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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Babits, Lawrence Edward
Otros Autores: Howard, Joshua B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Military campaigns.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Bataille de Guilford Court House, Car. du N., 1781.
Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781.
United States.
North Carolina.
Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution)
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Campagnes et batailles.
North Carolina > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns.
History.
Electronic books.
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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 (320 pages): illustrations, maps, plans
ISBN:9781469605944

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