The Quaker and the Gamecock : Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and the Revolutionary War for the soul of the South / Andrew Waters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waters, Andrew, 1970- author.

Contributor:

Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States.

History.

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.

Greene, Nathanael.

Sumter, Thomas, 1734-1832.

Sumter, Thomas.

Physical Description:

xviii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Havertown, Pennsylvania : Casemate Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

In late 1780, the most prominent and powerful military commander in the South was Thomas Sumter, brigadier general of the South Carolina militia and commander of South Carolina's irregular militia forces. So when Nathanael Greene became commander of the Southern Continental Army, he knew success depended on his ability to win over Sumter. While initially correspondence between the pair was cordial, relations quickly soured. Yet however troubled their relationship, both knew they needed the other to defeat the British. The story of Nathanael Greene and Thomas Sumter is set against the backdrop of the American Revolution's last gasp--the effort to extricate a British occupation force form the wild and lawless South Carolina frontier.

Contents:

Gamecock

Quaker general

Winter of discontent

Sumter's rounds

Sumter's law - War of posts

Fight, get beat, rise, fight again

Partisan games

Ninety-Six

The dog days expedition

Eutaw Springs

Bitter ends

The People versus Nathanael Greene.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (pages 211-213) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Maryann B. Sudo CW'63 and John B. Baxter, Jr., American History Fund.

ISBN:

1612007813

9781612007816

OCLC:

1089415000

Publisher Number:

99982697159