Continental Army generals

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Continental Army general

Continental Army generals were senior military leaders who commanded American forces during the Revolutionary War, overseeing key battles and strategic operations against the British.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form	Occurrences
Continental Army officer corps	1
Continental Army officers	1
George Washington	0
Continental Army general	0
Anthony Wayne	0
Henry Knox	0
Nathanael Greene	0
Benedict Arnold	0
Daniel Morgan	0
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben	0
Horatio Gates	0
John Sullivan	0
Charles Lee	0
William Heath	0
Israel Putnam	0
John Stark	0
Philip Schuyler	0

Statements (117)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Continental Army general ⓘ
acceptedSurrenderOf	British Army at Yorktown NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
authored	Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedWith	French Army NERFINISHED ⓘ French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanded	brigades ⓘ departments ⓘ divisions ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ
cooperatedWith	French military forces ⓘ state militias ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States (Thirteen Colonies and later) NERFINISHED ⓘ
disciplinaryAction	court-martialed after Monmouth ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Newburgh, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
implemented	Fabian strategy in several campaigns ⓘ
involvedIn	Conway Cabal controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterAllegiance	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	Mad Anthony NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Bennington NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Brandywine NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Brandywine NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Bunker Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Camden NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Cowpens NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Cowpens (strategic direction) ⓘ Battle of Eutaw Springs NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Germantown NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Germantown NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Guilford Court House NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Long Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Monmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Princeton NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Princeton NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Saratoga NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Saratoga NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Saratoga NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Stony Point NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Trenton NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Trenton NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Valcour Island NERFINISHED ⓘ New York and New Jersey campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Yorktown NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Yorktown NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Yorktown NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCampaign	Sullivan Expedition against the Iroquois NERFINISHED ⓘ early operations in the Saratoga campaign ⓘ
notableContribution	drilled and trained Continental Army at Valley Forge ⓘ
notableEvent	attempted betrayal of West Point ⓘ
notableOperation	transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston ⓘ
notableRole	commanded Eastern Department of the Continental Army ⓘ
origin	Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversawWinterEncampment	Valley Forge NERFINISHED ⓘ
priorConflict	French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
priorService	British Army officer ⓘ
rank	Brigadier General ⓘ Brigadier General ⓘ Brigadier General ⓘ General ⓘ Inspector General NERFINISHED ⓘ Major General ⓘ Major General ⓘ Major General ⓘ Major General ⓘ Major General ⓘ Major General ⓘ Major General ⓘ Major General ⓘ Major General ⓘ
resignedCommissionTo	Continental Congress in Annapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibility	operational command in major campaigns ⓘ strategic planning against British forces ⓘ
role	Chief of Artillery of the Continental Army ⓘ Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Quartermaster General of the Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ drillmaster and organizer of Continental Army ⓘ
serviceBranch	Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
specialty	rifle corps and light infantry tactics ⓘ
strategy	war of attrition against British forces ⓘ war of maneuver in the Southern Campaign ⓘ
theater	Middle Department of the Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ North American theater of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Department of the Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Department of the Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern and Middle Departments of the Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Department of the Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1775–1783 ⓘ
typicalRank	Brigadier General ⓘ Major General ⓘ
usedTroopType	militia units ⓘ regular Continental Army regiments ⓘ
workedWith	Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Glover → category → Continental Army generals ⓘ

Robert Magaw → partOf → Continental Army generals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army officer corps

New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site → associatedWith → Continental Army generals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Army officers