Carolina QuotesI have just completed a brigade return for the vacancies in the different regiments. My brigade is so dispersed that it is difficult getting returns seasonably. I should have made this return yesterday, but could not get Colonel Hand's until last evening.
Nathanael Greene Connected to the Carolinas
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- Letter to George Washington (July 1776)
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