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In The Road to Guilford Courthouse, one of the most acclaimed military histories of the Revolutionary War ever written, John Buchanan explored the first half of the critical Southern Campaign and introduced readers to its brilliant architect, Major General Nathanael Greene. In this long-awaited sequel, Buchanan brings this story to its dramatic conclusion.
Greene’s Southern Campaign was the most difficult of the war. With a supply line stretching hundreds of miles northward, it revealed much about the crucial military art of provision and transport. Insufficient manpower a constant problem, Greene attempted to incorporate black regiments into his army, a plan angrily rejected by the South Carolina legislature. A bloody civil war between Rebels and Tories was wreaking havoc on the South at the time, forcing Greene to address vigilante terror and restore civilian government. As his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson during the campaign shows, Greene was also bedeviled by the conflict between war and the rights of the people, and the question of how to set constraints under which a free society wages war.
Joining Greene is an unforgettable cast of characters―men of strong and, at times, antagonistic personalities―all of whom are vividly portrayed. We also follow the fate of Greene’s tenacious foe, Lieutenant Colonel Francis, Lord Rawdon. By the time the British evacuate Charleston―and Greene and his ragged, malaria-stricken, faithful Continental Army enter the city in triumph―the reader has witnessed in telling detail one of the most punishing campaigns of the Revolution, culminating in one of its greatest victories.
Download PDF The Road to Charleston Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution John Buchanan 9780813942247 Books
"This history of the final year or so of the American Revolution in South Carolina and Georgia is informative, but the reader must wade through mountains of words that should have been summarized or deleted. The author is extremely prejudiced against paragraphs and uses a few of them as possible; the result is dense text in paragraphs that run on for pages. The civil war between tories and rebels in the southern colonies is vividly covered--Buchanan calls it the first American Civil War, and no doubt he is right. The main thrust of the book is General Greene's struggles to keep Continental troops and militia fighting together. It was a labor of Hercules, comparable to Washington's labors. Serious students of the period will find the book interesting; general readers will find it tedious."
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The Road to Charleston Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution John Buchanan 9780813942247 Books Reviews
- This history of the final year or so of the American Revolution in South Carolina and Georgia is informative, but the reader must wade through mountains of words that should have been summarized or deleted. The author is extremely prejudiced against paragraphs and uses a few of them as possible; the result is dense text in paragraphs that run on for pages. The civil war between tories and rebels in the southern colonies is vividly covered--Buchanan calls it the first American Civil War, and no doubt he is right. The main thrust of the book is General Greene's struggles to keep Continental troops and militia fighting together. It was a labor of Hercules, comparable to Washington's labors. Serious students of the period will find the book interesting; general readers will find it tedious.
- I just finished reading Jack Buchanan's outstanding new book, The Road to Charleston Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution. This history is a sequel to Buchanan's earlier work, The Road to Guilford Courthouse The American Revolution in the Carolinas. I'm not sure what book the two-star reviewer read, but it seems to bear little resemblance to this simply terrific -- and very readable -- work. Buchanan is a great writer who writes great history, lengthy paragraphs notwithstanding ...
Although I have read a fair number of books about the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution, there are those far more knowledgeable about the subject than I am. So, I am reluctant to make broad pronouncements on the topic, much less describe anything as "definitive", especially when it comes to the Southern Campaign, where passions, prejudices, and jealousies remain strong (and where, quite honestly, a sizeable chip remains on people's shoulders as a result of a belief -- not unfounded -- that the Southern Campaign has been given short shrift compared to the more widely-known action to the north).
That said, if there is a more "definitive" treatment of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution than what appears in Jack Buchanan's two books on the topic -- The Road to Guilford Courthouse and The Road to Charleston, then I have yet to read it. If you're interested in the Revolutionary War, in general, or the Southern Campaign, in particular, add this one to the "must-read" pile.
5-plus stars!
