Henry knox revolutionary war biography report

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    Henry Knox

    Founding Father, 1st United States Secretary of War (1750–1806)

    "General Knox" redirects here. For other uses, see General Knox (disambiguation).

    Major General

    Henry Knox

    Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1806

    In office
    December 23, 1783 – June 20, 1784
    Appointed byConfederation Congress
    Preceded byGeorge Washington (Commander-in-Chief)
    Succeeded byJohn Doughty
    In office
    March 8, 1785 – December 31, 1794
    PresidentGeorge Washington
    Preceded byBenjamin Lincoln
    (as sekreterare at War)
    Succeeded byTimothy Pickering
    Born(1750-07-25)July 25, 1750
    Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
    DiedOctober 25, 1806(1806-10-25) (aged 56)
    Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Resting placeThomaston Village Cemetery
    Thomaston, Maine, U.S.
    Political partyFederalist
    Spouse
    Children3
    RelativesHenry Thatcher (grandson)
    Signature
    AllegianceUnited Stat
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    Henry Knox on the British invasion of New York, 1776

    When twenty-six-year-old Henry Knox, the Continental Army’s artillery commander, penned this letter to his wife, Lucy, on July 8, 1776, patriot morale was at a low point. The summer of 1776 was a particularly hard time as word of Congress’s Declaration of Independence had not yet reached George Washington’s headquarters, while just five days earlier, the British had orchestrated the largest amphibious landing of the eighteenth century when they put a powerful force on Staten Island. Knox understood the critical nature of the Continental Army’s situation when he said, “The eyes of all America are upon us, the matters which we are to act are of infinitely high import as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us.&rdquo Knox told his wife of a little more than two years that 10,000 redcoats occupied the other side of New York harbor; by the mittpunkt of August there would be 32,000 redcoats to face-off against the 7,000

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    Henry Knox and the American Revolution

    In the winter of 1775-76, Colonel Henry Knox, brought fifty-nine cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army besieging Boston, an incredible 300-mile trek over frozen rivers and snowy mountains.

    General George Washington emplaced these long-range guns on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston. The British, unable to defend the city, evacuated it on March 17, 1776, without a shot being fired.

    Washington, thinking the Redcoats were headed for the strategic port of New York, sent Knox there to improve its defenses. On June 29, the British fleet appeared in Lower New York Bay, and, over the next several weeks, 32,000 troops arrived under the command of General William Howe.

    On August 27, the American forces were defeated by the larger, better trained, and better equipped British army at the Battle of Brooklyn Heights on the west end of Long Island. Needing to evacuate the island but trapped against the East River, the end