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What command did the Marquis de Lafayette receive after the Battle of Brandywine?
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Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette, chromolithograph by P.S. Duval, 1851.
Following his distinguished service and injury at the Battle of the Brandywine in September 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette was rewarded with command of his own division in the Continental Army.21