JOHN EAGER HOWARD was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, June 4, 1752. On the breaking out of the Revolution he was appointed captain, and took part in the battle of White Plains. He was promoted to the rank of major in 1777, and fought at Germantown and Monmouth. He became lieutenant-colonel of the 5th Maryland regiment of infantry in 1779, and served in the South under Generals Gates, Greene, and Morgan, taking a brilliant part in every engagement. At the victory of the Cowpens he held in his hands at one time the swords of seven (p. 049) British officers who had surrendered to him. For his services in this battle Congress awarded him a silver medal. He was colonel of the 2d Maryland regiment at Eutaw Springs. At the close of the war he retired to Baltimore, and was governor of Maryland, 1789-1792, and United States senator, 1796-1803 When a war with France was expected in 1797, he was selected by General Washington for one of his brigadier-generals. He organized the defence of Baltimore in 1814, and died in that city, October 12, 1827. No. 11. (p. 050) PLATE XI. _September 8, 1781._ Nathanieli Green egregio duci Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Salus regionum australium. MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE. [_Victory of Eutaw Springs._] NATHANIELI GREEN (_sic_) EGREGIO DUCI COMITIA AMERICANA. (_The American Congress to Nathaniel Greene, a distinguished general._) Bust of General Greene, in uniform, facing the left. SALUS REGIONUM AUSTRALIUM. (_The safety of the southern regions._) A winged Victory holds a crown of laurel in her right hand, and a palm branch in her left; one foot is resting on a trophy of arms and flags of conquered enemies. Exergue: HOSTIBUS AD EUTAW DEBELLATIS DIE VIII SEPT (_Septembris_) MDCCLXXXI. (_The enemy vanquished at Eutaw on the 8th of September, 1781._) DUPRÉ.[45] [Footnote 45: See INTRODUCTION, pages x, xi, xiii, xvi, xvii, xviii, xxi, xxviii, xxxv; B, xxxvi; C, xli; F, xlv; and H, xlvii.] The legend of the reverse of this medal, as originally proposed by the French Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres was, SALUS PROVINCIARUM AUSTRALIUM.