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Hamilton and Washington
In March 1777 Hamilton was promoted to colonel and appointed to George Washington's staff. He performed essential tasks, saw firsthand the dire consequences of Congress's inability to pay for adequate supplies or troops, and forged, with his Commander in Chief, the most important political bond of his life. But though Hamilton's work on Washington's staff was stimulating and important, it was also confining. He longed to return to the battlefield to win still more glory. He did so in 1781, and fought bravely at the war's climactic Battle of Yorktown. In 1783 the Revolution ended in victory -- and a load of debt for the newly independent nation. |