Excerpt from Memoir of the Baron De Kalb Gentlemen: The recent presentation to the Society of a fine portrait of the Baron de Kalb, offers a proper occasion for some notice of this distinguished officer of the Revolutionary War. And, it may not be the less appropriate, from his having been in command of the Maryland Line from 1780 until his death. John, Baron de Kalb, Baron de Kalsbritt, &c. was born in 1732, near Nuremburg, in the dominions of Prussia. His parents were Protestants, and of some note among the noblesse of the country. They had it, there fore, in their power to give him a good education, and to imbue him with those high moral qualities, which ever distinguished his future life. At an early age he entered the service of France, as a cadet, in a German regiment. He rose by degrees to the rank of General of Brigade, and, in reward of his gallantry, was made a Knight of the Royal Order of Merit. Serving through the whole of the seven years war, and uniting a close study of the military art, with its practice in the field and in garrison, he became an accomplished soldier. The treaty of peace of 1763, put an end to his active duties and threw him into retirement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.