Long, obstinate, and bloody : the Battle of Guilford Courthouse /

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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. H...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Babits, Lawrence Edward
Otros Autores: Howard, Joshua B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Temas:
1775-1783
Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781.
Bataille de Guilford Court House, Car. du N., 1781.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
Military campaigns
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns.
North Carolina > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Campagnes et batailles.
Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution)
North Carolina
United States
History
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and index.
ISBN:9780807887677
0807887676
9781469605944
1469605945

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