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Long, obstinate, and bloody : the Battle of Guilford Courthouse
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Long, obstinate, and bloody : the Battle of Guilford Courthouse

Author: Lawrence Edward Babits; Joshua B Howard
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:  Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Argues that, although the British won the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the losses they sustained were significant enough to force a withdrawal from the state, and were an important factor in their final defeat at Yorktown, which ended the American Revolution.
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lawrence Edward Babits; Joshua B Howard
ISBN: 9780807832660 0807832669
OCLC Number: 245597301
Description: xix, 300 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction: The strategic situation --
The race to the Dan --
From the Dan to Guilford Courthouse --
Greene's army --
The British Army advances --
The first line --
The second line --
The battle within a battle --
The third line --
The aftermath --
The Guilford "crossroads" --
Epilogue --
Appendix A: Order of battle --
Appendix B: Battle casualties --
Appendix C: Postwar location of pensioners by state of service --
Glossary.
Responsibility: Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard.
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Argues that, although the British won the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the losses they sustained were significant enough to force a withdrawal from the state, and were an important factor in their final defeat at Yorktown, which ended the American Revolution.

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