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Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene was born on May 27, 1742 in Potowomut, Rhode Island. ... Nathanaels father bought an iron foundry in Coventry which Nathanael managed. ...
Nathanael began to have anti-British thoughts after one of his fathers ships, the Fortune was taken by the British Revenue Schooner Gaspee. ... People thought that there was at least one member of the Greene family in the raiding party. Nathanael’s brother, Rufus Greene was the most likely person. ...
Nathanael married Catharine Littlefield in 1774. ... Nathanael Greene served with Washington in the siege of Boston from 1775 to 1776, and also in the fighting in and around New York City in 1776. ... In September 1777 at the Battle of Brandywine, Greene served well first reinforcing another division and then serving as the rear guard. ... General Washington still included him in war councils and Greene even commanded the right wing at the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse in June 1778. ... After briefly serving as quartermaster general, Nathanael succeeded General Horatio Gates, as Commander in Chief of the Southern Army in October 1778. ... General Greene was defeated at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina on March 15, 1781, but the British troops were so weakened that General Cornwallis abandoned his plan to take over North Carolina. ... General Charles Cornwallis forces, Greene fought him at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781.
Approximate Word count = 1121
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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