From Savannah to Yorktown; The American Revolution in the South

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1981. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11.25 inches. xi, [1], 332, [4] pages. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads For my friend Manigault Capers, with the respects of the author. Henry Lumpkin November 14, 1981. [William Manigault Capers served four years in the US Navy during World War II and reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander. A graduate of the Univ. of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina Law School, he was a member of the American Legion, the South Carolina Bar Association and the National Historical Society. ] Color Frontis. DJ has slight edge wear and soiling. Includes table of contents; Acknowledgments; Illustrations Credits; The War Begins; The British Attack on Charleston; The Cherokee War; Savannah, 1778-1779; Sir Henry Clinton's Capture of Charleston, 1780; The Loyalists in the South; The Battle of Camden, 16 August 1780; Francis Marion; The Battle of Kings Mountain; The Battle of Blackstocks; The Battle of Cowpens; Weapons and Uniforms; The North Carolina Campaign and Guilford Court House; The Battle of Hobkirk Hill, 25 April 1781; The Capture of Augusta and the Siege of Ninety Six; Quinby Bride, 17 July 1781; Battle of Eutaw Springs; The Yorktown Campaign--First Phase; Yorktown Campaign--Second Phase; Why the British Lost the War in the South. Also contains Chronology of the Revolution, 1775--1783. Also includes Appendix and Selected Bibliography, as well as an index. Henry Lumpkin was a military historian with the United States European Command. He was Professor Emeritus at the Univ. of South Carolina. Sketches many of the colorful field commanders, discusses the weaponry and uniforms, and unfolds the battle events, strategy, and tactics during the American Revolution. Bloodshed in the American Revolution began in Massachusetts and ended in South Carolina. That the last major action of the war occurred in the South was no accident. The British regarded the South as their best chance of crushing the rebellion, and a southern strategy governed British military campaigning during the decisive years from 1778 to 1781. How that strategy failed in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia is answered in this highly readable military history, which carries the reader from the early backcountry skirmishes to the climactic triumph at Yorktown. From Savannah to Yorktown sketches many of the colorful field commanders, discusses the weaponry and uniforms, and, above all, unfolds the battle events, strategy, and tactics. Well-illustrated with maps, portraits, battle scenes, and arms, this first comprehensive military history devoted to the American Revolution in the South will be welcomed by anyone interested in the southern battleground of freedom.