I was a general, a statesman, and a man of contradictions. I was born on February 17, 1740, the son of Irish immigrants from the O’Sullivan Beare Clan. Little is known about my early years, but I came up tough in New Hampshire and became a practicing attorney in the town of Durham. I made…

I was a Patriot leader who will be known forever as a martyr to the cause. I was born in Scotland in 1725 and studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen. In 1745, I joined the forces of Bonnie Prince Charlie, which tried and failed to restore the Stuart family to the throne, after which…

I was the first to lead, the first to step down, and the first to be remembered by a free people. I was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the son of a land speculator and planter. After my father died, I didn’t inherit the family’s grandest estate, but I did inherit…