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The Quaker and the Gamecock : Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and the Revolutionary War for the soul of the South /

In late 1780, the most prominent and powerful military commander in the South was Thomas Sumter, brigadier general of the South Carolina militia and commander of South Carolina's irregular militia forces. So when Nathanael Greene became commander of the Southern Continental Army, he knew succes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waters, Andrew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Havertown, Pennsylvania : Casemate Publishers, [2019]
Subjects:
Greene, Nathanael, > 1742-1786.
Sumter, Thomas, > 1734-1832.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Table of Contents:
  • Gamecock
  • Quaker general
  • Winter of discontent
  • Sumter's rounds
  • Sumter's law - War of posts
  • Fight, get beat, rise, fight again
  • Partisan games
  • Ninety-Six
  • The dog days expedition
  • Eutaw Springs
  • Bitter ends
  • The People versus Nathanael Greene.