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Several military leaders played a role in the American Revolutionary War. This is a compilation of some of the most important leaders among the many participants in the war. Militia: a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency or a body of citizens organized for military service. [1]
Charles Lee (6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731] – 2 October 1782) was a British-born American military officer who served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War.
This category includes general officers of the Continental Army — the national army of the United States in the American Revolutionary War. See Category:Militia generals in the American Revolution for generals in state militias in the Revolution.
Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served in the Continental Army as a brigadier-general during the Revolutionary War. After the war, Sumter was elected to the House of Representatives and to the Senate, where he served from 1801 to 1810, when he retired. Sumter was ...
Militia generals in the American Revolution (92 P) ... List of military leaders in the American Revolutionary War This page was last ...
Category of Patriot generals of militia in the American Revolutionary War. Those individuals who also held rank in the Continental Army at some point during the war are also listed in the Continental Army categories.
Major-General John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was a Continental Army officer, politician and judge who fought in the American Revolutionary War and participated several key events of the conflict, including most notably George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. [1]
Authorized promotion to major general on the retired list of any retired brigadier general who served in the Army throughout the Civil War, the Spanish–American War, and the interval between the wars; commanded a brigade or higher as a general officer in operations against an enemy; and either was recommended to be a major general of ...