ntinental Army, June 22, 1775, and
remained in active service throughout the war. In 1776 he commanded in
Long Island as a major-general; and fought at Trenton, Princeton, the
Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Newport, and Springfield. He was
quartermaster-general from March 2, 1778, to August, 1780; and was
commander of the army, in September, when Arnold's treason was
discovered. The same year he was appointed commander-in-chief of (p. 051)
the southern department, retook the two Carolinas and Georgia, and won
the battle of Eutaw Springs, September 8, 1781, for which victory
Congress gave him a vote of thanks and a gold medal. After the war he
removed to a plantation, which the State of Georgia had given him, on
the Savannah river, and died there of a sunstroke, June 19, 1786.

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.

_Resolutions of Congress Voting a Medal to General Greene, etc._

BY THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.

_Resolved_, That the thanks of the United States in Congress
assembled, be presented to Major-General Greene for his wise,
decisive, and magnanimous conduct in the action of the 8th of
September last, near the Eutaw Springs, in South Carolina, in
which, with a force inferior in number to that of the enemy, he
obtained a most signal victory.

That the thanks of the United States in Congress assembled, be
presented to the officers and men of the Maryland and Virginia
brigades, and Delaware battalion of continental troops, for the
unparalleled bravery and heroism by them displayed, in advancing
to the enemy through an incessant fire, and charging them with an
impetuosity and ardour that could not be resisted.

That the thanks of the United States in Congress assembled, be
presented to the officers and men of the legionary corps and
artillery, for their intrepid and gallant exertions during the
action.

That the thanks of the United States in Congress assembled, be
presented to the brigade of North Carolina for their resolution
and perseverance in attacking the enemy, and sustaining a
superior fire.

That the thanks of the United States in Congress assembled, be
presented to the officers and men of the state corps of South
Carolina, for the zeal, activity, and firmness by them exhibited
throughout the engagement.

That the thanks of the United S