Peter Muhlenberg

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Peter Muhlenberg was an American Lutheran minister and Continental Army general during the Revolutionary War, best known for dramatically leaving his pulpit to join the fight for independence and later serving in the early U.S. Congress.

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instanceOf American politician
Lutheran minister
human
military officer
birthName John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg NERFINISHED
burialPlace Zion Lutheran Church, Philadelphia NERFINISHED
clergyRole pastor in Woodstock, Virginia
commemoratedIn various churches and historical markers in Pennsylvania and Virginia
conflict American Revolutionary War
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain NERFINISHED
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1746-10-01
dateOfDeath 1807-10-01
educatedAt Lutheran institutions in Pennsylvania
ethnicGroup German American
familyName Muhlenberg NERFINISHED
father Henry Muhlenberg NERFINISHED
givenName Peter
hasMonument statue in the United States Capitol National Statuary Hall Collection
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf Continental Congress NERFINISHED
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
militaryBranch Continental Army
militaryRank brigadier general
major general
notableEvent announced from his pulpit in 1776 that there was a time to fight and revealed a Continental Army uniform beneath his clerical robes
notableFor dramatically leaving his pulpit to join the fight for American independence
service as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
service in the early United States Congress
occupation clergyman
politician
soldier
placeOfBirth Trappe, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Gray's Ferry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment supporter of American independence
positionHeld U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
collector of customs at Philadelphia
member of the U.S. House of Representatives
vice-president of Pennsylvania
religion Lutheranism
represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Congress NERFINISHED
Virginia as a military leader during the Revolutionary War
servedIn Virginia Line of the Continental Army NERFINISHED
sibling Frederick Muhlenberg NERFINISHED

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