Not Your Father's Founders (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
The fact that he gained most of his military training through books rather than practical experience set him apart from most other military leaders in the Revolutionary War. However he acquired it, his military knowledge paid off later when he became one of George Washington’s most trusted generals, capping a meteoric rise for the former member of the Rhode Island General Assembly and militiaman in a local company called the Kentish Guards. On-the-Job Training Greene was one of four Rhode Islanders to rush to Boston to offer his services after the battles at Lexington and Concord in April 1775. Shortly thereafter, the Rhode Island General Assembly authorized a force of 1,600 troops to travel to Massachusetts and appointed Greene to lead them. The Assembly was taking a chance. Greene’s military experience to that point amounted to what he had learned from books in his large personal library and a bit of training with the Kentish Guards. That proved to be enough. When Washington arrived in Boston to take command of the American troops, he and Greene bonded immediately.
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