Johann von Robais, Baron de Kalb (June 19, 1721 - August 19, 1780), born Johann Kalb, was a Franconian-French military officer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and was mortally wounded while fighting the British Army during the Battle of Camden. For professionals of a European country to graft themselves to the culture of another was not so unusual in the 18th century, whether in...
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