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Light-Horse Harry - A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee
LightHorse Harry A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman General Henry Lee Author:Gerson, Noel B. Harry Lee was fortunate to have been born a Lee of Virginia. In spite of what many people thought, Harry's first words were probably not "Charge the bastards! Ride them down boys!" Yet they might have been. The son of a wealthy planter, he learned to ride and perhaps even to swear at three or four. By the time he was in college his acquainta... more »nces included men like James Madison and Aaron Burr. By 1776 he was Captain of a troop of the Virginia Calvary. And at Valley Forge, he, more than any other man, kept the ragged Revolutionary army from starving to death.« less