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Major General in the Continental Army (1742–1786) who entered the army as a private and rose to become one of Washington's most able and dependable general officers; he is best known for his exploits in the Southern Theater, actions which set the stage for Cornwallis' defeat at Yorktown. Revolutionary War-dated LS signed “Nath. Greene, Q.M.G.,” one page, 7.75 x 12.75, November 12, 1778. Addressed from Camp Fredericksburg in Virginia, a letter to Colonel Ephraim Bowen, Deputy Quartermaster General and Quartermaster General of the Rhode Island militia, in full: “On the receipt of this you will forward me your accounts up to the first of this month also a return of all the stores in your district specifying where deposited, in whose care, and in what condition. These returns are wanted as soon as possible to lay before a Committee of Congress. From this time forward you will make monthly returns of all your disbursements (to the last of each month) of the stores in your district and of the number and occupation of people employed in the Quartermaster General's departm’t.” The address portion of the original mailing envelope, addressed to “Ephraim Bowen Esq’r, DQMG,” is affixed to the lower portion. In very good to fine condition, with mottled light staining, and repairs to some small areas of paper loss.
In the winter of 1777–78, a group of senior Continental Army officers, deemed the Conway Cabal, made several attempts to replace George Washington with General Horatio Gates as commander-in-chief of the Army during the American Revolutionary War. Among the officers was Quartermaster Thomas Mifflin, Washington’s former aide-de-camp whose frequent absences were soon entrusted upon that of Nathanael Greene; on March 2, 1778, at Valley Forge, Greene reluctantly accepted the difficult office of Quartermaster General while retaining all commanding rights. As part of his stipulations, Greene requested that he personally appoint all of his future subordinates, such as Ephraim Bowen, whom Greene commissioned in June 1778. An exceptional letter from the Revolutionary War hero regarding his unenviable task as Army Quartermaster General.
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