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@meliplay Says:
Nathanael is my 5th great grandfather.
@ronaldedson496 Says:
Nathaniel Green was not in portrait with George Washington, Von stueben and marquis de Lafayette. Mine was Leonard Baumgardner 1755 1839.
@marymarywhyyabuggin Says:
I have finally discovered THE hands-down BEST Simon Whistler video of all time.
Edited to add: Whistler, how could you miss the Double-Envelopment pulled off by the Patriots at the Cowpens 😩
@danwallach8826 Says:
Maj. Gen. George S. Greene, who with his brigade successfully defended Culp's Hill through all three days of the Gettysburg campaign, was second cousin to Nathanel Greene.
@chriseidam7319 Says:
Very well done.
For the life of me I cannot figure out why several famous Rhode Islanders have not had biographic films made of them.
One would be Greene.
Another would be Roger Williams, the most influential colonial American in the history of the Americas.
And there are the two guys who actually launched the American Revolution - John Brown and Abraham Whipple, of Providence. Together they created the Rhode Island Navy that started fighting the crown's ships as early as 1772, starting with the burning of the HMS Gaspee revenue cutter.
There were eight more ships that the Rhode Islanders captured, sank, or burned, all before Lexington and Concord.
The whole reason that the king was cracking down on the colonies was because of Rhode Islanders fighting back against unlawful seizure of cargos, and to be truthful, evading taxes that were owed to the crown. I would imagine that the R.I. Navy lost at least as many ships in the naval battles of Narragansett Bay.
On a footnote, Greene's widow was an uncredited co-inventor of the cotton gin with Eli Whitney.
Lastly, not enough people know how bad it was in the Southern Campaign for the American volunteers. If you read Greene's account of that campaign, he writes about how a third of his army had no clothes and no shoes whatsoever. Yes, a third of his army was fighting naked.
Supplies were so sparse in the South, in part because it was a Tory stronghold, that Greene's soldiers were eating tree bark, acorns, insects and making hemlock tree tea for vitamin C. That's a story that needs to be told in vivid detail in a movie.
There's good reason why so many places are named after Greene throughout the South.
@emilyloup1844 Says:
I just found out that I'm distantly related to Nathaniel Greene, and I just had to look him up. This is the first video that popped up.
@aviation1776 Says:
Thaddeus Kościuszko
@LadyCaroline123 Says:
What’s going on here? Is “that ludicrous display …. tried to walk it in” an inside joke for fans of The IT Crowd?
@LeonSono Says:
I'm very prideful knowing I'm a direct descendant of this man
@brandonthefirst Says:
Love the IT Crowd reference
@mikepierce5621 Says:
Simon, have you ever done a video on Benedict Arnold or Robert Rogers?
@gregglouis2969 Says:
This is my great ect ect uncle.
@ryand730 Says:
There’s a statue of Nathaniel Greene on the street that I live on in Washington DC.
@ehrldawg Says:
Up next;John J Pershing
@briandoss9232 Says:
That orchard sounds awesome.
@cjharvie7240 Says:
Didn't fail to notice the IT Crowd ref drop at 14:00.
@childishbrandino3891 Says:
I am a living relative of Nathaniel Greene!!!
@Lodrik18 Says:
Nathanael Greenes guerilla warfire was then the model for "The Patriot"?
@theoutdoorhistorian Says:
Awesome video. I’m the Vice President of the board that operates Spell Hall.
@patrickperalta59 Says:
I agree about what is mentioned about keeping the children calm.
@theworm1199 Says:
Simon: "Nathaniel Greene"
My Hamilton fan mind: and Henry Knox tried to hire you
@TheBleuFairy Says:
No, Simon, no. Eli Whitney did not invent the cotton gin. Yes, he did patent it, but not his idea. That came from a black slave. Since they were not considered full persons- could not obtain a patent. Not the first fraud on that level. Do not even get me started on Shakespeare!!!
@VinnyS9143101982 Says:
Ironic that a Quakers widow tutored a guy who invented something that (intended or otherwise) helped slavery
@steffimago5524 Says:
Leon Henderson who spearheaded the handling on inflation in 1941
@bigwoody4704 Says:
any relation to Red Greene?
@jakeashell9906 Says:
I love the it crowd reference in relation to Gates
@JonGreene-dg1dl Says:
I am a direct descendant of General Greene. It's always nice to learn more about one's familly history.
@danielmartinez9933 Says:
Make an episode about Vicente Guerrero! He abolished slavery in Mexico.
@anha8953 Says:
Found out I'm related to him a couple years ago, didn't know much about him so this is really helpful to learn more about my relatives.
@evancauler789 Says:
I learned I’m a direct descendant of Nathanael Greene. Much of our family still lives in Rhode Island today
@jaysonpida5379 Says:
He's the one that burned NYC down for Washington during the continental army's desperate escape/retreat out of the city.
@edwardhenseleit5887 Says:
Can you do william mayo of the mayo clinic
@valmid5069 Says:
*“We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again"* -Nathaniel Greene
@lil_cr3tin Says:
He did something right at least in scale of his relevancy today
@brianjacobs1283 Says:
I want to know if you will do a video about the Donner Pass/ Donner Family in California? I seriously can't believe you haven't covered this yet as fascinating as it is and what happened there! Especially with the blizzard and weather patterns going on in California right now. I mean cannibalism in America.
@mrshinebox1803 Says:
13:57
-Did you see that ludicrous display at Camden?
-What was Washington thinkin' sendin' Gates in that early?
-That's the thing with Gates. Always tryin' t' walk it in.
@Wallblue21 Says:
can you make a video about any hip hop artist? such as biggie smalls,2pac, jay z, eminem,kanye west
@kellygibson7299 Says:
I’d like to request Sir Frank Whittle.
@Carachannel7 Says:
I'm from Indonesian full support thanks you for the Vidio 😃👍
May i share the Vidio in my country
@edwardhenseleit5887 Says:
Can you do a bio on banjo Paterson
@tdotgang538 Says:
Since you did a Quaker here, could you also do one on The Public Universal Friend? The story is very intriguing to me
@cowboypete2201 Says:
Who was Ngo dihn diem the first proxy president of south Vietnam
@apeters1285 Says:
Simon throwing down facts on my home state of RI, I’ve made it in life!
@nickanthropocene6502 Says:
Please make a video about Jean De Carrouges, the knight who dueled his wife's rapist to the death and won.
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