Daniel Showalter (1830–1866), was a California miner, state legislator, duelist, secessionist, and Confederate States of America military officer in Texas .
80-697: Daniel Showalter was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania and came to California in 1852, settling in Coulterville . Showalter became a miner in Horseshoe Bend , Mariposa County . He ran for and won a seat in the California State Assembly 6th District in 1857–1858 and 1861–1862. In 1861, he voted against a state resolution for California to stay in the Union (which passed the assembly). During
160-520: A daughter of Samuel Ward , a prominent Rhode Island politician who became an important political ally until his death in 1776. Greene and Catherine's first child was born in 1776, and they had six more children between 1777 and 1786. After the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the British parliament began imposing new policies designed to raise revenue from British America for a war which colonists had played
240-546: A disastrous state, Greene also struggled to clothe and feed his troops. In late 1781, he declined appointment to the newly created position of secretary of war , which was charged with overseeing the Continental Army. He also corresponded with Robert Morris , the superintendent of finance of the United States , who shared Greene's view on the need for a stronger national government than the one that had been established in
320-471: A distance of forty yards. The first fire was ineffective and Showalter demanded another. On the second fire, Showalter shot Piercy in the mouth and killed him. This was the last of the duels between political figures in California. Now a fugitive as a result of the duel, Showalter made his way south to Los Angeles County , joining with friends and fellow secessionist sympathizers who wanted to go east to join
400-438: A division in the subsequent Battle of Monmouth , which, after hours of fighting, ended indecisively. In July 1778, Washington granted Greene temporary leave as quartermaster general so that he could take part in an attack on British forces stationed in his home state of Rhode Island. The offensive was designed as a combined Franco-American operation under the command of General John Sullivan and French admiral d'Estaing , but
480-528: A female householder with no husband present, and 32.3 percent were non-families. 27.0 percent of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.91. In the county, the population was spread out, with 19.9 percent under the age of 18, 9.9 percent from 18 to 24, 25.5 percent from 25 to 44, 29.3 percent from 45 to 64, and 15.3 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
560-554: A hill behind a small stream, making up the third line. After skirmishes on the morning of March 15, the main British force launched a full attack in the afternoon, beginning the Battle of Guilford Court House . The first American line fired volleys and then fled, either to the next line or away from the battlefield. The second line held up for longer and continued to resist the British advance while Cornwallis ordered an unsuccessful assault against
640-438: A letter that strongly criticized Congress; although some members of Congress were so outraged by the letter that they sought to relieve Greene of his officer's commission, Washington's intervention ensured that Greene retained a position in the Continental Army. After Benedict Arnold defected to the British, Greene briefly served as the commandant of West Point and presided over the execution of John André , Arnold's contact in
720-521: A pivotal role in instigating. After British official William Dudington seized a vessel owned by Greene and his brothers, Greene filed an ultimately successful lawsuit against Dudington for damages. While the lawsuit was pending, Dudington's vessel was torched by a Rhode Island mob in what became known as the Gaspee Affair . In the aftermath of the Gaspee Affair, Greene became increasingly alienated from
800-461: A potential line of retreat; these would later prove to be valuable resources for the Continental Army. Washington suggested to Greene that he remove the garrison from Fort Washington due to its vulnerability to a British attack, but he ultimately deferred to Greene's decision to continue to station soldiers there. In the subsequent Battle of Fort Washington , fought in November 1776, the British captured
880-421: A siege of Camden, South Carolina , and established a camp at a nearby ridge known as Hobkirk's Hill. On the 25th, Rawdon launched a surprise attack on Greene's position, beginning the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill . Despite having been taken by surprise, Greene's force nearly achieved victory, but the left flank collapsed and the cavalry failed to arrive. Facing total defeat, Greene ordered a retreat, bringing an end to
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#1733094524497960-430: A strategy of unconventional war ." Historian Curtis F. Morgan Jr. describes Greene as Washington's "most trusted military subordinate." According to Golway, "on at least two occasions, fellow officers and politicians described Greene... as the man Washington had designated to succeed him if he were killed or captured." He was also respected by his opponents; Cornwallis wrote that Greene was "as dangerous as Washington. He
