Charles Lee Eqre. Major General de l'Armee Continental presentement prisonnier a la Nouvelle Yorck.

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• PUBLISHER: A Paris chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St. Jaques, a la Ville de Coutances, A.P.D.R.

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

  DATE: undated, c.1780

• EDITION SIZE: 6 1/8 x 4 1/2" (15.7 x 11.3 cm) plus narrow margins.

• DESCRIPTION: Major General Charles Lee, 1732-1782. Served during the French and Indian War with fellow officers George Washington, Horatio Gates and Thomas Gage. He later resigned from the British Army due to a dispute over rank and moved to America where he became involved in the Patriot cause. He joined the newly formed Army and was made third in command under Washington and Artemas Ward. Lee arrived in Charleston, South Carolina early in On June 1776, where soon after the British arrived. Lee quickly fortified the city with Colonel William Moultrie who commanded Fort Sullivan on Sullivan's Island in the harbor. Lee expected the majority of fighting to take place in the city proper, but on June 28, 1776, Moultrie held off the British naval force and the British retired without ever reaching the city. Lee and Moultrie received commendations for their actions. Later He was captured in New Jersey and eventually exchanged for Major General Prescott. He later had a dispute with Washington which eventually led to his dismissal from the army.

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Revolutionary War Figures