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Guilford Courthouse 1781
Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory
Guilford Courthouse 1781
Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory
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A compact volume on Cornwallis's Pyrrhic victory in North Carolina, featuring illustrations throughout.
By the Spring of 1781, the American Revolutionary War had dragged on for almost six years and the outcome still hung in the balance. When the British commander Lord Cornwallis launched his invasion of North Carolina in early 1781, his objective was to destroy General Nathaniel Greene's American army. At Guilford Courthouse on 15 March 1781 the two armies met. In a desperately hard-fought battle the small but professional British army succeeded in fighting its way through three separate lines of American troops – but at a dreadful cost. Cornwallis lost over a quarter of his command.
When news of the 'victory' reached Britain, a politician remarked; 'Another such victory would ruin the British army'. With the help of maps and illustrations throughout, Angus Konstam goes through the battle and its aftermath in detail.
Table of Contents
Chronology
The Opposing Commanders
The Opposing Forces
Opposing Plans
The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Further Reading
Index
Product details
| Published | May 20 2013 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781846035647 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 91 b/w; 14 col |
| Series | Campaign |
| Short code | CAM 109 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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