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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Babits, Lawrence Edward
Other Authors: Howard, Joshua B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations, maps, plans
ISBN:9781469605944

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