The Only Man To Fight In Every Important Revolutionary War Battle Writes To Financier John Nicholson

CHRISTIAN FEBIGER (1749-1796). The Dutch-born Febiger was the only soldier who took part in every important Revolutionary War battle from Bunker Hill to Yorktown. For his service, he was made a brevet brigadier general. He later was an early member of the Society of the Cincinnati.JOHN NICHOLSON. Nicholson was a Revolutionary-era Pennsylvania state official. He partnered with Robert Morris in western land speculation that bankrupted both. He was sent to debtors prison in 1800 and died there shortly thereafter.