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  2. Henry Knox - Wikipedia

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    Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was an American military officer, politician, bookseller, and a Founding Father of the United States. [1] Born in Boston, Knox became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of George Washington's campaigns.

  3. Noble train of artillery - Wikipedia

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    Henry Knox later in life. Knox was a 25-year-old bookseller with an interest in military matters who served in the Massachusetts militia, and he had become good friends with Washington on his arrival at Boston. When Washington gave him the assignment, he wrote that "no trouble or expense must be spared to obtain them." [12] On November 16 ...

  4. Henry Knox Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Henry Knox Trail, also known as the Knox Cannon Trail, is a network of roads and paths that traces the route of Colonel Henry Knox's "noble train of artillery" from Crown Point to the Continental Army camp outside Boston, Massachusetts early in the American Revolutionary War.

  5. Fortification of Dorchester Heights - Wikipedia

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    Henry Knox, a Soldier of the Revolution: Major-general in the Continental Army, Washington's Chief of Artillery, First Secretary of War Under the Constitution, Founder of the Society of the Cincinnati; 1750–1806. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. OCLC 77547631. Brooks, Victor (1999). The Boston Campaign. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Publishing.

  6. Fort Knox - Wikipedia

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    It is named in honor of Henry Knox, Chief of Artillery in the American Revolutionary War and the first United States Secretary of War. For 60 years, Fort Knox was the home of the U.S. Army Armor Center and School , and was used by both the Army and the Marine Corps to train crews on the American tanks of the day; the last was the M1 Abrams main ...

  7. Continental Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The Continental Artillery Regiment, also known as Gridley's Continental Artillery Regiment or Knox's Continental Artillery Regiment, was the only large American unit of artillery in the early part of the American Revolutionary War. It was authorized on 10 May 1775 as the Regiment of the Train of Artillery in the Massachusetts State Troops.

  8. Lucy Flucker Knox - Wikipedia

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    Lucy Flucker Knox (August 2, 1756 – June 20, 1824) was an American revolutionary. She was the daughter of colonial official Thomas Flucker and Hannah Waldo, daughter of Samuel Waldo. She married Henry Knox, who became a leading officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lucy accompanied Henry and lived in the ...

  9. Society of the Cincinnati - Wikipedia

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    The concept of the Society of the Cincinnati was that of Major General Henry Knox. [3] The first meeting of the Society was held in May 1783 at a dinner at the Verplanck House (present-day Mount Gulian ), Fishkill, New York , before the British evacuation from New York City .