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Insurrection of Aaron Burr | An Affair of Honor | 1
American History Tellers
Burr's Life Story
In 1777 the then 21 year old Burr became one of the army's youngest lieutenant kernels assuming command of 300 soldiers. He endured the famously brutal winter at Valley Forge defending an isolated pass with a small unit of men. Bad health led him to resign from the army in 1779 and resume his studies. Three years later he married the adosia barto Prevost who was 10 years his senior and the widow of a British army officer. The couple moved to New York where Burr passed the bar. In 1784 he entered state politics serving a one-year term in the New York state assembly Five years later in 1789 he was appointed as the New YorkState attorney general. Two years
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