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Benjamin Lincoln

major generalUnited StatesUnited States7 battles1 war

Lifespan

1733 – 1810

17401750176017701780179018001810American Revolution · 1775–1783Battle of Bound Brook — April 13, 1777 · United States · American RevolutionPhiladelphia campaign — January 1, 1777 · United States · American RevolutionSaratoga — Sep–Oct 1777 · United States · American RevolutionSiege of Savannah — September 16, 1779 · United States · American RevolutionSiege of Charleston — March 29, 1780 · United States · American RevolutionYorktown — Sep–Oct 1781 · United States · American RevolutionYorktown campaign — January 1, 1781 · United States · American Revolution

Active service 1777–1781 — 7 battles across 1 war; first command at age 44.

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Benjamin Lincoln was an American army officer. He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln was involved in three major surrenders during the war: his participation in the Battles of Saratoga contributed to the surrender of a British army under John Burgoyne, he oversaw the largest American surrender of the war at the 1780 siege of Charleston, and, as George Washington's second in command, he formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown.

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Battles (7)

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