Volume CLXXVI • No. 1

The Federal Ledger

Est. 1776 • Digital Archive of the Republic

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Portrait of Nathanael Greene
Rhode Island
Nathanael Greene
The Quaker General

Nathanael Greene

1742–1786 • Rhode Island
Major General

Most Important Quote

“We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.”
— Nathanael Greene

Biography

Self-taught Quaker who became Washington's most trusted general and saved the Southern campaign through strategic retreat.

Stances

Republican, anti-slavery (in principle), pragmatic.

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