January 8, 2019 - ... The Society of the Cincinnati, Gift of Evelyn Lansdale Wildman and Clare Lansdale Johnston, 1977Hamilton served as aide-de-camp to George Washington for four years during the Revolution.

1 week ago - He then served as an artillery officer in the American Revolutionary War, where he saw military action against the British Army in the New York and New Jersey campaign, served for four years as aide-de-camp to Continental Army commander in chief George Washington, and fought under Washington's ...

In 1775, Hamilton drilled with a volunteer company of militia, and was made captain of an artillery company in March 1776. In the American Revolutionary War, he fought at the battles of Kip’s Bay, White Plains, Trenton, and Princeton.

December 14, 2017 - Hamilton continually tried to recruit more troops and to improve the lot of those under him. He worked tirelessly to persuade the New York Congress to provide his men with more supplies, but to little avail.

As the first Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), Hamilton devised plans for funding the national debt, securing federal credit, encouraging expansion of manufacturing, and organizing the federal bank.

Alexander Hamilton was an officer in the War for Independence, America's first Secretary of the Treasury, and credited by many historians as the architect of its financial system.

Hamilton spent much of his life in military uniform. From 1776 to 1781, in the Revolutionary War, he fought in seven major battles, as a captain of artillery, a colonel on George Washington's staff, and a commander of light infantry. In the 1790s, the French Revolution ignited a new series ...

December 26, 2018 - This Founding Father came to America alone at age 15. He fought at Washington's side in the Revolution, helped ensure the ratification of the Constitution, and saved the fledgling United States from financial ruin.

In the wake of the Boston Tea Party, ... Liberty. After the War for Independence broke out, Hamilton secured a commission as a captain in a New York Artillery company....

James Monroe, Henry Lee, John Marshall, Alexander Hamilton, and Marquis de Lafayette were some of the Continental Army officers who served George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Of these rising stars, Alexander Hamilton overcame the greatest odds, including impoverishment and illegitimacy, in obtaining his position as aide-de-camp to General Washington.

Congress, in its original form, lacked the power to tax; funding the war was thus a constant struggle. Hamilton chafed at the inefficiencies and lack of coordination. In this 1780 letter to François, the Marquis de Barbé-Marbois, a French diplomatic secretary, he complained that America was constantly mired in a "system of feebleness and temporary expedients." The lessons he learned during the Revolutionary War would be instrumental in shaping his policies as the first secretary of the Treasury under the US Constitution.

Lieutenant-colonel Hamilton testified against Lee, as did another of Washington's aides, Colonel John Laurens. After the court-martial, Hamilton then served as Laurens's second in a duel between Lee and Laurens. After Monmouth, Hamilton was assigned to tracking down the infamous Benedict Arnold, but chasing criminals was hardly enough to satisfy Hamilton.

Best known for his passionate political career as one of the United States' Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton fought in battles of the Revolutionary War, becoming an aide to George Washington.

A chronology of key events in the life of Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary War officer, aide-de-camp to General George Washington, and the nation’s first treasury secretary.'

Alexander Hamilton served as Washington's aide during the Revolutionary War, served as the first Secretary of Treasury under Washington's administration and is considered to be the founder of our nation's economic system.

July 2, 2025 - When the Revolutionary War began, he was commissioned to lead an artillery company in the Continental Army and fought bravely in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, among others.

On October 14, 1781, Hamilton led a nighttime assault against a British redoubt at Yorktown. The assault was a quick success, and the redoubts were captured. This action contributed to the success of the siege.

Hamilton spent much of his life in military uniform. From 1776 to 1781, he fought in seven major Revolutionary War battles as a captain of artillery, a colonel on George Washington’s staff, and a commander of light infantry.

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