Synopses & Reviews
This volume continues the best and most detailed study of the Revolutionary War in the South. In more than 1,000 documents, it traces the British evacuation of Georgia as well as General Nathanael Greene's ongoing efforts to force a British withdrawal from South Carolina.
Despite evidence that the British were planning to pull out of the lower South, Greene twice turned down British proposals for an end to hostilities in the region, and the fighting and killing continued. Mistrusting his enemy's motives, Greene reasoned that only a militarily strong and politically unified America could convince Britain to abandon entirely its campaign to subdue the new nation. Greene's efforts to bolster his forces were thwarted, however, by an increasing war-weariness among the American people, a lack of supplies, and an outbreak of malaria. Despite these problems, Greene and his army enjoyed some success with the British withdrawal from Savannah and a decrease in the threat posed by Indians on the southern frontier.
Review
Their publication offers an opportunity to examine American conduct of the military effort in the South.
William and Mary Quarterly
Review
A useful resource for scholars and students seeking to understand life in the South in the waning months of the Revolution.
North Carolina Historical Review
Synopsis
The eleventh of thirteen volumes to appear in the series devoted to the papers of Nathanael Greene, the Revolutionary war general noted for his service as quartermaster general and later as commander of the Southern army. In this volume, the British evacuate Georgia, and Greene's army continues a desultory siege of Charleston.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTSintroduction
acknowledgments
editorial method
Library of Congress Symbols of Repositories
Short Titles for Works Frequently Cited
Names Abbreviated in the Text
a glossary of military terms
nathanael greene chronology
letters and documents
index
ILLUSTRATIONS
Portrait of Nathanael Greene frontispiece
Portrait of Benjamin Rush
Portrait of Alexander Martin
Portrait of Thomas Posey
Battle of the Saints
Portrait of John Witherspoon
Tusculum, home of the Witherspoon family
Portrait of Anthony Wayne
Savannah, Georgia, in 1778
Portrait of John Habersham
Portrait of John Laurens
Portrait of Benjamin Harrison
Portrait of David Ramsay
MAPS
Map 1 The Upper South front endpaper
Map 2 South Carolina from the Ashley River Southwest to the Combahee/Saltketcher Rivers
Map 3 South Carolina from the Ashley River Northeast to the Santee River
Map 4 The Lower South back endpaper