William Alexander Lord Stirling: George Washington's Noble General

by Paul David Nelson

Book Overview

Nelson's William Alexander, Lord Stirling , (1726-83) is the biographical account of a man who served 18th-century American society as a prominent citizen in peacetime and as a soldier in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War Stirling was appointed a colonel in the New Jersey Continental Line and from there rose to the rank of Major General. A brave and loyal soldier, he greatly impressed General...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817302832
• ISBN13: 9780817302832
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.