1040-457: A stronger national government. In June 1780, while Washington's main force continued to guard the Hudson River, Greene led a detachment to block the advance of a British contingent through New Jersey. Despite being vastly outnumbered in the Battle of Springfield , Greene forced the withdrawal of the British force on the field. Shortly after the battle, Greene resigned as quartermaster general in
1120-534: A successful campaign of guerrilla warfare against a numerically superior British force led by Charles Cornwallis . He gained several strategic victories at Guilford Court House , Hobkirk's Hill , and Eutaw Springs , eroding British control over the American South . Major fighting on land came to an end following the surrender of Cornwallis at the siege of Yorktown in October 1781, but Greene continued to serve in
1200-410: A surprise attack on a British force at the October 1777 Battle of Germantown . Greene's detachment arrived late to the battle, which ended in another American defeat. In December, Greene joined with the rest of Washington's army in establishing a camp at Valley Forge , located twenty-five miles northwest of Philadelphia. Over the winter of 1777–1778, he clashed with Thomas Mifflin and other members of
1280-471: A third of a mile southeast of Johnson Square, was named for him upon its platting in 1799. As noted above, Greene was in debt. In 1782 and 1783, Greene had difficulty supplying his troops in Charleston with clothing and provisions. He contracted with Banks & Co to furnish supplies but was compelled to put his name to the bond for the supplies. An order was given by Greene to Robert Morris for payment of
1360-525: A tutor, and he studied mathematics, the classics , law, and various works of the Age of Enlightenment . At some point during his childhood, Greene gained a slight limp that would remain with him for the rest of his life. In 1770, Greene moved to Coventry, Rhode Island , to take charge of the family-owned foundry, and he built a house in Coventry called Spell Hall. Later in the year, Greene and his brothers inherited
1440-462: Is Greene County, Missouri . Municipalities named for Greene include Greensboro, North Carolina ; Greensboro, Georgia ; Greensburg, Pennsylvania ; Greenville, North Carolina ; Greenville, South Carolina ; Greeneville, Tennessee ; and Greensboro, Pennsylvania . Other things named for Greene include Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn and several schools. Several ships have been named for Greene, including
1520-572: Is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . As of the 2020 census , the population was 35,954. Its county seat is Waynesburg . Greene County was created on February 9, 1796, from part of Washington County and named for General Nathanael Greene . The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state. Greene County is part of the Pittsburgh media market . It is in
1600-474: Is also memorialized by statues in or near Philadelphia, Valley Forge National Historical Park , Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensburg, Pennsylvania , and Greenville, South Carolina. The Nathanael Greene Monument in Savannah, Georgia, serves as his burial place. Numerous places and things have been named after Greene across the United States. Fourteen counties are named for Greene, the most populous of which
1680-757: Is one of the 423 counties served by the Appalachian Regional Commission , and it is identified as part of "Greater Appalachia" by Colin Woodard in his book American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America . As of the census of 2010, there were 38,686 people, 14,724 households, and 9,970 families residing in the county. The population density was 67 people per square mile (26 people/km ). There were 16,678 housing units at an average density of 29 units per square mile (11/km ). The racial makeup of
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#17330945244971760-528: Is vigilant, enterprising, and full of resources–there is but little hope of gaining an advantage over him." Alexander Hamilton wrote that Greene's death deprived the country of a "universal and pervading genius which qualified him not less for the Senate than for the field." Killebrew argues that Greene was the "most underrated general" in American history. His statue , along with that of Roger Williams , represents
1840-546: The Articles of Confederation . No major military action occurred in 1782, and the British evacuated Savannah and Charleston before the end of that year. Congress officially declared the end of the war in April 1783, and Greene resigned his commission in late 1783. After resigning his commission, Greene returned to Newport. Facing a large amount of debt, he relocated to the South to focus on
1920-629: The Battle of Harlem Heights , a minor British defeat that nonetheless represented one of the first American victories in the war. After the Battle of Harlem Heights, Washington placed Greene in command of both Fort Constitution (later known as Fort Lee), which was on New Jersey side of the Hudson River , and Fort Washington , which was across the river from Fort Constitution. While in command of Fort Lee, Greene established supply depots in New Jersey along
