Nathanael Greene

Nathanael Greene Isaac Perrett Mountain view high school 12/ 2/ 2015 The Revolutionary War was the reason why we are a country today. It was an 8 year battle and a hard fight but we came out victorious. A lot of thanks can go to Nathanael Green who served as a major general for the entire Revolutionary War. This is because he had won many battles, he led the war in the south and he was one of the most trusted generals in the Revolutionary War. Nathanael Greene had won three battle

On August 7, 1724, Nathanael Greene was born in Potowomut, Rhode Island. Throughout his early life, Greene loved to read. While Greene's education was limited, he managed to give himself a good enough foundation with what books were available to him at the time. Greene would use every possible moment to read books, and would save his money to buy books so that eventually, he would have himself a large library including a number of books on military science. Greene also learned blacksmithing and milling

name was Nathanael Greene. He lived for forty four years, 1742-1786. In 1775, he joined the military. Greene was one of the most famous generals of the Revolutionary War. When he was a child his education was limited, although he received a good teaching with the available books such as the Bible. This built his moral ideals, purposes, and habits of living. Greene was a well behaved, nice child. He loved to read books about mathematics, military science, and history. When Greene was a young

battle began at about noon that day and lasted for approximately two hours before it came to an end. Nathanael Greene’s tactic to win the battle was to line his men up in three parallel rows. The battle started with the cannons being fired rapidly at their enemy. Greene’s men began to panic and then began to scatter in every direction. The troops heavily fought on both sides, but in the end, Nathanael Greene and his troops decided to retreat. The British may have won the battle, but they ended up suffering

NATHANAEL GREENE AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR Bradley Greiner Dual Enrollment Virginia/US History October 2016 1 From a young age, Nathanael Greene showed much interest in militaries and war, and soon in his life, he got his chance to become a very glorified hero. Potowomut on August 7, 1742. Before the beginning of the war, Greene worked as a blacksmith. His father, also named Nathanael, owned an iron forge, serving as the place of Greene’s work. Also, Greene was

Commander Tarleton when chasing Greene in his fall back to combine his army in the southern colonies (Operational Leadership of Nathanael Greene During the Southern Campaign of 1780-1781 by, Brian D Kerl). Greene was the second commander of the southern army, if it could be called that. The army was undermanned and undertrained and General Nathanael Greene came and captured or killed 9/10 of Cornwallis’s army of 7,254 troops. During the American Revolution Nathanael Greene showed Leadership when making

Nathanael Greene A good friend to George Washington, Nathanael Greene was an important general in the American Revolution that helped the American forces defeat the British. Although his battles didn't always end up in a victories had many victories which made it so we could live in a free country today. Nathanael Greene was born in Rhode Island on 27th, 1742. He had limited education, but still learned to read books, especially the Bible, which he formed his moral ideals and purposes, and his

Francis Marion 1732-1795 Also known as: Swamp Fox Born: WINTER, 1732 in South Carolina, United States, Berkeley County Died: February 27, 1795 Occupation: General Source Database: DISCovering U.S. History Table of Contents Biographical Essay | Further Readings | Source Citation Hero of the southern campaign in the American Revolution, who was known for his mastery of the small-unit tactics necessary for effective guerrilla warfare. BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Francis Marion was born in the winter of

Washington Crossing the Delaware is an oil-on-canvas painting by German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb completed in 1851. This painting is used as a reference of the day when General George Washington crosses the Delaware River with his continental army on the night of December 25, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. This event is considered to be the first move in a sudden attack done against the German Hessian allied mercenary forces at Trenton, New Jersey in the Battle of Trenton which

redoubt No. 10.John Laurens was the main and only principal spokesman for the negotiating of General Cornwallis's final surrender. The Return to Charleston John Laurens had finally returned to the safety of South Carolina and joined with General Nathanael Greene by helping to create and operate a network or even a group of spies that could track lots of British operations in and also around the Charleston area. He had learned in August 1782, of British forces moving in to gather up some supplies,he