| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The strategic situation -- The race to the Dan -- From the Dan to Guilford Courthouse -- Greene's army -- The British Army advances -- The first line -- The second line -- The battle within a battle -- The third line -- The aftermath -- The Guilford "crossroads" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Order of battle -- Appendix B: Battle casualties -- Appendix C: Postwar location of pensioners by state of service -- Glossary. |
| Summary |
On 15 March 1781, the armies of Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis fought one of the bloodiest and most intense engagements of the American Revolution at the Guilford Courthouse in piedmont North Carolina. Although victorious, Cornwallis declared the conquest of the Carolinas impossible. He made the fateful decision to march into Virginia, eventually leading his army to the Yorktown surrender and clearing the way for American independence. In the first book-length examination of the Guilford Courthouse engagement, Lawrence Babits and Joshua Howard--drawing from hundreds of previously u. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
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North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) |
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Battle of Guilford Courthouse (North Carolina : 1781) |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1783 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Howard, Joshua B.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Babits, Lawrence Edward. Long, obstinate, and bloody. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009 9780807832660 (DLC) 2008037219 (OCoLC)245597301 |
| ISBN |
9780807887677 (electronic book) |
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0807887676 (electronic book) |
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9781469605944 (electronic book) |
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1469605945 (electronic book) |
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0807832669 |
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9780807832660 |
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9781469609881 |
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