2000-633: The Boston campaign , the New York and New Jersey campaign , and the Philadelphia campaign before being appointed quartermaster general of the Continental Army in 1778. In October 1780, Washington appointed Greene as the commander of the Continental Army in the southern theater, where he was involved in several engagements, primarily in Virginia , Georgia , and South Carolina . After taking command, Greene engaged in
2080-665: The Confederate States Army . This party was caught at Minter Ranch on November 29, 1861, by a 1st California Cavalry Regiment patrol under Second Lt. C. R. Wellman from Camp Wright , in the mountains southwest of the Warner's Ranch , in the San Jose Valley of eastern San Diego County . On December 10, fearing a large rescue party was coming from El Monte , the commander of Camp Wright sent them under guard to Fort Yuma . Eventually they were released after swearing allegiance to
2160-530: The Conway Cabal , a group that frequently criticized Washington and sought to install Horatio Gates as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. In March 1778, Greene reluctantly accepted the position of quartermaster general , making him responsible for procuring supplies for the Continental Army. Along with his top two assistants, Charles Pettit and John Cox, Greene reorganized his 3,000-person department, establishing supply depots in strategic places across
2240-425: The U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well. The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2020 census of Greene County. † county seat Nathanael Greene Major-General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786)
2320-684: The USRC ; General Green , the USS ; General Greene , the USS Nathanael Greene , and the USAV MGen Nathanael Greene . The Nathanael Greene Homestead in Coventry, Rhode Island , features Spell Hall, which was General Greene's home, built in 1774. Greene commissioned cabinetmaker Thomas Spencer to build a desk and bookcase, likely to be put in this new home. The desk and bookcase
2400-731: The slave plantations he had been awarded during the war, and he made his home at the Mulberry Grove Plantation outside of Savannah. In 1784, Greene declined appointment to a commission tasked with negotiating treaties with Native Americans , but he agreed to attend the first meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati . He then became an original member with the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati . Greene fell ill on June 12, 1786, and he died at Mulberry Grove on June 19, 1786, at
2480-534: The April 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord . In early May, the legislature of Rhode Island established the Rhode Island Army of Observation and appointed Greene to command it. Greene's army marched to Boston , where other colonial forces were laying siege to a British garrison. He missed the June 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill because he was visiting Rhode Island at the time, but he returned almost immediately after
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2560-611: The British army. By October 1780, the Continental Army had suffered several devastating defeats in the South under the command of Benjamin Lincoln and Horatio Gates , leaving the United States at a major disadvantage in the Southern theater of the war. On October 14, 1780, Washington, acting on the authorization of Congress, appointed Greene as the commander of the Southern Department of
2640-480: The British began a campaign to capture Philadelphia , the seat of Congress. At the Battle of the Brandywine , Greene commanded a division at the center of the American line, but the British launched a flanking maneuver. Greene's division helped prevent the envelopment of American forces and allowed for a safe retreat. The British captured Philadelphia shortly after the Battle of the Brandywine, but Washington launched
2720-539: The British suffered substantially greater losses. After the Battle of Guilford Court House, Cornwallis's force headed south to Wilmington, North Carolina . Greene initially gave chase but declined to press for an attack after much of the militia returned home. To Greene's surprise, in late April Cornwallis's force began a march north to Yorktown, Virginia . Rather than follow Cornwallis, Greene headed South, where he challenged British commander Francis Rawdon for control of South Carolina and Georgia. On April 20, he began
2800-538: The British. At the same time, Greene drifted away from his father's Quaker faith, and he was suspended from Quaker meetings in July 1773. In 1774, after the passage of measures that colonials derided as the " Intolerable Acts ," Greene helped organize a state militia unit known as the Kentish Guards . Because of his limp, Greene was not selected as an officer in the militia. The American Revolutionary War broke out with
2880-464: The British. Outnumbered and under-supplied, Greene settled on a strategy of guerrilla warfare rather than pitched battles in order to prevent the advance of the British into North Carolina and Virginia . His strategy would heavily depend on riverboats and cavalry to outmaneuver and harass British forces. Among Greene's key subordinates in the Southern campaign were his second-in-command, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben , cavalry commander Henry Lee ,
