[3] In 1666, Captains Lichtenberg and de Rama [nl] with 225 soldiers were dispatched by the States of Zeeland to fight the British in America during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
[5] On 22 September 1667, Lichtenberg was awarded a gold medal,[6] and promoted to lieutenant colonel.
The States General initially disapproved of the unilateral appointment,[6] however on 16 February 1669, he was sworn in by Abraham Crijnssen.
Crijnssen had made a deal with the Jewish plantation owners in Jodensavanna,[7] however many of the English planters wanted to leave the colony for Barbados and Antigua.
Lichtenberg left for the Netherlands in March 1671, and became the colonial advisor for the States of Zeeland.