Johann de Kalb
Johann Henry Jules Alexandre von Robaii, Baron de Kalb (
1721-1780) was a German soldier and a volunteer who served as a Major General in the
Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War.
He was at Valley Forge for most of the
1777-
1778 winter, and commanded a division of Patterson's and Learned's Brigades.
He was fatally shot while leading the Continental troops in the
Battle of Camden, and died three days later, on
October 19,
1780 while a prisoner at
Camden, South Carolina.