2960-585: The Continental Army into three divisions , each consisting of regiments from different colonies, and Greene was given command of a brigade consisting of seven regiments. The Siege of Boston continued until March 1776, when British forces evacuated from the city. After the end of the siege, Greene briefly served as the commander of military forces in Boston, but he rejoined Washington's army in April 1776. Washington established his headquarters in Manhattan , and Greene
3040-781: The Continental Army resumed operations and engaged a British force on September 8 at the Battle of Eutaw Springs . The battle ended with a Continental retreat, but the British suffered more substantial losses. After the battle, the British force returned to Charleston, leaving interior South Carolina in full control of Continental forces. Congress issued Greene a gold medal and passed a resolution congratulating him for his victory at Eutaw Springs. While Greene campaigned in South Carolina and Georgia, Lafayette led Continental resistance to Cornwallis's army in Virginia. Although Greene's command gave him leadership of Continental operations in Virginia, he
3120-629: The Continental Army until late 1783. After the war, he settled down to a career as a plantation owner in Georgia, but his rice crops were mostly a failure. He died in 1786 at the Mulberry Grove Plantation in Chatham County, Georgia . Numerous locations in the United States are named for him . Greene was born on Forge Farm at Potowomut in the township of Warwick, Rhode Island , which
3200-403: The Continental Army. By the time he took command, the British were in control of key portions of Georgia and South Carolina , and the governments of the Southern states were unable to provide much support to the Continental Army. Greene would face a 6,000-man British army led by General Cornwallis and cavalry commander Banastre Tarleton , as well as numerous Loyalist militias that worked with
3280-521: The December 1776 Battle of Trenton and the January 1777 Battle of Princeton , both of which were victories for the Continental Army. Along with the rest of Washington's army, Greene was stationed in New Jersey throughout the first half of 1777. In July 1777, he publicly threatened to resign over the appointment of a French officer to the Continental Army, but he ultimately retained his commission. Meanwhile,
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3360-713: The Democratic Party's shift on cultural issues like the environment and guns, the county has shifted towards the Republican Party, and in 2016 Donald Trump won the county with 68.4% of the vote. As of February 5, 2024, there are 21,549 registered voters in the county. There are 11,150 registered Republicans , 8,287 registered Democrats , 1,470 voters registered non-affiliated voters, and 642 voters registered to other parties . Chart of Voter Registration Greene County's development commission has assisted area business since 1998. The Meadow Ridge office park has served
3440-472: The Fort Washington and its 3,000-man garrison. Greene was subjected to heavy criticism in the aftermath of the battle, but Washington declined to relieve Greene from command. Shortly after the Battle of Fort Washington, a British force under General Cornwallis captured Fort Lee, and the Continental Army began a retreat across New Jersey and into Pennsylvania . Greene commanded part of Washington's army in
3520-507: The French fleet withdrew due to bad weather conditions. Greene fought in the subsequent Battle of Rhode Island , an inconclusive battle that ended with a British retreat from the American position. After the battle, the American force under Sullivan left Rhode Island, while Greene returned to his duties as quartermaster general. After mid-1778, the Northern theater of the war became a stalemate, as
3600-515: The Marquis de Lafayette, Daniel Morgan , and Francis Marion . While en route to the Southern theater, Greene learned of the October 1780 American victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain , which postponed Cornwallis's planned advance into North Carolina. Upon arriving in Charlotte, North Carolina , in December 1780, Greene went against conventional military strategy by dividing his forces; he would lead
3680-446: The Union. Showalter then went on to Texas where he was made lieutenant colonel of the 4th Arizona Cavalry Regiment . In March 1864, Lt. Col. Daniel Showalter joined the force under John Salmon Ford and led his regiment in fighting around Brownsville, Texas , to drive the Union troops out of South Texas. After the Union troops evacuated, Showalter occupied Brownsville, June 30. When his commander, Colonel Ford, fell ill, Showalter
3760-533: The United States. As quartermaster general, Greene continued to attend Washington's councils-of-war, an unusual arrangement for a staff officer . After France joined the war in early 1778, the British army in Philadelphia was ordered to New York. Along with Anthony Wayne and the Marquis de Lafayette , Greene recommended an attack on the British force while it retreated across New Jersey to New York. Greene commanded
