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The Revolutionary War in the southern back country / James K. Swisher.
Van Pelt Library E230.5.S7 S95 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swisher, James K., 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army.
- History.
- Southern States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
- Southern States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--British forces.
- United States.
- Great Britain. Army--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Great Britain.
- South Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
- South Carolina.
- North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
- North Carolina.
- Georgia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
- Georgia.
- Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
- Virginia.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns.
- Physical Description:
- 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gretna : Pelican Pub. Co., 2008.
- Summary:
- This book comprehensively describes the events that led to the climax and eventual demise of the British campaign of the Revolutionary War, when relatively small armies of men waged a ferocious series of battles in the southern theater. The introductory chapter presents the British and Hessian employment of the 18th-century European method of warfare and the ways it contrasted with the colonial army's diverse and constantly changing fighting styles. The subsequent nine chapters detail the principal military efforts of the British in the south, their capture of seaports, movement in the back country, and the critical winter campaign of 1780-81. This almost forgotten campaign and its trilogy of intense clashes at Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Guilford Court House proved pivotal to American independence.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Clash at Point Pleasant 21
- Chapter 2 The Cherokee War of 1776 53
- Chapter 3 Thunder on Spring Hill 85
- Chapter 4 The Redcoats Return to Charles Town 111
- Chapter 5 The Battle of Camden 143
- Chapter 6 The Rise of Partisan Warfare 173
- Chapter 7 Battle at Kings Mountain 203
- Chapter 8 The Fight at Hannah's Cowpens 243
- Chapter 9 Duel in North Carolina 273.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-356) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589805033
- 1589805038
- OCLC:
- 154685902
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