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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.
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 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.
Influenced by Boston's protests and revolution fever, Knox joined a local militia group called the Boston Grenadier Corps. In 1775, he served in the Siege of Boston. When General Washington arrived to take command in July of that year, Knox's command of artillery impressed the new commander.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Henry Knox (1750–1806) was a hero of the American Revolutionary War who rose to prominence as the commander of the artillery units in the Continental Army. Knox was a native of Boston, where he owned a bookstore and associated himself with the Sons of Liberty and the Patriot Cause.
21 de ago. de 2015 · Henry Knox was jovial, gregarious, quick of wit, fat, and very active. John Adams described him as one “of pleasing manners and inquisitive turn of mind.” Favored by patriot and loyalist alike, the British officers who frequented his book store did not place him among the other Bostonian ‘trouble makers’ who they thought of ...
