Show all adz ako n qa U 0 61 a n fa 17 AL POP C 11 J ly j A H by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 4 S ME researches rebe arches archel of our fl historians continue to wake make y clearer an under a if B llie struggle will which I 1 was fast approaching its cli maxin ill 1777 jut just a hundred and fifty years uso 0 ure anil and mure more lap ato hume fume of tile the leb leither lebner ner figures figured lu that conflict col coming laing into inlo the linie lime light and looming luoni ing up as of outstanding in the c ot of the tight tor for liberty particularly is this true of gon gen henry knox and gen nit nil athanael thi greene revile chobo taule abue has for so long breci beail u by tile the all of toil lon so it is gratifying to 1 k guv mik that at last deserved though liolis li tar tardy ay IKI ure are being paid lu 10 both men A short lauie ittie nu iio a group vl of dnita nih tary wea unit and clil lians gathered becore the hie statue of il general greene ersted in it tin kin ind abd there oil i tile d and third ills bartu paid lidmil lid llo wae mii 10 lo li ills now koiv wold that dial a to gou til eral rot km is a umed buted by recent gifts to a fund cunil NIi velch lIi lias hats been raised tor for the pu ion po ito ol of borei ting ling a I 1 re ot it ali i 1 tic he kni filially family 1101 ne in ill 1 r i n maine tuis reon trofi t P 11 A ii mn will lie ile used is as u rolsy t r ir bior he historical and ar ll 11 itrich formerly in like he ril hoine and as a fur for Reo muoi tri ir belleb lel irs so that it will lie ile not my n I 1 ot of maine s pride in ill 0 i ol of hoi distinguished sons but 11 patriotic bl irine as well itell th jh revolute Revo luti f onady careers of henry knox no ind nathanael greene present tine one ul ui those curious paradoxes of fate it calls it a nian man froin B H bilI simple 10 cli cliflon rn iliin flan pursuit and brings out in him in ill military genius unlike Wali wa finkton inton putnam morgan stalk and other prominent leaders ither knox klux nor oreene ii fene had had pro vibul exper lenee in war but when tile hie struggle for liberty opened these thebe iwo new englanders glanders Hn knox the book teller eller in Coin cornhill hill hoston doston and greene tile rhode island blackb blacksmith mith plunged into it at once und and their natural ability tonn boom brought lin night them into prominence no ND luoner oner had washington t taken ikan to minand of the continental atay army and the british liri tish army in costou llian han he appointed knox commander coin mander of tho the artillery knox knos immediately went 10 it where there were binany cannon and t nd a little later the army saw him ride into catap camp fit at the head of 42 sleds sled i drawn by oxen liia VIA eded ded with cannon powder and balls balla lih which to batter down tile the walls of boston around tile hie ears of tile red coats ile he became one of most beloved officers olli cers find and as chief of artillery was vias tits his right hand loan through all ills campaigns lie ile went on that christmas night march to trenton and tits his cannon roared triumphantly antly aly at tile the surprise attack on the hessians in ill salute to one of ing tons toLla greatest victories at the battle battla of princeton it was knobs cannon that swept tile the bridge over which cornwallis bought in VOID vain w k hurl ills his soldiers sold lera against the file continental forces ridd wit them reeling back in detent ue lie was at Brantly ulac and at ger nu town und and in the darl days of valley foige it was knobs cannon which blood guard over the camp ot or so 4 A X ax v SI free freebing rec cing xing starving nicu mcd to prevent a surprise ur prise at attack lus ills guns played an important part too at yorktown for it t nus nua their ceaseless battering of 0 the d eddines tile brought brou glit about de le Wr surrender render of Coin cornwallis wallis mid and the end nd of the war when Wab washington liln ton become became president knox was given the dual port portfolio follo of 0 secretary 0 of war aud navy and when ills cabinet ser services Nices ended lie be retired to thomaston sie me where lie built montpelier in which aich to spend hla his de years jie ile died in and hii w buried on oil the bigl highlands lands overlook ac ahe geor georges 1 I yer for awhile montpelier berged us aa the home ot of his family then it passed into other lands ant and soon became but a shell of its former fornier glory it was torn down und its site occupied by business bulldis bull buildings dir now it Is to be restored on a plot on main street which was purchased by the general knox chapter of the 1 D A it and a lecont gift of by cyrus 11 II K curtis the ilie philadelphia publisher anti and a former resident of thomaston guarantees the completion of tile lie project to make the new a permanent memorial to right hand man and americas america first fere feretory f p detary tary of war the career of nathanael greene Is even more remarkable clial that of 0 knox HN his campaign in the carolinas Caroli lius has boegi apen compared and not enfa mihly to trenton and princeton cabilis cau ilis ga aud and he has been called after washington Washing toli and not far after blin the ablest tactician the most brilliant strategist and the greatest fighter of the RL the man who could lose a battle and win a campaign greene was the son of a quaker preacher and lie he scandalized his brethren of that faith by being union among the first to ado advocate ente forcible resistance to the british king although ne was self belt educated lie he was elected a mem berof the klode island assembly embly in ill 1770 at tile the age of twenty eight at tile the outbreak of tile the war he coll enlisted sted as a prenie in the ithone island troupe troop j but its his rise was so rapid that he 11 e SO soon on found himself a major general and he was waa never out of the service until tho the end cud of the war apemie fought in every battle except one cue in which washington commanded until lie he was ius sent south in although lie he performed brit us as a subordinate under tinder tile the great commander in many of these en ea it 11 was bot until lie took charge of the continental forces in io eduth carolina he hud had an to display tile the military wenlu that entitles entities him to rauk rank not only with the great during the revolution but with the great captains of all time the situation that faced greene green when he took charge in the south was one which might inight well irell have daunted any commander the british had overrun ru georgia and south carolina and with lord cornwallis in command com macd it seemed as though the provinces south of virginia jail had been finally won back to alie crow n greene lacked sufficient men he be lacked money and a all 11 other necessities tor for carrying on war but bat he had bad no sooner taken command than he launched an aggressive campaign which soon had cornwallis cornwall Is worried and as time went on the briton found even more to warry about A whole volume could be written about this campaign and the way in which Greene Datu naturally rally impetuous and dashing became the incarnation of caution and resourcefulness in using his meager forces to the best advantage lie he marched outmatched out outmaneuvered outguessed out guessed and outwitted the british loader leader repeatedly lie he lost battles it is true but the lie final result was waa what counted and in that final result greene was victorious cornwallis after failing to corner greene was forced to retreat to yorktown there he lay while washington prepared to hurt hurl his army like a thunderbolt front from the north slid and deception of sir henry clinton Cl luton the british commander in new york and his rapid march south to crush cornwallis was wag a titling climax to the events of Gr greenes greanes eLnes campaign just how important was the contribution trib ution of this rhode islander to the winning of american independence has been revealed within the past year through researches into his bis papers and let letters which bich havoc bairt been acquired by the william L clements library at the university of michigan these papers place greene in his proper position as the organizer of victory in the revolution says randolph 0 adams custodian dlan of the library without his ser eer tees ices the cause of liberty doi aoi have survived at the close of the war greene returned tin ded to rhode isail island it where here lie was given many honors in 1785 lie he retired to a large estate granted to him by the legisla ture of georgia and there lie died the following year but rhode island which gave him to tile bation claimed him at laal in recent years ills fits bod body was brought brou glit back from georgia all ani re interred to lu tits his natlie so soil rhode island also bought the she greene boma bread at coventry and keeps it as a memorial to tier her greliet greatest it warrior |