Nathanael Greene

Life and Orange County connections

Dated events connected with this person, in date order. See these 6 dated events in the chronology →

1. late November 1780 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. Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 52
2. February 20–26, 1781 Cornwallis occupies Hillsborough After driving Nathanael Greene's army across the Dan River, Lord Cornwallis reached Hillsborough on February 20, 1781, and issued a proclamation calling loyalists to join him. The ceremony of raising the King's Standard, ordered for one o'clock on February 21 with a salute of 21 guns, was put off that noon until the next day. 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 Greene Place: HillsboroughJournal of the American Revolution: Ian Saberton, Cornwallis and the Winter Campaign, January to April 1781 (April 28, 2020) · Also: Internet Archive: "A British Orderly Book, 1780-1781", IV, North Carolina Historical Review 9
3. February 1781 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: Andrew Pickens, Nathanael Greene, Joseph Graham (1759-1836) Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Carolana: The American Revolution in North Carolina, Hart's Mill
4. 1782 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. People: Alexander Mebane Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 63
5. January 16, 1782 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 Greene Place: James Island, South Carolina · Also named: Alexander LeslieDocumenting the American South: Letter from Thomas Burke to Nathanael Greene (Jan 19, 1782)
6. late January 1782 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 Greene Place: Hillsborough · Also mentions: James IslandLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 61