Partisans and Redcoats

by Edgar Walter, B.

• ISBN13: 9780380806430
• ISBN10: 0380806436
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-11
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

From one of the South's foremost historians, this is the dramatic story of the conflict in South Carolina that was one of the most pivotal contributions to the American Revolution. In 1779, Britain strategised a war to finally subdue the rebellious American colonies with a minimum of additional time, effort, and blood. Setting sail from New York harbour with 8,500 ground troops, a powerful British fleet swung south towards South Carolina. One year later, Charleston fell. And as King George's forces pushed inland and upward, it appeared the sixyearold colonial rebellion was doomed to defeat. In a stunning work on forgotten history, acclaimed historian Walter Edgar takes the American Revolution far beyond Lexington and Concord to recreate the pivotal months in a nation's savage struggle for freedom. It is a story of military brilliance and devastating human blunders and the courage of an impossibly outnumbered force of demoralised patriots who suffered terribly at the hands of a merciless enemy, yet slowly gained confidence through a series of small triumphs that convinced them their war could be won. Alive with incident and colour.

Author Biography

Walter Edgar has authored or edited nine books on the American South. He is the George Washington Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: America's First Civil War: The South Carolina Backcountry, 1775-1782	p. xi
The South Carolina Backcountry: Taming the Southern Frontier	p. 1
In the Eye of the Storm: The Revolution in South Carolina, 1775-1779	p. 26
The Storm Surge Hits: The Revolution in South Carolina, 1779-1780	p. 48
The Tide Turns: The Battle of Huck's Defeat	p. 66
July-October 1780: The Beginning of the End	p. 88
"No Quarter!": The Desperate Struggle in the South Carolina Backcountry	p. 122
Huck's Defeat and American Independence	p. 139
Chronology	p. 147
Glossary	p. 151
Biographical Information	p. 155
Notes	p. 161
Index	p. 189
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