The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-01
GREENE'S REMAINS SURE.
Photograph of the COfiin PInte Sets
All Doubt at Rest.

There can now be no further question
that the remains found in the old Jones
vault in Colonial Park are those of Maj.
| Gen. Nathaniel Greene. Mr.. VIM. Har-
den yesterday received a photograph of
the coffin plate which sets all conjecture
on this point at rest as the name, age
and date of death are those of Gen.
! Greene.
The photograph is rather a small one,
hut large enough to show quite plainly
the following inscription, most of which
was undecipherable before the plate was
cleaned Nathaniel Greene-Obit June 10,
l7S6-AE "A Years"
The following letter from George w.
Olney, secretary Of the Rhode Island Gin
cinnati, accompanied the photograph:
mo IS William street, New York, May
%, 19Ol.-Hon. William Harden Savannah,
Ga. My Dear Sir; At the request of the
president of the Rhide Island Society of
the Cincinnati, | inclose a Photographic
copy of the plate taken from the coffin
of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene at the
time of the discovery of his remains at
Savannah last February With pleasure
/ also hand you roster of this military
society which has just been completed. 1
have the honor to be very respectfully
yours. George w. Olney."
That the interest in the discovery of
Gen. Greene's remains is still alive is
instanced by the fact that only a short
time ago letter was written from New
York to Mr.. Harden, asking for infor-
nation Of this subject, as the writer was
editing for publication a work in which
information of Gen. Greene would be of
value.
Gen. Greenes remains now repose in
the safety deposit vault of the Southern
Bank, and the matter of their final dis
position is still unsettled.
Rhode Island has started a movement
Tor the erection of a monument to Gen
Greene, one of its most distinguished sons.
The Sons of the American Revolution and
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton have named joint committee to take
charge of funds. June has been set
apart in Rhode Island as Nathaniel
Greene Memorial Day, with the object of
afording an opportunity 90 all the citi-
zens of the state to express by appropri-
ate exercises their appreciation of the dis
ttngutshed services of Gen. Greene and to
aid in awakening public interest in and
giving encouragement to the movement to
erect the monument, which will stand in
the Rhode Island State House or it's
grounds. The following will be interest
ing as summary of the principal events
in the life of Gen. Greene:
Nathaniel Greene, born at Potowomut,
Warwick, r. l., Aug. Z, 1742, (July q, o.
50; died at Mulberry Grove, near Savan-
nah, Ga, June 10, 17S6. Member of the
Rhode Island General Assembly, ITO
Charter member of<the Kentish Guards,
IVA Married Catherine Littetield. July 20,
IVA. Chosen Brigadier General of the
Rhode Island Army of Observation, May
8, 1U5. In Command of Boston, March "a
l776 In command ON Long Island April
70, lT76. Promoted to rank of major gem
eral, October 1776 In command in the
Jerseys, October, 1776. Appointed quarter
master general, March 2, ITS. In the
Rhode Island expedition, August, ITS Re
signs as quartermaster general, July &C.
1880. President of the court-martial at
the trial of Andre, Sept. 20, 1880. In com
mand at West Point. Oct. 6, 1880. Appoint
ed commander of the Army in the South
ern Department, Oct. A. 1880. Wins battle at
Guildford Court House, March, 15 1881
Compeis CORVALLIS to retreat from the
South, March 10, 1881. Battle of Hob
kinks Hill, April o. 1881. Siege of Nine
ty-Six, May %, June 10, 1881 Victory at
Eutaw Springs. Sept. s. 1881 Thanked by
the General Assembly of South Carolina
Jan. Is, 1852. Triumphal entry into
Charleston, Dec. IA, 1852. Received gifts
of money and land from Georgia and the
Carolinas, 1882. Congress resolved to
erect statue to Gen Greene, 1856. Statue
erected in accordance with this resolution.
1871, in Sherman Square, Washington ID.
G. State of Georgia erects a monument
in Johnson Square, Savannah, LAFAYETTE
laying the corner stone March 81 1926.
Rhode Island places a statue in Memorial
Han, In the Capitol, at Washington, d.