February 25

Event:
1781 American general Nathanael Greene crosses the Dan River on his way to his March 15th confrontation with Lord Charles Cornwallis at Guilford Court House, North Carolina.

Birth:
1778 José Francisco de San Martín Matorras, An Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America’s struggle for independence from Spain.

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