Joseph Gorham (sometimes recorded as Goreham, 1725–1790) was an American colonial military officer during King George's War and later a British army commander during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading a company of British imperial Rangers, called Gorham's Rangers, during the 1750s and early 1760s. Gorham's unit played an important role in the French and Indian War and were early practitioners of American frontier warfare, more commonly known as petite guerre or Guerrilla warfare. He also became Governor of Placentia.
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| - Joseph Gorham (sometimes recorded as Goreham, 1725–1790) was an American colonial military officer during King George's War and later a British army commander during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading a company of British imperial Rangers, called Gorham's Rangers, during the 1750s and early 1760s. Gorham's unit played an important role in the French and Indian War and were early practitioners of American frontier warfare, more commonly known as petite guerre or Guerrilla warfare. He also became Governor of Placentia. (en)
- Joseph Gorham (parfois écrit Goreham), né à Barnstable (Massachusetts) en 1725 et mort en 1790 à Calais, France, était un officier militaire colonial américain pendant la guerre de Succession d'Autriche, et plus tard un commandant de l'armée britannique pendant la guerre de Sept Ans et la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis. Il est surtout connu pour avoir dirigé une compagnie de Rangers britanniques, appelé les Rangers de Gorham, durant les années 1750 et le début des années 1760. Les unités de Gorham ont joué un rôle important en Nouvelle-France, et en Acadie, dans la guerre de frontière, plus communément appelé la petite guerre. (fr)
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| - Joseph Gorham (sometimes recorded as Goreham, 1725–1790) was an American colonial military officer during King George's War and later a British army commander during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading a company of British imperial Rangers, called Gorham's Rangers, during the 1750s and early 1760s. Gorham's unit played an important role in the French and Indian War and were early practitioners of American frontier warfare, more commonly known as petite guerre or Guerrilla warfare. He also became Governor of Placentia. (en)
- Joseph Gorham (parfois écrit Goreham), né à Barnstable (Massachusetts) en 1725 et mort en 1790 à Calais, France, était un officier militaire colonial américain pendant la guerre de Succession d'Autriche, et plus tard un commandant de l'armée britannique pendant la guerre de Sept Ans et la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis. Il est surtout connu pour avoir dirigé une compagnie de Rangers britanniques, appelé les Rangers de Gorham, durant les années 1750 et le début des années 1760. Les unités de Gorham ont joué un rôle important en Nouvelle-France, et en Acadie, dans la guerre de frontière, plus communément appelé la petite guerre. (fr)
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