Benjamin Lincoln, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin Lincoln

Continental Army general (1733-1810)

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1733

Place of Birth: Hingham, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 09-May-1810

Profession: military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Benjamin Lincoln (January 24, 1733 (O.S.
January 13, 1732) – May 9, 1810) was an American army officer.
He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Lincoln was involved in three major surrenders during the war: his participation in the Battles of Saratoga (sustaining a wound shortly afterward) contributed to John Burgoyne's surrender of a British army, he oversaw the largest American surrender of the war at the 1780 Siege of Charleston, and, as George Washington's second in command, he formally accepted the British surrender at Yorktown. After the war Lincoln was active in politics in his native Massachusetts, running several times for lieutenant governor but only winning one term in that office.
He served from 1781 to 1783 as the United States Secretary of War.
In 1787, Lincoln led a militia army (privately funded by Massachusetts merchants) in the suppression of Shays' Rebellion, and was a strong supporter of the new United States Constitution.
He was for many of his later years the politically influential customs collector of the Port of Boston.

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Description	American portrait painter
Date of birth/death	15 April 1741	22 February 1827
Location of birth/death	St. Paul's Parish, Maryland	Philadelphia
Work location	Deutsch: Nordamerikanische Ostküste English: East coast of North America
Authority control	: Q454945 VIAF: 72190360 ISNI: 0000 0000 8262 3463 ULAN: 500017914 LCCN: n80025860 NLA: 35413732 WorldCat