What is Henry Knox?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name=Henry Knox| | image= HENRY KNOX OIL.jpg | order=1st | title=[[United States Secretary of War]] | term_start=March 8, 1785 | term_end=December 31, 1794 | president=[[George Washington]] | predecessor=None | successor=[[Timothy Pickering]] | birth_date={{birth date|1750|7|25|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Boston, Massachusetts]], [[British America]] | death_date={{death date and age|1806|10|25|1750|7|25|mf=y}}| | death_place=near [[Thomaston, Maine]], [[United States|U.S.]]| | party=| | spouse=Lucy Flucker| | nationality= British (at birth)<br> American (at death) | profession=[[Bookseller]], [[Soldier]]| |allegiance= [[Image:Flag of the United States (1777-1795).svg|24px]] [[United States of America]] |branch=[[Continental Army]] <br />[[United States Army]] |serviceyears=1775-1784 |rank=[[Image:US-O6 insignia.svg|20px]] [[Colonel]] 1775-1776<br>[[Image:US-O7 insignia.svg|20px]] [[Brigadier General]] 1776-1781<br>[[Image:US-O8 insignia.svg|20px|]] [[Major General]] 1781-1784 |commands=Chief of Artillery |battles='''[[American Revolutionary War]]'''<br>[[Battle of Bunker Hill]]<br>[[Siege of Boston]]<br>[[Battle of Long Island]]<br>[[Battle of Trenton]]<br>[[Battle of the Assunpink Creek]]<br>[[Battle of Princeton]]<br>[[Battle of Brandywine]]<br>[[Battle of Germantown]]<br>[[Battle of Monmouth]]<br>[[Siege of Yorktown]] |awards= }} '''Henry Knox''' (1750–1806) was a military leader for the [[United States|Americans]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Originally from [[Boston, Massachusetts]], he was appointed Chief Artillery Officer of the [[Continental Army]]. He is best known for transporting [[cannon]]s and other artillery from [[Fort Ticonderoga]] to Boston through icy conditions using [[oxen]]. Later, [[George Washington]] named him the first [[Secretary of War]]. [[Fort Knox]] in [[Kentucky]] & [[Maine]] are named after him. {{Washington cabinet}} {{USSecArm}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Knox, Henry}} [[Category:1750 births]] [[Category:1806 deaths]] [[Category: