In 1780, he married Elizabeth Schuyler, the daughter of a wealthy and influential New York landowner and military officer. Hamilton’s writing prowess and military skills helped him thrive as Washington’s aide-de-camp, and built his reputation in Revolution-era society. By 1777, he had captured the attention of the army’s commander-in-chief, General George Washington, who gave him a position on his staff. When the Revolutionary War began, he was commissioned to lead an artillery company in the Continental Army and fought bravely in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, among others. While studying at King’s College in New York (now Columbia University), Hamilton got involved in the colonial cause, writing pamphlets like “A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress,” in which he defended the First Continental Congress’s proposal to embargo trade with Britain.
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