3840-417: The administrators of Murray filed a bill of Chancery against the land; however, his agent who had bought the land had not taken title to it, on the grounds that there was a dispute about the land. The claim to the title was not resolved, and the money was never paid. Meanwhile, from 1789 to 1840, the plantation had gone to ruin; under the original decree, the land, instead of bringing the sum it had first bought,
3920-693: The age of 43. The official cause of death was sunstroke . For over a century, his remains were interred at the Graham Vault in Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah, alongside John Maitland , his arch-rival in the conflict. On November 14, 1902, through the efforts of Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati President Asa Bird Gardiner , his remains were moved to a monument in Johnson Square in Savannah. Greene Square , about
4000-511: The amount; this was paid by the Government of the United States to the contractor, who did not use it to pay the debt and left the bond unpaid. Greene paid the debt himself, and in 1791, his executrix petitioned Congress for relief. Greene had obtained some security from a partner of Banks & Co named Ferrie on a mortgage or lien on a tract of land, but the land was liable to a prior mortgage of £1,000 sterling to an Englishman named Murray. In 1788,
4080-587: The area of southwestern Pennsylvania that was claimed by Virginia, the District of West Augusta . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 578 square miles (1,500 km ), of which 576 square miles (1,490 km ) is land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km ) (0.4%) is water. It has a humid continental climate ( Dfa / Dfb ) and average monthly temperatures in Waynesburg range from 28.9 °F in January to 71.9 °F in July. Greene County
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#17330945244974160-708: The battle and was impressed by the performance of colonial forces. That same month, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army and appointed George Washington to command all colonial forces. In addition to Washington, Congress appointed sixteen generals , and Greene was appointed as a brigadier general in the Continental Army. Washington took command of the Siege of Boston in July 1775, bringing with him generals such as Charles Lee , Horatio Gates , and Thomas Mifflin . Washington organized
4240-407: The battle, Greene urged Washington to raze Manhattan so that it would not fall into the hands of the British, but Congress forbade Washington from doing so. Unable to raze Manhattan, Washington initially wanted to fortify the city, but Greene joined with several officers in convincing Washington that the city was indefensible. During the withdrawal from Manhattan, Greene saw combat for the first time in
4320-561: The battle. Although the American and British forces suffered a similar number of losses in the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, Greene was deeply disappointed by the result of the battle. On May 10, Rawdon's force left Camden for Charleston, South Carolina , effectively conceding control of much of interior South Carolina to the Continental Army. In a series of small actions known as the "war of the posts," Greene and his subordinates further eroded British control of interior South Carolina by capturing several British forts. On June 18, after undertaking
4400-413: The colonial opposition to British revenue policies in the early 1770s and helped establish the Kentish Guards , a state militia unit . After the April 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord , the legislature of Rhode Island established an army and appointed Greene to command it. Later in the year, Greene became a general in the newly established Continental Army . Greene served under George Washington in
4480-477: The county since the early 2000s. Two power plant construction projects are underway in Greene County. Hill Top Energy Center, a natural gas-fired power plant with a generating capacity of 625 megawatts, is scheduled to begin operations in the summer of 2021. A new 1,000-megawatt natural gas power plant on the site of the former Hatfield's Ferry power station was scheduled to begin operations in mid-2022, but
4560-469: The county was 94.6 percent White , 3.3 percent Black or African American , 0.2% Native American , 0.3 percent Asian , 0.0 percent Pacific Islander , 0.7 percent from other races , and 1.0% from two or more races. 1.2 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 14,724 households, out of which 29.3 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5 percent were married couples living together, 10.9 percent had
4640-549: The family business after their father's death. Greene began to assemble a large library that included military histories by authors like Julius Caesar , Frederick the Great , and Maurice de Saxe . In July 1774, Greene married the nineteen-year-old Catharine Littlefield , a niece by marriage of his distant cousin, William Greene , an influential political leader in Rhode Island. The same year, one of Greene's younger brothers married
