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Birth Of Nathanael Greene
Raised in a Quaker family, Greene focused his studies on mathematics and law. He was later expelled from the Quaker church, which opposes war.
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After the war, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia all awarded Greene large tracts of land and money for his service, some of which he donated to his Southern army. Greene served as president of the Society of the Cincinnati and was twice offered the post of Secretary of War. He refused the post and retired to his estate in Georgia, where he died on June 19, 1786.
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Birth Of Nathanael Greene
Raised in a Quaker family, Greene focused his studies on mathematics and law. He was later expelled from the Quaker church, which opposes war.
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After the war, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia all awarded Greene large tracts of land and money for his service, some of which he donated to his Southern army. Greene served as president of the Society of the Cincinnati and was twice offered the post of Secretary of War. He refused the post and retired to his estate in Georgia, where he died on June 19, 1786.
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