The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis, 1781
Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
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Page : 224 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 1881
Category : History
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Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 1881
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 24,68 MB
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385470706
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Author : Henry P.. Johnston
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,54 MB
Release : 1881
Category : Southern States
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Author : Henry Phelps 1842-1923 Johnston
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,62 MB
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781371785277
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 2015-02-13
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ISBN : 9781294993049
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Johnston Henry Phelps
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Page : pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 1901
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ISBN : 9780243825066
Author : Jerome A. Greene
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 18,28 MB
Release : 2005-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1611210054
A modern, scholarly account of the most decisive campaign during the American Revolution examining the artillery, tactics and leadership involved. The siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781 was the single most decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The campaign has all the drama any historian or student could want: the war’s top generals and admirals pitted against one another; decisive naval engagements; cavalry fighting; siege warfare; night bayonet attacks; and much more. Until now, however, no modern scholarly treatment of the entire campaign has been produced. By the summer of 1781, America had been at war with England for six years. No one believed in 1775 that the colonists would put up such a long and credible struggle. France sided with the colonies as early as 1778, but it was the dispatch of 5,500 infantry under Comte de Rochambeau in the summer of 1780 that shifted the tide of war against the British. In early 1781, after his victories in the Southern Colonies, Lord Cornwallis marched his army north into Virginia. Cornwallis believed the Americans could be decisively defeated in Virginia and the war brought to an end. George Washington believed Cornwallis’s move was a strategic blunder, and he moved vigorously to exploit it. Feinting against General Clinton and the British stronghold of New York, Washington marched his army quickly south. With the assistance of Rochambeau's infantry and a key French naval victory at the Battle off the Capes in September, Washington trapped Cornwallis on the tip of a narrow Virginia peninsula at a place called Yorktown. And so it began. Operating on the belief that Clinton was about to arrive with reinforcements, Cornwallis confidently remained within Yorktown’s inadequate defenses. Determined that nothing short of outright surrender would suffice, his opponent labored day and night to achieve that end. Washington’s brilliance was on display as he skillfully constricted Cornwallis’s position by digging entrenchments, erecting redoubts and artillery batteries, and launching well-timed attacks to capture key enemy positions. The nearly flawless Allied campaign sealed Cornwallis’s fate. Trapped inside crumbling defenses, he surrendered on October 19, 1781, effectively ending the war in North America. Penned by historian Jerome A. Greene, The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 offers a complete and balanced examination of the siege and the participants involved. Greene’s study is based upon extensive archival research and firsthand archaeological investigation of the battlefield. This fresh and invigorating study will satisfy everyone interested in American Revolutionary history, artillery, siege tactics, and brilliant leadership.
Author : Henry Phelps Johnston
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Page : pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 1973
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Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 31,63 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843831372
"Survey and analysis of important battle of the American War of Independence"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Robert Selig
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 31,55 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Provides an indepth account of the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.