4720-745: The main American force southeast, while Morgan would lead a smaller detachment to the southwest. Cornwallis responded by dividing his own forces, marching the main detachment against Greene while Tarleton led a force against Morgan. In the January 1781 Battle of Cowpens , Morgan led Continental troops to a major victory that resulted in the near-total destruction of Tarleton's force. After the battle, Cornwallis set off in pursuit of Morgan, burning some of his own supplies in order to speed up his army's movement. Greene linked up with Morgan and retreated into North Carolina, purposely forcing Cornwallis away from British supply lines. On February 9, in consultation with Morgan and other top officers, Greene decided to continue
4800-528: The main British force remained in New York City and Washington's force was stationed nearby on the Hudson River. The British turned their attention to the Southern theater of the war, launching an ultimately successful expedition to capture Savannah . Though he desired a battlefield command, Greene continued to serve as the Continental Army's quartermaster general. As Congress was increasingly powerless to furnish funds for supplies, Greene became an advocate of
4880-490: The month-long siege of Ninety Six , Greene launched an unsuccessful attack on the British fort at Ninety Six, South Carolina . Although the assault failed, Rawdon ordered the fort abandoned shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, Greene's subordinates further expanded Continental control, capturing Augusta, Georgia , on June 5. By the end of June, the British controlled little more than a thin strip of coastal land from Charleston to Savannah. After resting through much of July and August,
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#17330945244974960-466: The mortgagor in England filed a bill to foreclose on the mortgage, while Greene's family instituted proceedings against Ferrie, who was entitled to a reversionary interest in the land. The court ordered the land be sold and the sale proceeds to be first used to extinguish the mortgage, with the balance to go to representatives of General Greene. The land was sold, and after the £1,000 mortgage had been paid off,
5040-760: The plan fell through. Greene County is divided into five public school districts. There are 15 public schools that serve Greene County, Pennsylvania. Some schools within the five above districts include: Greene County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km ) east of the central business district of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania . Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities , boroughs , townships , and, in at most two cases, towns . The following boroughs and townships are located in Greene County: Census-designated places are geographical areas designated by
5120-471: The residue of £2,400 was to go Greene's representatives. However, the purchaser never took title and never paid the money on the grounds that the title was in dispute. In 1792, a Relief Act was passed by Congress for General Greene which was based upon the decree of the land sale; the sum of which he was entitled to (£2,400) was exempted out of the indemnity allowed him at that time, not one cent of which his heirs received except $ 2,000 (~$ 60,380 in 2023). In 1830,
5200-590: The retreat north, heading toward the Dan River at the North Carolina-Virginia border. With the British in close pursuit, Greene divided his forces, leading the main contingent north while sending a smaller group under Colonel Otho Williams to harass British forces. Greene's force outpaced the British and crossed the Dan River on February 14. Greene's contemporaries were impressed by the speed and efficiency of
5280-527: The retreat through difficult territory; Alexander Hamilton wrote that it was a "masterpiece of military skill and exertion." Unwilling to travel even farther from his supply lines, General Cornwallis led his army south to Hillsborough, North Carolina . On February 22, Greene's force crossed back over the Dan River to challenge Cornwallis in North Carolina. After crossing back into North Carolina, Greene harassed Cornwallis's army. In early March, he received reinforcements from North Carolina and Virginia, doubling
5360-450: The second-best American general" in the Revolutionary War, after Washington. The historian Russell Weigley believed that "Greene's outstanding characteristic as a strategist was his ability to weave the maraudings of partisan raiders into a coherent pattern, coordinating them with the maneuvers of a field army otherwise too weak to accomplish much, and making the combination a deadly one.... [He] remains alone as an American master developing
5440-415: The size of his force to approximately 4,000 men. On March 14, he led his army to Guilford Courthouse and began preparing for an attack by Cornwallis, using a strategy based on Morgan's plan at the Battle of Cowpens. Greene established three defensive lines, with the North Carolina militia making up the first line, the Virginia militia making up the second line, and the Continental Army regulars, positioned on
