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Benjamin Lincoln: Revolutionary Revenge

How We Became America: The Untold Story

Continental General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered his troops at Charleston – one of the worst American defeats in the Revolutionary War. So how, just a year later, was he the one to receive the British sword of surrender at Yorktown? (Runtime 2:46)

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