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Major-General John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was a Continental Army officer, politician and judge who fought in the American Revolutionary War and participated several key events of the conflict, including most notably George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. [1]
Led by Major General John Sullivan and Brigadier General James Clinton, the expedition was conducted during the summer of 1779, beginning on June 18 when the army marched from Easton, Pennsylvania, to October 3 when it abandoned Fort Sullivan, built at Tioga, to return to George Washington's main camp in New Jersey.
John P. Sullivan is an active United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the deputy commander of United States Transportation Command from 2022 to 2024. [1] He most recently served as the 19th Director of Strategy, Capabilities, Policy, Programs, and Logistics of the United States Transportation Command from August 2021 to June 2022, and was previously the Commanding General of ...
John Joseph Sullivan (born November 20, 1959) is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022, and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019.
The Battle of Newtown (August 29, 1779) was the only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition, an armed offensive led by Major General John Sullivan that was ordered by George Washington to end the threat of the Iroquois who had sided with the British in the American Revolutionary War.
The Battle of Rhode Island (also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill [3]) took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and Militia forces under the command of Major General John Sullivan had been besieging the British forces in Newport, Rhode Island, which is situated on Aquidneck Island, but they had finally abandoned their siege and were withdrawing to the northern part of the island.
John L. Sullivan (Arizona politician), Arizona Attorney General, 1935–1937 and 1944–1948 John L. Sullivan (United States Navy) (1899–1982), United States Secretary of the Navy John Leo Sullivan , Secretary of State for the U.S. state of Missouri , 1917–1921
In the summer of 1779, General John Sullivan led an expedition that went up the North Branch of the Susquehanna and destroyed at least forty Native American villages in New York and Pennsylvania in a scorched earth campaign. The Native Americans were aware of Sullivan's plans and launched their own attack on the West Branch of the Susquehanna ...