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David Lee Russell is a retired Naval Air Intelligence Officer, and former IT director. He is also the author of three books on the American Revolution, a book on the history of Eastern Airlines, and two intelligence thriller books. He lives in Canton, Georgia.“solid…highly readable…staggering detail…no event is too small for mention…the book is smashing…a gem…invaluable primary materials…buy it”—<i>Against the Grain</i>; “recommended”—<i>ARBA</i>; “southerners saw themselves during this period as a distinctive people...Britain’s ‘souther stratege’ evolved in part from that assumption, and, ultimately, military engagements in the lower states decided the war’s outcome”—<i>The North Carolina Historical Review.</i>
While the American Revolution is often associated with New England and names like Boston, Concord, and Lexington, the Southern Colonies and names like Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Charleston were also crucial to the war that established the United States of America. This analysis covers these five colonies--Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia--and their participation in the war. Crucial Southern battles, from the coast to the mountains, are examined in detail, with attention to the larger context of the war and its significance, as well as to the role of the ordinary Southerner, both patriot and Tory.
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. Origins of the Southern Colonies
2. Revolutionary Spirit and the First Crisis
3. On to Revolution
4. The Revolution Begins
5. Norfolk
6. Moore's Creek Bridge
7. Sullivan's Island
8. Savannah
9. D'Estaing and Savannah
10. Portsmouth and Charles Town
11. Waxhaw's Creek and Carolina Partisan Conflict
12. Camden
13. King's Mountain
14. Cowpens
15. The North Carolina Campaign and Guilford Court House
16. Back to South Carolina
17. The Virginia Campaign
18. Virginia Gatherings and the Chesapeake Capes
19. Yorktown
20. After Surrender
Notes
Bibliography
Index