02873nam 2200613Ia 450 991080735550332120240501043449.01-4696-0594-50-8078-8767-6(CKB)1000000000794351(EBL)454801(OCoLC)499761997(SSID)ssj0000339939(PQKBManifestationID)11267184(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000339939(PQKBWorkID)10364794(PQKB)10385247(OCoLC)966771199(MdBmJHUP)muse48670(Au-PeEL)EBL454801(CaPaEBR)ebr10310775(MiAaPQ)EBC454801(MiAaPQ)EBC4322158(EXLCZ)99100000000079435120080828d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLong, obstinate, and bloody the Battle of Guilford Courthouse /Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20091 online resource (321 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-0988-6 0-8078-3266-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 preGuilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781North CarolinaHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781.975.6/62975.662Babits Lawrence Edward488265Howard Joshua B1704313MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807355503321Long, obstinate, and bloody4090214UNINA