Mississippi Society, Sons of the American Revolution

Nathanael Greene
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Dr. Andrew Jones
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    Unfortuntately, his passion for military science eventually led to his being expelled from the Quaker church. In 1770, Greene was elected to the General Assembly of Rhode Island. As tensions grew between the colonies and England, he helped to organize a local milita group known as the Kentish Guards.

    After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Nathanael Greene was made Major-General and commander of the Rhode Island Units. Greene's troops were positioned around Boston in 1775. Later, he was ordered to push the British out of New York, but was forced to retreat. In 1178, General Greene was appointed Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. (1)

    "In October 1780, General Washington appointed Greene as the commander of the Continental Army in the southern theater. After taking command, Greene engaged in a successful campaign of guerrilla warfare against the numerically superior force of General Charles Cornwallis.

    He inflicted heavy losses on British forces at Battle of Guilford Court House, the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, and the Battle of Eutaw Springs, eroding British control of the Southern United States. Major fighting on land came to an end following the surrender of Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781, but Greene continued to serve in the Continental Army until late 1783.

    After the war, he sought to become a successful planter in the South, but died in 1786 at his Mulberry Grove Plantation in Chatham County, Georgia. Many places in the United States are named after Greene." (2)

(1) Historic Valley Forge - eneral Nathanael Greene
(2) Wikipedia - Nathanael Greene​

    Nathanael Greene was born August 7, 1742 in Warwick, Rhode Island. Greene was an avid reader and helped establish the first public school in Conventry, RI. He had a library to which he added books on military science, a subject he studied diligently.