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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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