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Johann de Kalb

Johann, Baron de Kalb, by Charles Willson Peale in the Independence Hall Museum, Philadephia, PA

Biographies

Fitzhugh, Percy K. The Story of General Johann DeKalb. New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1906.

Smith. Memoir of Baron De Kalb:  Read at the Meeting of the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore: John D. Toy, 1858.

Kapp, Friedrich. The Life Of John Kalb, Major General in the Revolutionary Army. New York: Holt, 1884.

Zucker, Adolf Eduard. General De Kalb:  Lafayette’s Mentor. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1966.

Memoirs and Papers

Johann de Kalb correspondence, New York Historical Society.

 

Memorials

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Memorial to Baron de Kalb in front of Maryland State Capitol Building, Annapolis