George Washington's Leadership During The American Revolution

Essay 1
During the early period of the American Revolution it was noticed that George Washington was facing hatred about his leadership roles. Washington’s job was on the line for many early parts of war, Washington wasn’t the exact favorite in getting the job because of his lack of experience. In the book Washington’s Crossing by David Fischer Washington showed great military tactics by crossing the Delaware River to take on the Hessians in the city of Trenton. Washington would later overcome all odds on becoming one of the most famous military men that our country has ever had. Washington faced hatred on his military leadership of the Continental Army. To the men of “The Conway Cabal,” Washington was not the right man to be leading the major
He was one guy who stuck by Washington the entire time through his ups and downs (Notes). Greene is very important because not only did he side with Washington when hardly anybody else did, he was also the leader of the “Southern Army” which slowed down the British during their southern campaigns. He was leading the men during Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse which was lost but the British took an incredible amount of casualties, both were important battles during the Revolution. Baron Von Steuben was a very smart leader and very tactical man. At first it was weird how Congress almost immediately appointed him as being the man to train the troops of the Continental army when he was from another country (Notes). He trained the men on how the British fought and how to maneuver in the battlefield. He would also later help Nathanael Greene during the southern battles. Lord Cornwallis was a high ranked British general who was basically the George Washington of the British army. He led troops to defeat Nathanael Greene at Guilford Courthouse, but lost a lot of men. He was a pain in the rear to the Americans because of how many battles he was in and how successful he was throughout the war. The Siege of Yorktown was the last battle of the American Revolution and he lost to George Washington when he was surrounded and forced to surrender which allowed independence for