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Johann von Robaii, Baron de Kalb (born Johann Kalb) (June 19, 1721 – August 19, 1780) was a German
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 soldier who served as a major general
Major General

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 in the Continental Army
Continental Army

The American Continental Army was an army formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States. Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 15, 1775, the army was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in their struggle against the rule of Kingdom...
 during the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
.

was born in Hüttendorf near Erlangen
Erlangen

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, in present-day Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
, the son of peasants Johann Leonhard Kalb and Margarethe Seitz.






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Johann von Robaii, Baron de Kalb (born Johann Kalb) (June 19, 1721 – August 19, 1780) was a German
Germans

The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
 soldier who served as a major general
Major General

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
 in the Continental Army
Continental Army

The American Continental Army was an army formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States. Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 15, 1775, the army was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in their struggle against the rule of Kingdom...
 during the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
.

Early life

Kalb was born in Hüttendorf near Erlangen
Erlangen

Erlangen is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the confluence of the river Regnitz and its large tributary, the Untere Schwabach....
, in present-day Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
, the son of peasants Johann Leonhard Kalb and Margarethe Seitz. He later learned French, English, and enough social skills to get a substantial military commission in the Loewendal German Regiment of the French Army
Military of France

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 (where he served as Jean de Kalb). He served with distinguished honor throughout the War of Austrian Succession
War of the Austrian Succession

The War of the Austrian Succession involved nearly all the Power in international relations of Europe. The war began under the pretext that Maria Theresa of Austria was ineligible to succeed to the House of Habsburg throne, because Salic law precluded royal inheritance by a woman, though in reality this was a convenient excuse put forward by...
 in Flanders
Flanders

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. During the Seven Years' War
Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War lasted between 1756?1763 and involved all of the major European powers of the period. The war pitted Kingdom of Prussia and Kingdom of Great Britain and a coalition of smaller German states against an alliance consisting of Archduchy of Austria, Early Modern France, Russian Empire, Kingdom of Sweden, and Electorate of Sa...
, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant Colonel

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 and made assistant quartermaster general in the Army of the Upper Rhine, a division created by the disbanding of the Loewendal Regiment. He won the Order of Military Merit
Order of Military Merit

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 in 1763, giving him the title of baron.

In 1764, he resigned from the army and married Anna Elizabeth Emilie van Robais, an heiress to a fortune from cloth manufacturing.

In 1768, he traveled to America
United States

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 on a covert mission to determine the level of discontent amongst colonists on behalf of France
France

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. During the trip, he gained a respect for the colonists and their "spirit of independence".

American Revolutionary War

In 1777, he returned again with his protégé, the Marquis de Lafayette
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Fayette was a French military officer born in the province of Auvergne in south central France....
, and joined the Continental Army. He was disappointed and angry to learn at first that he would not be made a major general, but was so in fact on September 5, 1777, just before the time he had decided to leave for France.

He was at Valley Forge
Valley Forge

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 for most of the 1777–78 winter, and commanded a division
Division (military)

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 of Patterson's and Learned
Ebenezer Learned

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's Brigades. During the British southern campaign, he was disappointed to learn that Horatio Gates
Horatio Gates

Horatio Lloyd Gates was a United Kingdom soldier turned United States general during the American Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga and was blamed for the defeat at the Battle of Camden....
 had been appointed to command instead of him. At the Battle of Camden
Battle of Camden

}|-||}The Battle of Camden was a major victory for the British in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War of the American Revolutionary War....
 on August 16, 1780, de Kalb's horse was killed, causing him to tumble to the ground, where he was shot three times and bayonet
Bayonet

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ted repeatedly by the British. His friend and aide, the Chevalier du Buysson, blocked additional blows with his own body.

It has been reported, that Cornwallis supervised while De Kalb's wounds were dressed by his own surgeons in Camden, South Carolina
Camden, South Carolina

Camden is a city in and the county seat of Kershaw County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,682 at the United States Census, 2000....
. De Kalb replied to a British officer, "I thank you sir for your generous sympathy; but I die the death I always prayed for; the death of a soldier fighting for the rights of aliens." He passed away three days later and was buried in Camden.

Legacy

He was greatly honored by his contemporaries. Several towns and counties in the U.S. are named DeKalb
DeKalb

DeKalb or De Kalb may refer to:...
 after him, including Dekalb County, Indiana
DeKalb County, Indiana

DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Named for American Revolutionary War figure Johann de Kalb , the county was created by the Indiana legislature in 1835 and organized in 1837....
 and counties in Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
 and other states. His portrait was painted posthumously by Charles Willson Peale
Charles Willson Peale

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. In 1886, a to Baron de Kalb was erected on the grounds of the Maryland state house
Maryland State House

The Maryland State House is located in Annapolis, Maryland and is the oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772. It houses the Maryland General Assembly....
 to honor his contributions to the revolution.

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