Benjamin Lincoln

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American military officer Continental Army general United States Secretary at War human

Benjamin Lincoln was an American Revolutionary War general who served in the Continental Army and later as the first United States Secretary at War.

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Benjamin Lincoln canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American military officer ⓘ
Continental Army general ⓘ
United States Secretary at War ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Continental Congress ⓘ
burialPlace Old Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1733-01-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1810-05-09 ⓘ
endTime tenure as Secretary at War ended in 1783 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
surface form: English Americans
familyName Lincoln ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
honorificPrefix General ⓘ
memberOf Continental Congress ⓘ
militaryAllegiance Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableEvent second in command to George Washington at Yorktown ⓘ
surrender of Charleston to British forces in 1780 ⓘ
notableWork formal acceptance of British surrender at Yorktown ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Siege of Charleston ⓘ
Siege of Savannah ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Hingham, Province of Massachusetts Bay
placeOfDeath Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ
positionHeld Collector of the Port of Boston ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ
Secretary of War ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary at War
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
residence Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ
servedAs first United States Secretary at War ⓘ
servedIn Massachusetts Bay Colony militia ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts militia
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime tenure as Secretary at War began in 1781 ⓘ

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Lincolnton, North Carolina → namedAfter → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Siege of Charleston → commander → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Southern Department of the Continental Army → notableCommander → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Battle of Bemis Heights → commander → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Johann de Kalb → predecessor → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Lincoln → hasNotableBearer → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Northern Department of the Continental Army → hasCommander → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Carolina campaign of 1780 → opposingCommander → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Lincoln County → namedAfter → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
subject surface form: Lincoln County, North Carolina
Lincoln County → isNamedFor → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
subject surface form: Lincoln County, North Carolina
Battle of Bound Brook → commanderAmerican → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
Lincoln County, North Carolina → namedAfter → Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