A first book in American history with European beginnings . nd taken along on the retreat. When a river was reached,it was an easy matter to put the wheels into the boatsand carry the army safely to the opposite shore. At last Greene and his men came to the Dan River,which was too deep for Cornwallis and his men to in Virginia, General Greene received reinforcementsuntil he felt his army could hold its own with the he went back into North Carolina once more, benton battle with his enemy. Cornwallis, too, was willing and anxious to meet theAmericans. And on March 15th the
A first book in American history with European beginnings . nd taken along on the retreat. When a river was reached,it was an easy matter to put the wheels into the boatsand carry the army safely to the opposite shore. At last Greene and his men came to the Dan River,which was too deep for Cornwallis and his men to in Virginia, General Greene received reinforcementsuntil he felt his army could hold its own with the he went back into North Carolina once more, benton battle with his enemy. Cornwallis, too, was willing and anxious to meet theAmericans. And on March 15th the two armies cametogether at Guilford Court House. It was a furiousand bloody battle. General Greene was defeated. Butthough the English loudly boasted of their victory, theyhad paid dearly for it. So heavy had been Cornwailiss 256 NATHANAEL GREENE losses that he dared not stay where he was. He re-treated therefore nearly as fast as he had come, and madehis way to Wilmington on the shore of North Carolina^From Wilmington,. Cornwallis marched into Touching Off the First Gun at the Siege of Yorktown. Meanwhile, General Greene had begun his campaign toretake South Carolina and Georgia. It was no simplematter; but by patient, tireless effort, he at last won backthe conquered southern states. 257 A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY In marching into Virginia, Cornwallis was unconscious-ly marching toward his surrender. Finally he went toYorktown. Washington came and shut him in, and theRevolution was over. Soon after its close, the State of Georgia gave GeneralGreene a plantation; and to this Georgia plantation hemoved with his family. But his pleasure in his new homewas to be short. In June, 1786, he died of sunstroke, atthe age of forty-four. His boyhood in the forge, the mill, and the field, hadgiven him strength. His efforts to become a scholar hadbroadened his mind. Vast common sense and good tactwere his by nature. A lasting patriotism came to himfrom seeing his country
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