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STEPHEN, Adam, soldier, born in Virginia about 1730; died there in November, 1791. He joined the expedition to the Ohio with a company in 1754, was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and in the absence of George Washington commanded the forces at Winchester, whence he set out in 1758 with an expedition against the Creeks for the relief of the colonists of South Carolina. He had charge of the frontier defences of Virginia in 1763, performed important services in bringing to a termination the French and Indian wars, and at the beginning of the Revolution was given the command of a regiment. He was made a brigadier-general on 4 September, 1776, fought at Trenton, and on 19 February, 1777, was promoted major-general, tie led one of the attacking columns at the Brandywine. At Germantown his division became involved in a combat with the troops of General Anthony Wayne, owing to a fog. He was held responsible for the blunder, accused of intoxication, and in the winter of 1777 dismissed from the service.
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