Greene, Nathanael
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born on | 27 July 1742 Jul.Cal. (7 Aug 1742 greg.) at 13:30 (= 1:30 PM ) | ||||
Place | Potowomut, Rhode Island, 41n40, 71w25 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m71w25 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
Major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.
He is known for his successful command in the Southern Campaign, forcing British general Charles Cornwallis to abandon the Carolinas and head for Virginia. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Many places in the United States are named for him.
Greene suffered financial difficulties in the post-war years and died suddenly of sunstroke on June 19, 1786.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Washington, George (born 22 February 1732)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes the "Geneology of the family . . . written in full by General George Sears Greene" as transcribed in The Life of Nathanael Greene edited by George Greene (New York: G. P. Putnam and Son, 1867; Bedford: Applewood Books, 2009), p. 581: "Our son Nathanael was born the twenty-seventh day of fifth month, 1742, about one or two o'clock in the afternoon of the third day of the week."
Categories
- Vocation : Military : Military career