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CALDWELL, Charles. Memoirs of the Life and Campaigns of the Hon. Nathanael Greene, Major General in the Army of the United States, and Commander of the Southern Department, in the War of the Revolution. Philadelphia: Robert Desilver, 1819. xxiii,[1],452pp. plus two folding facsimiles. Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Covers and spine worn, top of spine chipped. Later ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Lightly tanned with moderate foxing and some dampstaining. Lacks portrait and errata. A near-good copy. SABIN 9897. HOWES C21, "a." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 47494. A biography of the General, with descriptions of many of the major battles of the Revolution, in which he played a significant role.

Frontis portrait, 2 facsimile letters and 18 extra unique engraved portraits of generals and others associated with General Greene Major-General Nathanael Greene (August 7 [O.S. July 27] 1742 – June 19, 1786) 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 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 the… Read More

CALDWELL, Charles. Memoirs of the Life and Campaigns of the Hon. Nathaniel Greene.... Philadelphia: Robert De Silver, 1819. xxiii,[1]451pp. plus two folding facsimiles. Portrait frontispiece. Very good in orig. calf. Howes C-21. Sabin 9897. Shaw & Shoemaker 47494. A biography of the General, with descriptions of many of the major battles of the Revolution, in which he played a significant role.