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George Washington In Prayer At Valley Forge Oil on Canvas laid on Panel Sotheby Parke Bernet Group New York, NY | Sachs, Lambert | GA | ||
Henry Knox ca. 1860 U.S. Capitol Art Collection Washington, D.C. | Brumidi, Constantino | Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, and also served as the first United States Secretary of War.
Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, he owned and operated a bookstore there, cultivating an interest in military history and joining a local artillery... | Unrated | |
Horatio Gates ca. 1793–94 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Stuart, Gilbert | Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a retired British soldier who served as an American general during the Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (a matter of contemporary and historical controversy), and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden. Gates has been... | Unrated | |
Major General Nathanael Greene 1778 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Peale, Charles Willson |
Nathanael Greene (August 7 [O.S. July 27] 1742 – June 19, 1786, frequently misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable... | Unrated | |
Surrender Of Cornwallis At Yorktown (1) 1787 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Trumbull, John | Unrated | ||
Surrender Of Cornwallis At Yorktown (2) 1797 U.S. Capitol Art Collection Washington, D.C. | Trumbull, John | Unrated | ||
Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, New York 1822 U.S. Capitol Art Collection Washington, D.C. | Trumbull, John | The scene of the surrender of the British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, on October 17, 1777, was a turning point in the American Revolutionary War that prevented the British from dividing New England from the rest of the colonies. The central figure is the American General Horatio Gates, who refused to take the sword offered by General Burgoyne,... | Unrated | |
The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton January 3 1777 circa 1789-1831 Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT | Trumbull, John | Unrated | ||
The Death Of General Montgomery In The Attack Of Quebec Decr. 1775 1798 McCord Museum Montreal, QC | Trumbull, John | Unrated | ||
The Death Of General Warren At The Battle Of Bunker's Hill, 17 June, 1775 after 1815–before 1831 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Trumbull, John | Unrated |
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The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War in the United... Read more