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Birth
Nathanael Greene was born to Nathanael Greene Sr. and Mary Mott, in Potowomut, Rhode Island. -
Greene becomes a Brigadier General under Washington
When Washington came to lead the troops in Boston, Greene took his demotion to Brigadier General without a fuss, becoming the youngest Brigadier General in the entire army. -
Greene takes control of Long Island
Whilst the main Continental Army was busy taking New York, Greene was place in command of Long Island. -
Battle of Harlem Heights
Greene sees his first action in the war. His performance in the battle led him to being place in charge of American forces guarding the New Jersery shore and Fort Lee. -
Battle Of Fort Washington
Greene biggest and most costly mistake the entire war. Washington wanted to abandon the fort after hearing British plans to attack it, but Greene convinved him to stay, saying that it would be much more benefical for them to have the fort over the British. This was a big mistake. Outgunned, Outmanned, Outnumbered, Outplanned, the Contiental Army quickly fell to the British, with few of the 3,000 troops surving. -
Battle Of Brandywine
Greene once again proved his ability as a general by leading his troops four miles in under 50 minutes, and held the British off until nightfall, allowing the Major General John Sullivan and his troops to retreat. -
Greene Becomes Quartermaster
Looking for someone to fix the shambles the Quartermaster Deparment was in, Washington assigned the job to Greene. He was reluctant to accept the postion, as he wanted to fight and felt he would get no recognization in his new job. Washington still consulted him on war tatics, and Greene was still involved in all councils of war. -
Greene resigns from Quartermaster
Not agreeing with Congress's new policy of taking supplies from states, and itching to once again be in the battlefield, Greene resigned from his postion as Quartermaster. -
Greene takes control of West Point
After the betrayal of Bendict Arnold to the British, West Point needed a new leader. A month after resigning from Quartermaster, Greene is appointed to the job. -
Greene is appointed Southern Commander
After proving his ablity as a leader, and after the defeat of Major General Horation Gates at the Battle of Camden, Washington handed the job over to Greene, who quickly rushed south to start his command. -
Greene arrived in Charlotte and began to build his army
When Greene arrived at Charlotte, he had very little in the ways of supplies and men as Congress had very little to offer. But he took it in stride, placing key men in key cities to rally what he needed. The next few weeks were spent training up his troops for battle. During this time General Cornwallis started to press Greene, but with careful planning and the diversion of a smaller group of troops, Greene managed to escape for a time. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
After a lot of planning, Greene met General Cornwallis on his own terms, on his own playing field. Greene had an army of 1,500 Continental Soldiers, with the added force of militia and untrained volunteers, readied for an attack. At first things weren't looking good for Greene, he lost a lot of men and artillary, but they held out and eventually Cornawallis' lost of 633 men forced the British troops to retreat, freeing North Carlonia almost completely from British control. -
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
General Rawdon won an empty victory against Greene, who retreated with his troops to set up a camp that Rawdon did not attack. -
The Seige of Ninety-Six
Greene was determined to drive the British out of South Carolina. So he started the Siege of Ninety-Six on May 22, a siege that lasted for 28 days until finally on June 18 General Rawdon and his army were driven away. -
Battle of Eutaw Springs
Greene's army had grown to a force of 2,000 men, just about 300 less then that of the British army. He had been planning a surpise attack when two deserters of his army warned the British they were coming. It was possibly the bloodiest battle of the whole war, but Greene and his troops eventually managed to drive the British back. They never succeeded in getting rid of them completely though. -
Battle of Yorktown
The end of the war. Though Greene was not present, it was his efforts in splitting the British army in Charleston and Yorktown that helped lead to the end of the war.