such a man was nathanael greene. called upon, hamilton added, to act the part on a more splendid and ample theater. of all washington's lieutenants, greene was the only one who possessed the skill, the judgment, and the character to undergo the extreme vicissitudes of the southern campaign and an emerge, he rests now in the pantheon of heroes of the revolution. and a founder of a new nation. thank you so much for listening. [applause] thank you. to think that's a good understanding of what it was like? >> i thought it was good. i thought it was a terrible movie, and i was told that the producer that movie gave gibson a copy of my first book on the southern campaign. i don't think anybody read it. . yes or >> >> could you comment on carleton? >> charleston, i don't even think i mentioned him in this book but he was prominent in the first book. when he was in hot pursuit of an enemy, and this was especially shown in the waxed odds when he caught up with two firsts continental's earlier in the war after the fall of charl

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. >> nathanael greene and the american revolution" describes how general greene reversed a series of losses and eventually defeated the british in the southern theater of the war for independence. next, author and historian john buchanan discusses his new book at the american revolution institute of the society of the cincinnati in washington, d.c.