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  2. Nathanael Greene - Wikipedia

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    Major-General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as one of George Washington 's most talented and dependable officers and is known for his successful command in the Southern ...

  3. Battle of Eutaw Springs - Wikipedia

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    In early 1781, Major General Nathanael Greene, commander of the Southern army in the Continental Army, began a campaign to end British control over the South Carolina backcountry. His first major objective was the capture of the British-controlled village of Ninety Six. [5] On May 22, 1781, Greene laid siege to the fortified village.

  4. Battle of Hobkirk's Hill - Wikipedia

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    The following evening, Greene's intelligence indicated that a force of some four hundred British soldiers was marching to Camden to join Rawdon's garrison. Greene detached some of the South Carolina militia under Colonel Carrington to the east with some of his artillery to cover the road from Charleston. Finding the terrain too marshy for the ...

  5. Siege of Ninety Six - Wikipedia

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    Nathanael Greene. Greene and about 1,000 men arrived outside Ninety Six on May 22, the same day that Andrew Pickens and Henry "Light-horse Harry" Lee began to besiege nearby Augusta, Georgia. They immediately began siege operations, targeting the Star Fort, under their chief engineer, Col. Thaddeus Kosciuszko of Poland. Cruger did what he could ...

  6. Battle of Cowpens - Wikipedia

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    Sketches of the Life and Correspondence of Nathanael Greene, Vol. 1. Charleston, SC: A. E. Miller. Marshall, John (1832). The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of his Country, and First President of the United States.

  7. South Carolina in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    That December, General Nathanael Greene arrived with an army of Continental troops. When Greene heard of Tarleton's approach, he sent Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and his backwoodsmen over the Appalachian Mountains to stop him. On January 17, 1781, the two forces met at a grassy field with widespread hardwoods, reeds, and marsh in a well ...

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  9. List of places named for Nathanael Greene - Wikipedia

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    Nathanael Greene Army Reserve Center, Narragansett, Rhode Island Nathanael Greene Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois Nathanael Greene Elementary School, Liberty, North Carolina