Nathanael Greene Quote

Should the enemy make any considerable detachments from New York, a larger covering party may be necessary for the State of Connecticut, as I should have more apprehensions of their committing depredations, if they detach, than if they do not; for then they will have nothing left but to play the small game.


Letter to George Washington (November 1779)


Should the enemy make any considerable detachments from New York, a larger covering party may be necessary for the State of Connecticut, as I should...

Should the enemy make any considerable detachments from New York, a larger covering party may be necessary for the State of Connecticut, as I should...

Should the enemy make any considerable detachments from New York, a larger covering party may be necessary for the State of Connecticut, as I should...

Should the enemy make any considerable detachments from New York, a larger covering party may be necessary for the State of Connecticut, as I should...