True for the Cause of Liberty: The Second Spartan Regiment in the American Revolution

by Catherine Gilbert, Oscar Gilbert, Oscar E. Gilbert, et al.

Following their defeat at Saratoga in upstate New York in 1777, the British decided to implement a Southern Strategy against the American insurgents, a plan to "roll up" the rebellious colonies from Georgia through the Carolinas to Virginia. Instead, they triggered a savage partisan war of raids, ambushes, assassinations, and large pitched battles that rivaled any fought in the northern colonies.

Untrained Patriot militiamen--occasionally stiffened...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612003273
• ISBN13: 9781612003276
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"