From Savannah to Yorktown : The American Revolution in the South

by Lumpkin, Henry

• ISBN13: 9780595000975
• ISBN10: 0595000975
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Iuniverse Inc

Author Biography

Henry Lumpkin was a military historian with the United States European Command and Naval Academy. He was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Introduction The War Begins	1	(9)
The British Attack on Charleston, 28 June 1776	10	(9)
The Cherokee War	19	(8)
Savannah, 1778-1779	27	(14)
Sir Henry Clinton's Capture of Charleston, 1780	41	(10)
The Loyalists in the South	51	(6)
The Battle of Camden, 16 August 1780	57	(11)
Brigadier General Francis Marion	68	(12)
The Fighting Partisans of the Backcountry	80	(11)
The Battle of King's Mountain, 7 October 1780	91	(14)
The Battle of Blackstocks, 20 November 1780	105	(11)
The Battle of Cowpens, 17 January 1781	116	(19)
Weapons and Uniforms	135	(28)
The North Carolina Campaign and Guilford Court House	163	(13)
The Battle of Hobkirk Hill, 25 April 1781	176	(10)
The Capture of Augusta and the Seige of Ninety Six	186	(20)
Quinby Bridge, 17 July 1781	206	(6)
The Battle of Eutaw Springs, 8 September 1781	212	(10)
The Yorktown Campaign---First Phase	222	(12)
The Yorktown Campaign---Second Phase	234	(12)
Why the British Lost the War in the South	246	(7)
Chronology of the Revolution, 1775-1783	253	(27)
Appendix	280	(33)
Selected Bibliography	313	(9)
Index	322