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In 1777 he served under General John Burgoyne in the Saratoga campaign and became a prisoner after Burgoyne's surrender. Waldeck: Johann von Hanxleden was a colonel who led the single regiment that Waldeck provided. Under his command, the regiment served in Howe's army in New York and New Jersey until 1778, when it was transferred to West Florida.
He served as a Washington aide-de-camp from March 6 to June 5, 1776, and as a volunteer aide from September 28, 1776, to January 1777. Robert Hanson Harrison (1745–1790) – Served as Gen. Washington's military secretary from May 16, 1776 [22] to March 25, 1781. [23] He had served as a Washington aide-de-camp from November 1775 to May 1776.
The military career of George Washington spanned over forty-five years of service (1752–1799). Washington's service can be broken into three periods, French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, and the Quasi-War with France, with service in three different armed forces (British provincial militia, the Continental Army, and the United States Army).
Greene served under George Washington in the Boston campaign, the New York and New Jersey campaign, and the Philadelphia campaign before being appointed quartermaster general of the Continental Army in 1778.
Washington then served as president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, ... George Washington was born on February 22, ... Under Washington, ...
George Washington, the first president elected under the U.S. Constitution, was born on February 22, 1732, in the Colony of Virginia.Washington served in the Virginia militia, was appointed Lieutenant Colonel and was British General Edward Braddock's aide-de-camp during the French and Indian War.
George Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775, by the Second Continental Congress. On June 15, 1775, Congress elected by unanimous vote George Washington as Commander-in-Chief, who accepted and served throughout the war without any compensation except for reimbursement of expenses. [3]
Served in the Virginia militia (1752–1758) during the French and Indian War. Served as commander in chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783) during the Revolutionary War, with the rank of "General and Commander in Chief." Washington was a lieutenant general in the United States Army at his death.