Long, obstinate, and bloody : the Battle of Guilford Courthouse / Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Babits, Lawrence Edward.

Contributor:

Howard, Joshua B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781.

North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

North Carolina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

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 pre

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-393-6

979-88-908846-7-1

1-4696-0594-5

0-8078-8767-6

OCLC:

499761997