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A Gallant Defense : The Siege of Charleston 1780.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (361 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611171686
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Gallant DefenseDDC classification:
  • 973.3/36
LOC classification:
  • E241.C4 B67 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Early Threats -- Chapter Two: A "Very Essential Business" Begins -- Chapter Three: Reaction North and South -- Chapter Four: The British on the Sea Islands -- Chapter Five: That Infernal Bar -- Chapter Six: The Defenders of Charleston -- Chapter Seven: Across the Ashley -- Chapter Eight: Siege Warfare -- Chapter Nine: Breaking Ground: The Siege Begins -- Chapter Ten: The Cooper River Communication -- Chapter Eleven: The Noose Tightens on Charleston Neck -- Chapter Twelve: Investiture -- Chapter Thirteen: A Gallant Defense -- Chapter Fourteen: Appearances in This Province Are Certainly Very Favourable -- Appendix A: Articles of Capitulation as proposed -- Appendix B: British and American Forces in the Siege of Charleston as of 30 April 1780 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Borick relies on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources relating to the siege and includes maps that depict the British approach to the city and the complicated military operations that led to the patriots' greatest defeat of the American Revolution.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Early Threats -- Chapter Two: A "Very Essential Business" Begins -- Chapter Three: Reaction North and South -- Chapter Four: The British on the Sea Islands -- Chapter Five: That Infernal Bar -- Chapter Six: The Defenders of Charleston -- Chapter Seven: Across the Ashley -- Chapter Eight: Siege Warfare -- Chapter Nine: Breaking Ground: The Siege Begins -- Chapter Ten: The Cooper River Communication -- Chapter Eleven: The Noose Tightens on Charleston Neck -- Chapter Twelve: Investiture -- Chapter Thirteen: A Gallant Defense -- Chapter Fourteen: Appearances in This Province Are Certainly Very Favourable -- Appendix A: Articles of Capitulation as proposed -- Appendix B: British and American Forces in the Siege of Charleston as of 30 April 1780 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Borick relies on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources relating to the siege and includes maps that depict the British approach to the city and the complicated military operations that led to the patriots' greatest defeat of the American Revolution.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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