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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Continental Army officers from Rhode Island, Continental Congressmen from Rhode Island, Rhode Island militiamen in the American Revolution, Nathanael Greene, James Manning, Stephen Hopkins, Esek Hopkins, William West, John Brown, Abraham Whipple, Catherine Littlefield Greene, Christopher Greene, William Vernon, James Mitchell Varnum, Silas Talbot, Samuel Ward, Theodore Foster, William Ellery, Christopher Lippitt, Silvester Gardiner, Peleg Arnold, Solomon Drowne, Samuel Ward, Jr., Benjamin Bourne, Joshua Babcock, Benajah Carpenter, John Collins, David Howell, William Barton, Henry Marchant, Jabez Bowen, Daniel Lyman, John Crane, Stephen Olney, Joseph Wanton, Jr., Daniel Mowry, Jr., Joseph Stanton, Jr., Jeremiah Colegrove, Ezekiel Cornell, Israel Angell, David Richmond, Jonathan Hazard, John Gardner, Jonathan Arnold, Metcalf Bowler, Nathan Miller, Jack Sisson. Excerpt: Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 - June 19, 1786) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Many places in the United States are named for him. Nathanael was the son of a Quaker farmer and smith. Nathanael was born on Forge Farm at Potowomut in the township of Warwick, Rhode Island, on August 7, 1742 new style. His mother, Mary Mott, was his father's second wife. Though his father's sect discouraged "literary accomplishments," Greene educated himself, with a special study of mathematics and law. The Rev. Ezra Stiles, later president of Yale University, was a strong influence in the young Nathanael's life. In 1770, Greene moved to Coventry, Rhode Island, to take charge of the family-owned forge (foundry), just prior to his father's death. There...
