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PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101589805038
ISBN-139781589805033
eBay Product ID (ePID)59951413
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Book TitleRevolutionary War in the Southern Back Country
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Europe / Great Britain / General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorJames Swisher
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-028064
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes1 vol.
SynopsisThis 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., A description of the events that led to the climax and eventual demise of the British campaigns in the Southern theater during the Revolutionary War. The introductory chapter presents the British and Hessian employment of the eighteenth 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 backcountry, and the critical winter campaign of 1780-81. This almost forgotten campaign and its trilogy of intense clashes at Guilford Court House, Cowpens, and Kings Mountain proved pivotal to American independence. The leadership of the armies isolated in the backcountry and left to their own resources for survival is addressed. The British profiles include the admirably courageous direction of Lord Charles Cornwallis, his morally questionable but valorous cavalry commander Banastre Tarleton, as well as a cadre of impressive young officers such as Webster, Stuart, O'Hara, Hall, and Ewall. Swisher's profiles of the Southern colonial army details the genius strategies of Maj.Gen. Nathaneal Greene and the astute backwoods tactical abilities of Daniel Morgan at Cowpens., Small armies of men waged a ferocious series of battles in the southern theater, changing the outcome of the Revolutionary War. When the British effort to subdue the Colonies moved to the southern provinces, the men of Appalachia sought to protect their homes and families. In the winter of 1780-81, the turning point of the southern war occurred in the Carolina back country. A trio of battles occurred at Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Guilford Court House. These clashes proved pivotal to American independence, destroying British army capability in the south and facilitating the American victory at Yorktown.
LC Classification NumberE230.5.S7S95 2008
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