“I rejoice to hear of the defeat of that vile traitor, Major Rogers, and his party of Tories, though I am exceeding sorry to hear it cost us so brave an officer as Major Greene.”

Letter to George Washington (24 October 1776)

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American general in the American Revolutionary War 1742–1786

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