Guilford Courthouse 1781: Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

by Angus Konstam

Book Overview

By the Spring of 1781, the American Revolutionary War had dragged on for almost six years and the outcome still hung in the balance. When the British commander Lord Cornwallis launched his invasion of North Carolina in early 1781, his objective was to destroy General Nathaniel Greene's American army. At Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781 the two armies met. In a desperately hard-fought battle the small but professional British army succeeded in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275984613
• ISBN13: 9780275984618
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 7.5"