Henry Knox

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United States Secretary of War general human military officer politician

Henry Knox was an American Revolutionary War general who served as George Washington’s chief artillery officer and later became the first U.S. Secretary of War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of War ⓘ general ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ
appointedBy	George Washington ⓘ
battle	Battle of Brandywine ⓘ Battle of Monmouth ⓘ Battle of Princeton ⓘ Battle of Trenton ⓘ Siege of Boston ⓘ Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
causeOfDeath	infection ⓘ
citizenship	Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfBirth	British America ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1750-07-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1806-10-25 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	American ⓘ
familyName	Knox ⓘ
fullName	Henry Knox self-link ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ
honor	Namesake of Fort Knox, Kentucky ⓘ Namesake of Fort Knox, Maine ⓘ Namesake of Knox County, Maine ⓘ Namesake of Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ
marriageStart	1774 ⓘ
memberOf	Continental Army ⓘ Society of the Cincinnati ⓘ
militaryBranch	Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Major General ⓘ
notableWork	Siege of Boston ⓘ surface form: Noble train of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston
numberOfChildren	13 ⓘ
occupation	bookseller ⓘ government official ⓘ soldier ⓘ
officeEndTime	1794-12-31 ⓘ
officeStartTime	1789-09-12 ⓘ
owned	Montpelier estate in Thomaston, Maine ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
placeOfDeath	Maine District of Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts
positionHeld	Major General in the Continental Army ⓘ Secretary at War under the Articles of Confederation ⓘ Senior officer of the Continental Army artillery ⓘ Secretary of War ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of War
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ
residence	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Thomaston, Maine ⓘ
servedUnder	George Washington ⓘ
spouse	Lucy Flucker Knox ⓘ

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Washington administration → appointed → Henry Knox ⓘ

Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (1775) → artilleryTransportedBy → Henry Knox ⓘ

Ticonderoga → artilleryTransportedBy → Henry Knox ⓘ

subject surface form: Fort Ticonderoga

Thomaston, Maine → associatedWith → Henry Knox ⓘ

Morristown encampments → associatedWithPerson → Henry Knox ⓘ

Battle of Assunpink Creek → commander → Henry Knox ⓘ

Lucy Flucker Knox → correspondentWith → Henry Knox ⓘ

Henry Knox → fullName → Henry Knox self-link ⓘ

Thomaston, Maine → hasHistoricPerson → Henry Knox ⓘ

Knox → hasNotableBearer → Henry Knox ⓘ

Society of the Cincinnati → hasNotableMember → Henry Knox ⓘ

Valley Forge winter encampment → hasParticipant → Henry Knox ⓘ

Knox County, Tennessee → namedAfter → Henry Knox ⓘ

Knoxville, Tennessee → namedAfter → Henry Knox ⓘ

Continental Army → notableCommander → Henry Knox ⓘ

Continental Artillery → notableCommander → Henry Knox ⓘ

Siege of Boston → notableParticipant → Henry Knox ⓘ

Montpelier estate in Thomaston, Maine → originalOwner → Henry Knox ⓘ

subject surface form: Montpelier (Thomaston, Maine)

Secretary of War → positionHeldBy → Henry Knox ⓘ

Montpelier estate in Thomaston, Maine → significantPerson → Henry Knox ⓘ

subject surface form: Montpelier (Thomaston, Maine)

Lucy Flucker Knox → spouse → Henry Knox ⓘ