congress an account of the capture of Burgoyne, when he was brevetted brigadier-general and made secretary to the board of war, of which Gates was president.
Being implicated in Conway's cabal he resigned the secretaryship, and in July, 1779, was made clothier-general to the army.
At the close of the war he settled in Lexington, Ky., and engaged in mercantile transactions.
In 1791-92 he commanded, as lieutenant-colonel of infantry, an expedition
Mobile, Ala. (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Benedict (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Wilkinson, James 1757-
Military officer; born in Benedict, Md., in 1757; was preparing for the medical profession when the Revolutionary War broke out. He repaired to Cambridge after the battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, where he was made a captain in Reed's New Hampshire regiment in the spring of 1776.
He served under Arnold in the Northern army, and in July, 1776, was appointed brigademajor.
He was at the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and was made lieutenantcolonel in January, 1777.
He was Gates's adjutant-general, and bore to Congress an account of the capture of Burgoyne, when he was brevetted brigadier-general and made secretary to the board of war, of which Gates was president.
Being implicated in Conway's cabal he resigned the secretaryship, and in July, 1779, was made clothier-general to the army.
At the close of the war he settled in Lexington, Ky., and engaged in mercantile transactions.
In 1791-92 he commanded, as lieutenant-colonel of infantry, an expeditio
Mobile Point (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Chambersburg (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Wilkinson, James 1757-
Military officer; born in Benedict, Md., in 1757; was preparing for the medical profession when the Revolutionary War broke out. He repaired to Cambridge after the battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, where he was made a captain in Reed's New Hampshire regiment in the spring of 1776.
He served under Arnold in the Northern army, and in July, 1776, was appointed brigademajor.
He was at the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and was made lieutenantcolonel in January, 1777.
He was Gates's adjutant-general, and bore to Congress an account of the capture of Burgoyne, when he was brevetted brigadier-general and made secretary to the board of war, of which Gates was president.
Being implicated in Conway's cabal he resigned the secretaryship, and in July, 1779, was made clothier-general to the army.
At the close of the war he settled in Lexington, Ky., and engaged in mercantile transactions.
In 1791-92 he commanded, as lieutenant-colonel of infantry, an expeditio
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Louisianaville (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Montreal (Canada) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james
Lexington (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): entry wilkinson-james