Author : Hugh F. Rankin
Release : 1976
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 198/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Greene and Cornwallis by : Hugh F. Rankin
Download or read book Greene and Cornwallis written by Hugh F. Rankin. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.