The Road to Guilford Courthouse by John Buchanan

With a colorful cast of characters.his engaging read for military and American history enthusiasts provides an in-depth review and argument for the criticality of Greene’s contribution to American Independence. Using primary sources along with historian analysis, Buchanan presents a lively chronicle of the arduous fight of the Americans to reclaim Georgia and the Carolinas. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. By the time the British evacuate Charleston―and Greene and his ragged, malaria-stricken, faithful Continental Army enter the city in triumph―the reader has witnessed in telling detail one of the most punishing campaigns of the Revolution, culminating in one of its greatest victories. We also follow the fate of Greene’s tenacious foe, Lieutenant Colonel Francis, Lord Rawdon. Joining Greene is an unforgettable cast of characters―men of strong and, at times, antagonistic personalities―all of whom are vividly portrayed. As his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson during the campaign shows, Greene was also bedeviled by the conflict between war and the rights of the people, and the question of how to set constraints under which a free society wages war. A bloody civil war between Rebels and Tories was wreaking havoc on the South at the time, forcing Greene to address vigilante terror and restore civilian government. Insufficient manpower a constant problem, Greene attempted to incorporate black regiments into his army, a plan angrily rejected by the South Carolina legislature. With a supply line stretching hundreds of miles northward, it revealed much about the crucial military art of provision and transport. Greene’s Southern Campaign was the most difficult of the war. In this long-awaited sequel, Buchanan brings this story to its dramatic conclusion. In The Road to Guilford Courthouse, one of the most acclaimed military histories of the Revolutionary War ever written, John Buchanan explored the first half of the critical Southern Campaign and introduced readers to its brilliant architect, Major General Nathanael Greene.

The Road to Guilford Courthouse by John Buchanan