Washington's Life Guard

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1776–1783
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Commander-in-Chief's_Guard
gptkbp:commander gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criteria chosen from each state
gptkbp:disbanded 1783
gptkbp:formed protection of George Washington
gptkbp:garrison various locations with Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Washington's Life Guard
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Conquer_or_Die
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Conway_Cabal
gptkb:Hickey_mutiny
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Thomas_Hickey
Caleb Gibbs
William Colfax
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:role personal bodyguard
protection of Continental Army's money
protection of military papers
gptkbp:size approximately 180 men
gptkbp:uniform blue coats with white facings and white waistcoats and breeches
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Commander-in-Chief's_Guard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7