Victory at Yorktown The Campaign That Won the Revolution

by Ketchum, Richard M.

• ISBN13: 9780805073966
• ISBN10: 0805073965
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-04
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Summary

From "the finest historian of the American Revolution" comes the definitive account of the battle and unlikely triumph that led to American independence(Douglas Brinkley) In 1780, George Washington's army lay idle for want of supplies, food, and money. All hope seemed lost until a powerful French force landed at Newport in July. Then, under Washington's directives, Nathanael Greene began a series of hit-and-run operations against the British. The damage the guerrilla fighters inflicted would help drive the enemy to Yorktown, where Greene and Lafayette would trap them before Washington and Rochambeau, supported by the French fleet, arrived to deliver the coup de gracirc;ce. Richard M. Ketchum illuminates, for the first time, the strategies and heroic personalities-American and French-that led to the surprise victory, only the second major battle the Americans would win in almost seven horrific years. Relying on good fortune, daring, and sheer determination never to give up, American and French fighters-many of whom walked from Newport and New York to Virginia-brought about that rarest of military operations: a race against time and distance, on land and at sea. Ketchum brings to life the gripping and inspirational story of how the rebels defeated the world's finest army against all odds.

Author Biography

Richard M. Ketchum is the author of the Revolutionary War classics Decisive Day: The Battle of Bunker Hill; The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton; the award-winning New York Times Notable Book Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War; and, most recently, Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York. He lives in Vermont.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	xi
Prologue	1	(6)
So Much Is at Stake	7	(21)
France Will Turn the Tide	28	(19)
So Hellish a Plot	47	(31)
Beware the Back Water Men	78	(28)
A Little Persevering and Determined Army	106	(29)
Our Deliverance Must Come	135	(25)
A Partial Engagement	160	(33)
Prepare to Hear the Worst	193	(22)
I Propose a Cessation of Hostilities	215	(26)
The Hand of Heaven Displayed	241	(27)
I Now Take Leave of You	268	(25)
Principal Characters	293	(14)
Source Notes	307	(14)
Bibliography	321	(8)
Acknowledgments	329	(4)
Index	333

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