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Josiah Harmar
Former Commanding General of the United States Army
Josiah Harmar was an officer in the United States Army during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. He was the senior officer in the Army for six years and seven months. Wikipedia
Born: November 10, 1753, Philadelphia, PA
Died: August 20, 1813 (age 59 years), Philadelphia, PA
Place of burial: Philadelphia, PA
Previous office: Commanding General of the United States Army (1784–1791)
Battles/wars: American Revolutionary War; Northwest Indian War
Josiah Harmar was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 10 November 1753. When he was 18, he was appointed a captain in the 1st Pennsylvania Battalion.
Penniman was the author of two books--The War of the Theatres and A Book About the English Bible--as well as many articles on literary and educational topics.
Feb 24, 2006 ˇ By age twenty-five he had established himself as a professional painter of miniatures, working in oil and watercolor on ivory, vellum, and paper ...
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The campaign was led by General Josiah Harmar and is considered a significant campaign of the Northwest Indian War. The campaign ended with a series of battles ...
The Josiah Harmar papers contain 14 linear feet of material, spanning 1681 to 1937, with the bulk concentrated around 1775-1810. The collection includes a huge ...
Harmar was brevetted brigadier general in 1787, and he holds (with Governor Arthur St. Clair) the dubious distinction of waging the first official federal ...
General Josiah Harmar's campaign against the “Indian ban- ditti” along the Maumee River in 1790 marks a watershed in the settlement of the Old Northwest and ...