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Henry Knox (Boston, Massachusetts, 25 de julio de 1750 – Thomaston, Massachusetts (ahora Maine) 25 de octubre de 1806) fue un militar estadounidense, integrante del Ejército Continental de los Estados Unidos.
Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was an American bookseller, military officer and politician. A Founding Father of the United States, [1] he was a Boston bookseller who became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of Washington's campaigns.
Partidario de los derechos coloniales estadounidenses, Knox se involucró en los hijos de la libertad y estuvo presente en la masacre de Boston en 1770. Más tarde juró en una declaración jurada que había intentado calmar las tensiones esa noche al solicitar que los soldados británicos regresaran a sus habitaciones. .
Henry Knox (born July 25, 1750, Boston, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died October 25, 1806, Thomaston, Maine, U.S.) was an American general in the American Revolution (1775–83) and the first secretary of war under the U.S. Constitution.
Henry Knox. Militar estadounidense. Organizó la Academia Militar de West Point. Se convirtió en el primer secretario de la Guerra de la Unión bajo la presidencia de George Washington.
Henry Knox was a Revolutionary War general whose efforts to build a robust American militia were paramount to the colonies’ victory against Britain, as well as the development of the early Republic’s armed forces.
Knox’s noble train of artillery soon found placements on Dorchester Heights, forcing the British to evacuate Boston and flee to Halifax, Canada via sea. Knox remained the highest-ranking artillery officer under General Washington, who refused to give anyone a command higher than Knox.
