ution he was appointed captain,
and took part in the battle of White Plains. He was promoted to the
rank of major in 1777, and fought at Germantown and Monmouth. He
became lieutenant-colonel of the 5th Maryland regiment of infantry in
1779, and served in the South under Generals Gates, Greene, and
Morgan, taking a brilliant part in every engagement. At the victory of
the Cowpens he held in his hands at one time the swords of seven (p. 049)
British officers who had surrendered to him. For his services in
this battle Congress awarded him a silver medal. He was colonel of the
2d Maryland regiment at Eutaw Springs. At the close of the war he
retired to Baltimore, and was governor of Maryland, 1789-1792, and
United States senator, 1796-1803 When a war with France was expected
in 1797, he was selected by General Washington for one of his
brigadier-generals. He organized the defence of Baltimore in 1814, and
died in that city, October 12, 1827.

No. 11. (p. 050)
PLATE XI.

_September 8, 1781._

Nathanieli Green egregio duci Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Salus
regionum australium.

MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE.

[_Victory of Eutaw Springs._]

NATHANIELI GREEN (_sic_) EGREGIO DUCI COMITIA AMERICANA. (_The
American Congress to Nathaniel Greene, a distinguished general._) Bust
of General Greene, in uniform, facing the left.

SALUS REGIONUM AUSTRALIUM. (_The safety of the southern regions._) A
winged Victory holds a crown of laurel in her right hand, and a palm
branch in her left; one foot is resting on a trophy of arms and flags
of conquered enemies. Exergue: HOSTIBUS AD EUTAW DEBELLATIS DIE VIII
SEPT (_Septembris_) MDCCLXXXI. (_The enemy vanquished at Eutaw on the
8th of September, 1781._) DUPRE.[45]

[Footnote 45: See INTRODUCTION, pages x, xi, xiii,
xvi, xvii, xviii, xxi, xxviii, xxxv; B, xxxvi; C,
xli; F, xlv; and H, xlvii.]

The legend of the reverse of this medal, as originally proposed by the
French Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres was, SALUS
PROVINCIARUM AUSTRALIUM.

NATHANIEL GREENE was born at Potowhommet, Warwick County, Rhode
Island, May 27, 1742. He began life as a blacksmith, but entered the
"Kentish Guards" as a private in 1774. He was made brigadier-general
of the Rhode Island contingent to the army before Boston, in May, 1775,
and a brigadier-general in the Co