Benjamin Lincoln, a Major General in the American Revolution, was born #OnThisDay January 24, 1733. Lincoln served in the military during the French and Indian War as a major. During the American Revolution, he was appointed to oversee militia organizations and supplies. He was eventually promoted to major general in 1776 and was granted a small command in Bound Brook, New Jersey. When the war ended, he was appointed the first United States Secretary of War.
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