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Relieve us of this burthen : American prisoners of war in the revolutionary South, 1780-1782 / Carl P. Borick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borick, Carl P., 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners of war.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Prisoners and prisons, British.
- United States.
- History.
- Prisoners of war--United States.
- Prisoners of war--Southern States.
- Prisoners of war--South Carolina.
- Charleston (S.C.)--History--Siege, 1780.
- Charleston (S.C.).
- United States. Continental Army.
- South Carolina. Militia.
- South Carolina.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- The Continentals : escape and despair
- Lord Montagu's recruits
- "Born in affluence and habituated to attendance" : the Continental officers
- Relief and exchange : the Continentals
- "Instances of enormities on both sides" : the militia
- "Concluding the business" : the end of the war
- Montagu's men revisited.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611170399
- 1611170397
- OCLC:
- 733227943
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