5 There, the young scholar took to educating himself, capitalizing on his now unbridled access to a host of books covering countless subjects, including military strategy and weaponry. When William abandoned his family for the West Indies in 1759, nine-year-old Knox left school to support his mother and younger brother by working at a local bookbindery. 3 “With respect to General Knox,” Washington once wrote, “there is no man in the United States with whom I have been in habits of greater intimacy no one whom I have loved more sincerely, nor any for whom I have had a greater friendship.” 4īorn on July 25, 1750, Knox was one of ten children of Mary Campbell and William Knox, a Bostonian shipmaster. The two men built a lifelong friendship marked my mutual respect and admiration. 2 As Washington entrusted Knox with some of the most critical responsibilities of the war and his subsequent presidency, Boston-born Knox defied Washington’s preconceived notions of New Englanders as uncooperative and distrustful. 1 Throughout his life, Knox’s “buoyant” disposition and loyal character made him a friend to many, including George Washington. A self-taught pupil of military history, Knox possessed a keen understanding of martial strategy that catapulted him to the roles of Chief Artillery Officer, General, and ultimately Secretary of War. Henry Knox was a Revolutionary War general whose efforts to build a robust American militia were paramount to the colonies’ victory against Britain, as well as the development of the early Republic’s armed forces.
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