Greene and Cornwallis: The Campaign in the Carolinas

Describes the masterful retreat of Nathanael Greene's Southern Army before Lord Cornwallis's British regulars in the winter of 1781. This retreat culminated in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse (15 March 1781), a battle that severely weakened the British and set the statge for the British surrender at Yorktown.

Author: Hugh F. Rankin
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Published: 01/01/1976
Pages: 99
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.10d
ISBN: 9780865261198

About the Author
Rankin, Hugh F.: - Hugh F. Rankin (1923-1989) was W. R. Irby Professor of History at Tulane University and the author of many outstanding publications on early American and North Carolina history. He earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to eighteen published books, Dr. Rankin contributed essays to numerous edited works and more than fifty articles to various professional journals and reference sources.