American Revolutionary War Major General. He is remembered for his successful military command in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War that forced British General Charles Cornwallis to abandon the Carolinas and relocate to Virginia. The son of a Quaker farmer and blacksmith, he was self-educated, with a special study of law and mathematics. In 1770, he moved to Coventry, Rhode Island, to operate the family-owned foundry prior to his father's death. In August 1774, he helped to organize a local militia which was chartered as the Kentish Guards. He soon began to acquire many books on military tactics and began to teach himself the art of war. In May 1775, he was promoted from Private to Major General of the Rhode Island Army of Observation that was formed in response to the British siege of Boston. General George Washington assigned him the command of the city of Boston after it was evacuated by the British in March 1776, and, in August of that year, he was promoted to be one of the four new Major Generals and was put in command of the Continental Army troops on Long Island. He immediately sought to find the appropriate place for fortifications, and supervised the construction of redoubts and entrenchments. Severe illness prevented him from taking part in the Battle of Long Island, and he advised a retreat from New York City, burning of the city so that the British might not use it. He justified this by asserting that the majority of property was owned by Loyalists. While Washington agreed with this, the proposal was rejected by the Continental Congress. He was placed in command of Fort Lee on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, and, in October 1776, he succeeded General Israel Putnam as commander of Fort Washington, across the river from Fort Lee. He received orders from Washington to defend Fort Washington to the last extremity. He ordered Colonel Magaw, who was in immediate command, to defend the place until he should hear from him again, and reinforced it to meet British General Howe's attack. Nevertheless, he shouldered the blame for the losses of Forts Washington and Lee, but apparently without losing the confidence of Washington, who himself assumed the responsibility. At the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey, he commanded one of the two American columns. After the victory there, he urged Washington to push on immediately to Princeton, but was overruled by a Council of War. At the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1777, he commanded the reserve forces in the American loss to British General Sir William Howe and at the Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania. The American forces lost again, partially because his forces failed to arrive on time, an error which he thought would cost him Washington's trust. When his forces did arrive, he and his troops distinguished themselves. At the urgent request of Washington, he accepted the office of Quartermaster General. On June 28, 1778, he commanded the right wing at the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, when the American forces attacked the rear of the British Army under Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton. While the battle was a tactical British victory, as its rear guard successfully covered the British withdrawal, strategically it was a draw, as the Americans were ultimately left in possession of the field, and had, for the first time, demonstrated that the American forces could effectively fight against the British Regulars. In August 1778, he and the Marquis de Lafayette commanded the land forces sent to Rhode Island to cooperate with the French Admiral d'Estaing, in an expedition which proved unsuccessful. On June 23, 1780, he was in command at the Battle of Springfield, Connecticut, one of the last major engagements of the Revolutionary War in the North. This effectively put an end to British ambitions in New Jersey. In August 1780, he resigned the office of Quartermaster General after a long and bitter struggle with Congress over the interference in Army administration by the Treasury Board and by commissions appointed by Congress. A month before Washington appointed him commander of West Point, and it fell to Greene to preside over the court which condemned Major John André to death for spying on September 29, 1780. The summer of 1780 had seen the disintegration of the American forces in the South, with major defeats at Charleston and Camden, South Carolina, at the hands of the British General Charles Cornwallis. In the autumn of 1780, Washington appointed him Commander over all American troops from Delaware to Georgia with extraordinarily full powers, "subject to the control of the Commander-in-Chief," effectively becoming the second-in-command of the entire Continental Army. He assumed command at Charlotte, North Carolina, on December 2, 1780. With a weak and badly-equipped Army, he decided to divide his own troops to force the division of the British as well, creating the possibility of a strategic interplay of forces. Starting with the success at the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, on October 7, 1780, under Colonel William Campbell, the campaign swiftly changed and the entire British force was captured or killed. This was followed with General Daniel Morgan's victory at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, on January 17, 1781, where nearly nine-tenths of the entire British force were killed or captured. On March 15, 1781, he engaged British forces under Cornwallis at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina. Even though the British won the battle, the final outcome forced Cornwallis, who was depending on a heavy recruitment of American Loyalists in the area, to withdraw to Wilmington, North Carolina, and eventually to Yorktown, Virginia. After the end of the Revolutionary War, the states of North and South Carolina and Georgia gave him grants of land and money, which he used to help pay the debts for the rations of his Southern Continental Army. After refusing the post of Secretary of War on two occasions, he settled in 1785 at his Georgia estate "Mulberry Grove" near Savannah, Georgia, where he died of sunstroke at the age of only 43. Originally interred at Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, in 1902 his remains were relocated to a monument at Johnson Square, Savannah. He shares the distinction with George Washington of being the only Generals who served from first campaign of the Revolutionary War to the last. Numerous cities, counties, parks, and ships across the United States have been named in his honor. A large bronze statue of him stands on a marble pedestal by the steps of the Rhode Island State House, and an equestrian statue designed by Francis H. Packard stands at the site of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse near what is now Greensboro, North Carolina.
