Excerpt from Encyclop¿a Americana, Vol. 12: Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time, Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American BiographyS-ravaxs, Edward, an officer in the American revolution, was a native of Vir ginia. At the battle of the bridge, near Norfolk, he cormnand a battalion of ri¿emen. Soon afierwards, he was made a colonel. At the battle of Brandy wine, he was greatly instrumental in sav in the American forces, and received the pa lic thanks of the commander-in-chief.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.