Long, obstinate, and bloody [[electronic resource] ] : the Battle of Guilford Courthouse / / Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard

• Autore: Babits Lawrence Edward
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.6/62
• Soggetto topico: Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781
• Soggetto geografico: North Carolina History Revolution, 1775-1783
• Altri autori: HowardJoshua B
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 pre
• Titolo autorizzato: Long, obstinate, and bloody
• ISBN: 1-4696-0594-5; 0-8078-8767-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778482503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II