American Revolutionary War Major General. He is remembered for his successful military command in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War that forced British General Charles Cornwallis to abandon the Carolinas and relocate to Virginia. The son of a Quaker farmer and blacksmith, he was self-educated, with a special study of law and mathematics. In 1770, he moved to Coventry, Rhode Island, to operate the family-owned foundry prior to his father's death. In August 1774, he helped to organize a local militia which was chartered as the Kentish Guards. He soon began to acquire many books on military tactics and began to teach himself the art of war. In May 1775, he was promoted from Private to Major General of the Rhode Island Army of Observation that was formed in response to the British siege of Boston. General George Washington assigned him the command of the city of Boston after it was evacuated by the British in March 1776, and, in August of that year, he was promoted to be one of the four new Major Generals and was put in command of the Continental Army troops on Long Island. He immediately sought to find the appropriate place for fortifications, and supervised the construction of redoubts and entrenchments. Severe illness prevented him from taking part in the Battle of Long Island, and he advised a retreat from New York City, burning of the city so that the British might not use it. He justified this by asserting that the majority of property was owned by Loyalists. While Washington agreed with this, the proposal was rejected by the Continental Congress. He was placed in command of Fort Lee on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, and, in October 1776, he succeeded General Israel Putnam as commander of Fort Washington, across the river from Fort Lee. He received orders from Washington to defend Fort Washington to the last extremity. He ordered Colonel Magaw, who was in immediate command, to defend the place until he should hear from him again, and reinforced it to meet British General Howe's attack. Nevertheless, he shouldered the blame for the losses of Forts Washington and Lee, but apparently without losing the confidence of Washington, who himself assumed the responsibility. At the Battle of Trenton in New Jersey, he commanded one of the two American columns. After the victory there, he urged Washington to push on immediately to Princeton, but was overruled by a Council of War. At the Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1777, he commanded the reserve forces in the American loss to British General Sir William Howe and at the Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania. The American forces lost again, partially because his forces failed to arrive on time, an error which he thought would cost him Washington's trust. When his forces did arrive, he and his troops distinguished themselves. At the urgent request of Washington, he accepted the office of Quartermaster General. On June 28, 1778, he commanded the right wing at the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, when the American forces attacked the rear of the British Army under Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton. While the battle was a tactical British victory, as its rear guard successfully covered the British withdrawal, strategically it was a draw, as the Americans were ultimately left in possession of the field, and had, for the first time, demonstrated that the American forces could effectively fight against the British Regulars. In August 1778, he and the Marquis de Lafayette commanded the land forces sent to Rhode Island to cooperate with the French Admiral d'Estaing, in an expedition which proved unsuccessful. On June 23, 1780, he was in command at the Battle of Springfield, Connecticut, one of the last major engagements of the Revolutionary War in the North. This effectively put an end to British ambitions in New Jersey. In August 1780, he resigned the office of Quartermaster General after a long and bitter struggle with Congress over the interference in Army administration by the Treasury Board and by commissions appointed by Congress. A month before Washington appointed him commander of West Point, and it fell to Greene to preside over the court which condemned Major John André to death for spying on September 29, 1780. The summer of 1780 had seen the disintegration of the American forces in the South, with major defeats at Charleston and Camden, South Carolina, at the hands of the British General Charles Cornwallis. In the autumn of 1780, Washington appointed him Commander over all American troops from Delaware to Georgia with extraordinarily full powers, "subject to the control of the Commander-in-Chief," effectively becoming the second-in-command of the entire Continental Army. He assumed command at Charlotte, North Carolina, on December 2, 1780. With a weak and badly-equipped Army, he decided to divide his own troops to force the division of the British as well, creating the possibility of a strategic interplay of forces. Starting with the success at the Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, on October 7, 1780, under Colonel William Campbell, the campaign swiftly changed and the entire British force was captured or killed. This was followed with General Daniel Morgan's victory at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, on January 17, 1781, where nearly nine-tenths of the entire British force were killed or captured. On March 15, 1781, he engaged British forces under Cornwallis at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina. Even though the British won the battle, the final outcome forced Cornwallis, who was depending on a heavy recruitment of American Loyalists in the area, to withdraw to Wilmington, North Carolina, and eventually to Yorktown, Virginia. After the end of the Revolutionary War, the states of North and South Carolina and Georgia gave him grants of land and money, which he used to help pay the debts for the rations of his Southern Continental Army. After refusing the post of Secretary of War on two occasions, he settled in 1785 at his Georgia estate "Mulberry Grove" near Savannah, Georgia, where he died of sunstroke at the age of only 43. Originally interred at Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, in 1902 his remains were relocated to a monument at Johnson Square, Savannah. He shares the distinction with George Washington of being the only Generals who served from first campaign of the Revolutionary War to the last. Numerous cities, counties, parks, and ships across the United States have been named in his honor. A large bronze statue of him stands on a marble pedestal by the steps of the Rhode Island State House, and an equestrian statue designed by Francis H. Packard stands at the site of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse near what is now Greensboro, North Carolina.
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