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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), a Founding Father of the United States, 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.
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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.
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.
The noble train of artillery, also known as the Knox Expedition, was an expedition led by Continental Army Colonel Henry Knox to transport heavy weaponry that had been captured at Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army camps outside Boston during the winter of 1775–76.
El noble tren de artillería, también conocido como la expedición de Knox, fue una expedición liderada por el coronel de la Armada Continental Henry Knox, consistente en transportar artillería pesada que había sido capturada en el fuerte Ticonderoga a los alrededores de Boston, Massachusetts, durante el invierno de 1775-1776.
