Johann de Kalb
Jean de Kalb says baron de Kalb (born Johann Kalb) (June 19th 1721 – October 19th 1780) was a German soldier, volunteer who was useful like general Major in the Continental Army during the Guerre of independence of the United States.
Kalb was born with Hüttendorf close Erlangen in Bavaria, wire of peasants of Johann Leonhard Kalb and Margarethe Seitz. He later learned French, and English, and was able at a high social status to perceive a military pension in the German regiment of Loewendal in the French Army (where he is useful under the name of Jean de Kalb). He serves with distinction at the time of the War of succession Austrian in Flandres. During the War Seven Year old, it is promoted Lieutenant-colonel and becomes general assistant in the army of the Haut-Rhin, a division creates by the dissolution of the regiment Loewendal Regiment. It gains the military Ordre of the merit in 1763, thus reaching a title of baron.
In 1764 he resigns of the army and Marie with Anna Elizabeth Emilie van Robais, of a rich person family who has manufactures of textile of Abbeville and makes build the castle of Milon-The-Vault (France, department of Yvelines).
Employed to the service of the secret diplomacy of king de France, it is sent in the English colonies of America in 1768 for a mission of cover in order to determine the level of dissatisfaction with the colonists towards Great Britain. During this voyage, it gains the respect of the colonists and adopts to them " spirit of indépendance." In 1777 it returns with its protected, Fayette, and joined the Continental Army. It is disappointed and annoyed to learn first of all that it will not be made general major, but will become it in fact the September 5th 1777, right before deciding to turn over to France.
It was with Valley Forge during the majority of the winter 1777 – 78, and ordered a military division in the militia of Patterson. During the Program of the south, it will be disappointed to learn that one chose Horatio Gates in his place as commander. With the Battle of Camden the October 16th 1780, a horse is killed under him, it is put on the ground, and touched three times, and attacked with the bayonet on several occasions. His friend and aide-de-camp, the knight Charles-François of Buysson blocks with his body the additional blows which would have been fatal to the baron. Nevertheless, this last will die a few days then while being taken as prisoner of war to Camden in South Carolina.
He dies for American independence and will be honoured by his contemporaries. Several cities and counties of the United States will be named DeKalb after him.
In 1886 a monument with the Baron de Kalb is set up on the ground of the Maison of state of Maryland to honor its participation in the American revolution.
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