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In what capacity did Dickinson serve in the Revolutionary War?

  • Militia Officer

  • Spy

  • General

  • Cavalry Commander

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John Dickinson was a militia officer during the Revolutionary War. He was commissioned as a colonel in the Pennsylvania militia in 1775 and served in the Battle of Long Island and the Battle of Trenton. He was also a member of the Continental Congress and helped to draft the Declaration of Independence.
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