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Memoirs of the life and campaigns of the Hon. Nathaniel Greene, Major General in the Army of the United States, and Commander of the Southern Department, in the war of the Revolution
Caldwell, Charles
Caldwell, Charles
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Abstract
An engaging biography of Gen. Nathanael Greene, with descriptions of many of the major battles of the Revolution, in which Greene played a significant role. Most notably, Greene was instrumental in wearing down Cornwallis's superior forces in the southern theater through a series of guerrilla encounters. The folding facsimiles here reproduce two letters dated in 1779: the first, a letter from Greene to John Jay regarding positive Congressional acknowledgement of Greene's activities as quartermaster general of the Continental Army, and the second, a letter from George Washington to Greene pleading for a penknife during Greene's stint in the same position. The Appendix includes the text of Gen. Greene's letter to Congress resigning as quartermaster general, along with official reports of several battles which Greene commanded, and also the text of the apocryphal Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Issue Date
2022
Keywords
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, South Carolina 250, SC250
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Text
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This work is part of the public domain and no longer under copyright law. For more information please contact the South Carolina State Library digitalcollections@statelibrary.sc.gov
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400dpi, color 48, Zeutschel OS Q0 scanner, Archival Master file is a multi-image TIFF; online version is a PDF/A-1b.