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The Berryman Green Chapter in South Boston, Virginia is in District III of the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution. The chapter is named for Berryman Green, George Washington's quartermaster at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78.
Two years later the war had stagnated in the North and in 1780 the Southern Campaign became the focal point of the conflict. General Nathanael Greene was assigned as the new commander of the Southern Army to stop the invasion of Lord Cornwallis' British Army. The Crossing of the Dan by the Americans resulted in the beginning of the end for the war. This event is being commemorated each year at the site of the crossing near Boyd's Ferry and has been taken on as an annual project for our chapter. |