http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures View images of key military figures from the American Revolution, and learn what role they played in this war of independence. en Copyright 2013, History.com Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-20T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo1 King George III (1738-1820) was the ruler of Great Britain during the American Revolution. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo2 George Washington (1732- 1799), commander of the Continental Army, became the first President of the United States. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo3 William Howe (1729-1814) was the commander in chief of the British army in North America between 1776-1778, leading the British in the Battle of Long Island. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo4 Henry Knox (1750-1806), an American general during the Revolution, became the first Secretary of War under the US Constitution. Knox is well known for bringing captured British artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in 1776. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo5 Nathan Hale (1755-1776), was an American soldier and spy who was caught by the British and hanged. He is supposed to have said before his death: "My only regret is that I have but one life to lose for my country". http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo6 At the Battle of Saratoga (1777), British general John Burgoyne (1722-1792, on the left) surrendered to American general Horatio Gates (1728-1806). The battle is often considered a turning point in the war. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo7 Baron Friedrich Von Steuben (1730-1794) was a German officer who served with the Continental Army by training the forces stationed at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo8 Benedict Arnold (1741-1801, on the left), an American officer who shifted his allegiances to Britain, handing papers to his British contact Major John Andre. Andre was later captured and Arnold's betrayal exposed. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo9 John Paul Jones (1747-1792) was an American naval war hero renowned for his victories in British waters during the American Revolution. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo10 General Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) was defeated by American troops at Yorktown, Virginia, assuring the end of the American Revolution. http://www.history.com/photos/american-revolution-key-military-figures/photo10