Major Jonathan Bratton

He's not the Charles Lee, who is also one of Washington's subordinates, who's very loud mouth.

He's also one of Washington's few generals who does not believe that he can do Washington's job better than Washington.

Green is your pinch hitter.

He's your go-to guy.

If things are messed up,

He's the one that you turn to to un-mess it up.

He's got a Quaker background coming out of Rhode Island.

He sort of eschews his family's Quakerism, ruins it by joining the Rhode Island militia as a young man, the Kentish Guards.

He doesn't have a crazy military background by the time of the revolution, but he is a able organizer and administrator.

And so he when he brings in Rhode Island troops during the siege of Boston and then when Washington takes over the army in July of 1775, this new weird formation called the Continental Army.

He recognizes very quickly, you know, who works and who doesn't, who's got the knowledge and who doesn't.

And Green is one who stands out almost immediately in Washington, you know, recognizes that with a brigade command.

And then he's going to continue recognizing, you know, what do we say is the reward for competency?

More work, right?

That is Nathaniel Green's talent.

So I think we really need to look for both of them at the New York, Manhattan, Long Island campaign of 70 and 76, that summer and fall.

That is so formative for both of them.

Both of them go into that campaign with certain preconceived notions.

One of them is, hey, we can hold positions through fortifications.

We can basically strong point this war and force the British to maneuver in other directions.