5520-424: The state of Rhode Island in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol . Washington, D.C. , also hosts a bronze equestrian statue of Greene in Stanton Park . A large oil portrait of Nathanael Greene hangs in the State Room in the Rhode Island State House , and a statue stands outside the building's south facade. A cenotaph to him stands in the Old Forge Burial Ground in Warwick. Greene
5600-440: The third line. The British re-formed and launched an assault on the left flank of the third line, but were overwhelmed by Henry Lee's cavalry. In response, Cornwallis ordered his artillery to fire grapeshot into the fray, hitting British and American soldiers alike. With his army's left flank collapsing, Greene ordered a retreat, bringing the battle to an end. Although the Battle of Guilford Court House ended with an American defeat,
5680-412: The vote, Charles W. Piercy prevented him from saying why he was opposed to it. The two men argued and Piercy challenged him to a duel. Despite dueling being officially illegal in California at the time, it proceeded nonetheless on Saturday afternoon, May 25, 1861, near the residence of Charles S. Fairfax , three miles west of San Rafael in Marin County . The weapons chosen were rifles, to be fired at
5760-639: Was 41.1 years. For every 100 females there were 106.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.6 males. Greene County was long a Democratic stronghold, due to the strong unionization of the county's steel mills; between 1932 and 2000, the Democratic presidential candidate won the county in every election except in the Republican landslide of 1972. Due to the decline of the Pittsburgh area's steel industry (similar to other Appalachian counties), and
5840-559: Was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War . He emerged from the war with a reputation as one of George Washington 's most talented and dependable officers and is known for his successful command in the Southern theater of the conflict . Born into a prosperous Quaker family in Warwick, Rhode Island , Greene became active in
5920-400: Was found drunk and unable to command the army. On May 12, 1865, General Day attacked Showalter at Palmito Hill , Showalter was drunk again and unable to command his unit and the enemy artillery caused the 4th Arizona to panic without leadership. George Henry Giddings came up with his battalion, rallied the disorderly unit and stabilized the defense some miles east of Palmito Hill. Showalter
6000-571: Was immediately relieved of his command of the 4th Arizona and it was given to Major F. E. Kavanaugh. After the war he went to Mexico in August 1865, and managed a hotel in Mazatlán . Showalter died of lockjaw , a result of a bar fight in 1866 in Mazatlán, Mexico. Greene County, Pennsylvania 39°52′N 80°13′W / 39.86°N 80.22°W / 39.86; -80.22 Greene County
6080-404: Was sold for only $ 13,000. This left Greene's representatives only about $ 2,000 instead of £2,400. In 1840, they applied to Congress for the difference between the two sums. In 1854, the case was put to Congress for the relief of Phineas Nightingale, who was the administrator of the deceased General Greene. Defense analyst Robert Killebrew writes that Greene was "regarded by peers and historians as
6160-466: Was tasked with preparing for the invasion of nearby Long Island . While he focused on building up fortifications in Brooklyn , Greene befriended General Henry Knox and struck up a correspondence with John Adams . He was also, along with several other individuals, promoted to major general by an act of Congress. Because of a severe fever , he did not take part in the Battle of Long Island , which ended with an American retreat from Long Island. After
6240-700: Was then part of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in British America . He was the second son of Mary Mott and Nathanael Greene Sr., a prosperous Quaker merchant and farmer. Greene was descended from John Greene and Samuel Gorton , both of whom were founding settlers of Warwick. Greene had two older half-brothers from his father's first marriage and was one of six children born to Nathanael and Mary. Due to religious beliefs, Greene's father discouraged book learning, as well as dancing and other activities. Nonetheless, Greene convinced his father to hire
6320-457: Was unable to closely control events in Virginia from South Carolina. Lafayette heeded Greene's advice to avoid combat, but his force only narrowly escaped destruction at the July 1781 Battle of Green Spring . In August, Washington and French general Rochambeau left New York for Yorktown, intent on inflicting a decisive defeat against Cornwallis. Washington laid siege to Cornwallis at Yorktown, and Cornwallis surrendered on October 19. Yorktown
6400-630: Was widely regarded as a disastrous defeat for the British, and many considered the war to have effectively ended in late 1781. The governments of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia each voted Greene liberal grants of lands and money, including an estate called "Boone's Barony" in Bamberg County, South Carolina , and Mulberry Grove Plantation near Savannah. Nonetheless, the British still controlled New York, Savannah, and Charleston, and Greene still contended with Loyalist militias who sought to destabilize Continental control. With American finances in
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