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Nathanael Greene

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“Replaced Horatio Gates as leader of American army opposing Lord Cornwallis. He assumed command in Charlotte, Dec. 3, 1780.”

State historical marker: L-19: Nathanael Greene 1742-1786

1742–1786 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Joint Standing Committees: Committee of Propositions and Grievances Apr. 21-May 11, 1784

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784

Committee of Propositions and Grievances papers from 21 April to 11 May 1784, in 115 images. Petitions came from William Stuart, Henry Moringer and others, from settlers beyond the western boundary along the French Broad River, and from Wayne County inhabitants. Topics include bounties, impressment, Cherokee lands, Nathanael Greene, Continental soldiers, widows, and Hillsborough and Orange County.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.

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May 10: Senate bill to describe lands to be granted to General Nathanael Greene and to confirm title (votes and messages only)

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1784

Votes and messages on a 1784 Senate bill describing the lands to be granted to General Nathanael Greene and confirming his title to them. Greene commanded the Continental Army in the South during the Revolution. Part of the General Assembly's papers from its spring session at Hillsborough, in eight images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.

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House Joint Resolutions, May 10 - May 17

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

House joint resolutions of May 10 to 17, 1782, with petitions and committee reports, from the General Assembly session at Hillsborough. Subjects run from loyalists, treason and disabled veterans to land grants and public finance; Nathanael Greene, Waightstill Avery and Joseph Dickson are among the names. 89 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.

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Senate Joint Resolutions, May 16 - May 18

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1782

Resolutions of the North Carolina Senate from 16 to 18 May 1782: naming Thomas Davis public printer, favoring Joseph Pitman of Edgecombe County, obtaining clothing for Continental officers and soldiers, and answering a memorial of John Huske. Nathanael Greene, Jethro Sumner and the Battle of Eutaw Springs are among the names. 51 images, with Hillsborough tied to the session.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.

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House Joint Resolutions: February 12-14

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1781

Resolutions of the House of Commons, February 12 to 14, 1781, among them a request for an express rider to General Greene for the latest news and a summons for Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Taylor to appear before the next Assembly. Cornwallis, King's Mountain and militia matters figure in them. 79 images.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.

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Joint Papers (June-July, 1781): Miscellaneous petitions

North Carolina. General Assembly · 1781

Miscellaneous petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly, June to July 1781, 22 images. Petitioners include Edward Hall of Perquimans County, John Evans of Nash County, Henry O'Daniel, Thomas Cabeen and officers of the Salisbury militia battalions. Nathanael Greene, William Lee Davidson, deserters and pardons figure in the topics.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the NC Digital Collections record: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.

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  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC BIO GREENE GRE The Papers of General Nathanael Greene Greene, Nathanael · 1976

    The Revolutionary general Nathanael Greene's letters and papers, sent and received, annotated in thirteen volumes published from 1976 to 2005 by the University of North Carolina Press for the Rhode Island Historical Society, under Richard K. Showman, Dennis M. Conrad and Roger N. Parks. The papers run from 1766 to 1786; the later volumes follow his command of the Southern Army, including the race to the Dan across North Carolina and Guilford Court House.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 973.3 LEE The Campaign of 1781 in the Carolinas: With Remarks Historical and Critical on Johnson's Life of Greene : to Which Is Added An Appendix of Original Documents, Relating to the History of the Revolution Lee, Henry · 1975

    Henry Lee IV's account of Nathanael Greene's 1781 campaign in the Carolinas, with critical remarks on William Johnson's life of Greene and attention to the part played by his father, the Revolutionary cavalry officer Light-Horse Harry Lee. An appendix prints original documents of the Revolution. First published in Philadelphia by E. Littell in 1824; this is the Reprint Company's 1975 edition from Spartanburg, South Carolina, 511 and xlvii pages.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 973.337 Rankin Greene and Cornwallis: The Campaign in the Carolinas Rankin, Hugh F. · 2003

    Hugh F. Rankin's brief account of the 1780 to 1781 campaign in the Carolinas between the American general Nathanael Greene and the British commander Lord Cornwallis, including the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781. Written as number 10 of the North Carolina Bicentennial Pamphlet Series in 1976, it was reprinted by the state's Division of Archives and History in 2003, with maps and illustrations.

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  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC BIO GREENE STE Caty: A Biography of Catharine Littlefield Greene Stegeman, John F. · 1986

    Catharine Littlefield Greene (1755 to 1814), born on Block Island, married General Nathanael Greene and followed him to camp through the Revolution, Valley Forge included; after the war the family moved to a Georgia rice plantation worked by enslaved people, and she became a backer of Eli Whitney. John F. and Janet A. Stegeman's biography first appeared in 1977; the University of Georgia Press reprinted it in 1986 with a foreword by Harvey H. Jackson.

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  1. Nathanael Greene reaches Hillsborough in search of his new command Named by Washington to succeed Gates, Greene arrived to find the army already gone and hurried after it.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 52
  2. Cornwallis occupies Hillsborough After driving Nathanael Greene's army across the Dan River, Lord Cornwallis reached Hillsborough on February 20, 1781, raised the royal standard and issued a proclamation calling loyalists to join him. Short of food and forage, and told that Greene had recrossed the Dan, he left on February 26, crossing the Haw toward Alamance Creek. People: Charles Cornwallis, Nathanael GreeneJournal of the American Revolution: Ian Saberton, Cornwallis and the Winter Campaign, January to April 1781 (April 28, 2020)
  3. Greene sends Pickens's militia to shadow the British army at Hillsborough Nathanael Greene ordered Brigadier General Andrew Pickens to pass around the British force at Hillsborough, fall in its rear and report its movements. Pickens's men struck at British parties when they could, and he sent Captain Joseph Graham to scout the ground around the town. People: Nathanael GreeneSearch the index · Carolana: The American Revolution in North Carolina, Hart's Mill
  4. Hillsborough collects meat for Greene's army and holds prisoners of war Alexander Mebane, commissioner of specific supplies for Orange, gathered more than 2,000 pounds of salt and fresh meat at Hillsborough for Greene's army in South Carolina. The town jail held British and Loyalist prisoners while exchanges were negotiated.Search the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 63
  5. Burke escapes from his parole on James Island Having written General Leslie on December 30 asking for a parole within American lines, Burke slipped off James Island on the night of January 16. Two days later he offered Leslie to return within British lines if guaranteed the treatment of a Continental officer, and on January 19 he asked Greene that men of honor judge the act. People: Thomas Burke, Nathanael GreeneDocumenting the American South: Letter from Thomas Burke to Nathanael Greene (Jan 19, 1782)
  6. Thomas Burke returns to Hillsborough and takes up the governorship again After leaving his parole on James Island, Burke resumed his duties at Hillsborough. His breach of parole drew criticism from many constituents and a dispute between Greene and the British. People: Thomas Burke, Nathanael GreeneLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 61

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