Hello again guys. How are you doing? I'm glad to know that you guys are fine :). So now I would like to continue our exploration towards unsung heroes and guess what guys, this time we will move to United State of America! So lets get started!
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| Image pictures the war during the American Revolution |
1. NATHANAEL GREENE
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| Greene learnt to be soldier by reading books |
Nathanael Greene was one of military heroes. Born a Quaker, he denied the election as an officer in the Kentish Guard militia that he helped to form because of his pronounced limp.
However, he manage to taught himself to be a great soldier by reading books on military tactics, leadership and fortifications that he purchased. Greene then was appointed the youngest brigadier general in the Continental Army in 1775 and was promoted to major general under Washington the following year. After successes at the Battles of Trenton and Germantown, Greene served ably as a quartermaster after Valley Forge and as commander-in-chief of the Southern Army in a campaign that forced British commander Charles Lord Cornwallis out of the Carolinas as a prelude to Yorktown.
2. JOHN STARK
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| Stark involved in war although he was not a soldier |
When news of the shots fired at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, reached John Stark in New Hampshire the following day, he immediately recruited 400 men and gathered to Boston.
Stark is the 46 years old farmer and sawmill operator at that time. The French and Indian War veteran led his involvement into the Battle of Bunker Hill. He then posted them in a noticeable gap in the defense from which they prevented the British from getting around the American fort. While the patriots ultimately lost the battle, Stark is the factor they inflicted severe casualties on the British. Two years later, Stark’s militia stopped the momentum of the British advance from Canada at the Battle of Bennington.
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