The early life of Nathanael Greene didn't portend he would become one of Gen. George Washington's most trusted advisers and a key to America's success in the Revolutionary War.
A native of Rhode Island with no formal education outside of his family's ironworks business, Greene's refusal at a young age to adhere to the doctrines of a strict religious group got him unceremoniously booted out. Not long after, Greene was hanging out with a known war deserter and a local militia unit.
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