Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01302 Author/Creator: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 December 1781 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 33.2 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Written by Major General Greene to Brigadier General Knox. Marked "private" on address leaf. References Knox's letter of 1 November 1781. Praises Knox and passes along the accolades of Colonel "Light-Horse" Henry Lee "who lately returned from the Northern Army [who] says you are the genius of it and that everything is said of you that you can wish." Calls Knox's operations in Virginia, "brilliant, glorious, great and important." Reports that the spirits of the Southern Army are congenial. Hopes to be able to see him soon when there is an official peace. Says the success in Virginia "gives me the most flattering hopes that this winter will terminate the war." Says the British have been pushed into Charleston and Savannah and that the Southern Army controls the rest of the region. Says this was done without any reinforcements, as General Arthur St. Clair will not arrive for some time. Says he has letters from Philadelphia that say his wife is traveling southward to be with him. Worries about the long trip she will undertake. Postscript says "Dont be surprised if you hear I attempt the siege of Charles town nor must you be disappointed greatly should we fail."
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