Nathanael Greene Quote

There is but one reason for cantoning the eastern troops on the east side of the North River; and that is, they are more convenient to receive their State stores. But this is so trifling a consideration, that it ought to have no weight, when it is opposed to so many more important considerations.


Letter to George Washington (November 1779)


There is but one reason for cantoning the eastern troops on the east side of the North River; and that is, they are more convenient to receive their...

There is but one reason for cantoning the eastern troops on the east side of the North River; and that is, they are more convenient to receive their...

There is but one reason for cantoning the eastern troops on the east side of the North River; and that is, they are more convenient to receive their...

There is but one reason for cantoning the eastern troops on the east side of the North River; and that is, they are more convenient to receive their...