Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse - Softcover

Babits, Lawrence E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1469609886 ISBN 13: 9781469609881

Publisher: University North Carolina Pr, 2013

Synopsis

On March 15, 1781, the armies of Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis fought one of the bloodiest and most intense engagements of the American Revolution at Guilford Courthouse in piedmont North Carolina. In Long, Obstinate, and Bloody , the first book-length examination of the Guilford Courthouse engagement, Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard piece together what really happened on the wooded plateau in what is today Greensboro, North Carolina, and identify where individuals stood on the battlefield, when they were there, and what they could have seen, thus producing a new bottom-up story of the engagement. |On March 15, 1781, the armies of Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis fought one of the bloodiest and most intense engagements of the American Revolution at Guilford Courthouse in piedmont North Carolina. In Long, Obstinate, and Bloody, the first book-length examination of the Guilford Courthouse engagement, Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard piece together what really happened on the wooded plateau in what is today Greensboro, North Carolina, and identify where individuals stood on the battlefield, when they were there, and what they could have seen, thus producing a new bottom-up story of the engagement.

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Review:

An extraordinarily detailed narrative. It also fills a gap in literature on the war by showcasing a consequential but comparatively understudied Carolina battle.--Raleigh News & Observer

The battle's only full-length monograph. . . . Professional history written in an approachable manner.--Library Journal

Babits's and Howard's most excellent work will be invaluable to any reader interested in the long playing out of Cornwallis's contest with Greene, or in the relationship between battles, campaigns, and the overall strategy by which the American Revolution was decided." --Georgia Historical Quarterly

This book will give you a clearer understanding of this battle than you will find anywhere else. . . . Extremely readable. . . . Maps are crystal clear and very well done.--1776mag.com

THE most definitive description of any engagement of the American Revolution. . . . Will prove to be one of the most thorough works of the 21st century dealing with the American Revolution. . . . Superbly written, edited, and researched, and . . . sets a comprehensive standard that will change the expectations of analysis, source materials, and writing of military history.--Northwest Ohio History

A read through this work will bring an understanding of the events of the day, how they relate to the larger events of the [Revolutionary War], and a sense of what the world was like at that time.--Southern Pines Pilot

A compelling read. . . . Great details from unexpected sources. . . . Another step forward in giving the Revolutionary War its due.--Greensboro News & Record

Illustrations and maps enhance the work. . . . A welcome addition to the library of any serious student of the American Revolution.--On Point

A fine, professional account. . . . A remarkable story . . . Babits and Howard do an excellent job of summing [the battle] up.--Wilmington Star News

Provides an unprecedented level of research and detail. . . . This account of Guilford Courthouse is a welcome and much-needed addition to the body of Revolutionary War military history, and will be the foundation upon which all future research into this engagement is based.--The Journal of Military History

About the Author:

Lawrence E. Babits is professor emeritus of history at East Carolina University.|Joshua B. Howard is an independent scholar.

About this edition

• Publisher: University North Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1469609886
• ISBN 13: 9781469609881
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320