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- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) abstract "Robert Howe (1732 – December 14, 1786) was a Continental Army general from North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. The descendant of a prominent family in North Carolina, Howe was one of five generals, and the only major general, in the Continental Army from that state. He also played a role in the colonial and state governments of North Carolina, serving in the legislative bodies of both.Howe served in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War and commanded Fort Johnston at the mouth of the Cape Fear River. He also served as a colonel of Royal Governor William Tryon's artillery during the War of the Regulation. Howe suffered greatly when Tryon, a personal friend, became Governor of New York, and he staunchly opposed Tryon's successor. He became active in organizing efforts within North Carolina and among the American colonies between 1773 and 1775 and was an active member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress. At the outset of the Revolutionary War, Howe was promoted to brigadier general and was heavily involved in actions in the Southern Department, commanding the Continental Army and Patriot militia forces in defeat in the First Battle of Savannah.Howe's career as a military commander was contentious and consumed primarily by conflict with political and military leaders in Georgia and South Carolina. In 1778, he fought a duel with Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina which was spurred in part by Howe's conflict with South Carolina's state government. Political and personal confrontations, combined with Howe's reputation as a womanizer among those who disfavored him, eventually led to the Continental Congress stripping him of his command over the Southern Department. He was then sent to New York, where he served under General George Washington in the Hudson Highlands, although Howe did not have a successful or significant career in that theater. He sat as a senior officer on the court-martial board that sentenced to death John André, a British officer accused of assisting Benedict Arnold in the latter's plot to change allegiance and deliver West Point to the British. Howe himself was accused of attempting to defect to the British, but the accusations were cast aside at the time as having been based in a British attempt to cause further discord in the Continental Army. Howe also played a role in putting down several late-war mutinies by members of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Lines in New Jersey and Philadelphia and returned home to North Carolina in 1783. He again became active in state politics, but died in December 1786 while en route to a session of the North Carolina House of Commons.".
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- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) allegiance "Kingdom of Great Britain".
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) allegiance "United States of America".
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- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) battle Battle_of_Stony_Point.
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) battle Burning_of_Norfolk.
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) battle Capture_of_Savannah.
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- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) battle War_of_the_Regulation.
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryBranch Continental_Army.
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryBranch Province_of_North_Carolina.
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryCommand "(April 15, 1777 – September 28, 1778)".
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryCommand "(February 21, 1780 – August 3, 1780)".
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryCommand "(September 1, 1775 – May 1, 1776)".
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryCommand "* Commandant of the fortifications at".
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- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryCommand "2nd North Carolina Regiment".
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryCommand "Southern Department".
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) militaryCommand "West Point".
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) occupation North_Carolina_General_Assembly.
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) relation James_Moore_(South_Carolina_politician).
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) restingPlace Columbus_County,_North_Carolina.
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) serviceEndYear "1774".
- Robert_Howe_(Continental_Army_officer) serviceStartYear "1755".
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