Major Jonathan Bratton

That is absolute failure.

Forts Washington and Lee.

Fort Washington is seized.

Fort Lee is abandoned, nearly almost taken.

And both of those, both Washington and Green, play a role in these losses.

Washington saying, hey, I'm not sure we can do this.

Green saying, no, no, we can definitely hold these fortifications.

This is going to cause almost 4,000 continentals to

be lost to a prisoner of war ships in the Hudson and off Long Island, where many of them will die of starvation and mistreatment, et cetera.

And this is the key to, for both of them, the light goes on of, okay, no, we can't do this.

If we want to win, we need to be mobile.

We need to not rely on fixed positions.

And we need to be mobile.

We have to have a quartermaster and supply system that allows us to match the mobility that the Royal Navy gives the British Army.

And so to do that, Washington turns to poor Green and says, hey, man, hey, you're going to be my quartermaster.

Not a glamorous role, but it's incredibly important.

You know, the quartermaster provides all your food, all your equipment, your ammunition, etc.,

And as Greene will famously say, no one ever heard of a quartermaster in history.

So he got this great wry sense of humor as well.

As he then takes over Washington's logistics system, sets up an entire network of depots and arsenals to be able to allow Washington freedom of movement for his army between the Hudson Highlands down to Philadelphia.