Автор: Lawrence E. Babits, Joshua B. Howard
Название: Long, Obstinate, and Bloody:The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Издательство: University of North Carolina Press
Год : 2009
Формат: pdf,rar+3%
Размер: 9.5 MB
Язык: английский
Страниц: 321
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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.
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