Ian Saberton

CORNWALLIS PAPERSThe Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in The Southern Theatre of the American Revolutionary War Vol 4 Ian Saberton

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Avail. as a 6 volume set [ISBN: 9781845747930]. Publisher Marketing: This work deals with Britain's last throw of the dice in the American Revolutionary War. Comprising six volumes, it contains a fully edited transcript of almost all the papers that were written by, or came before, Lord Cornwallis during his command in the south. The papers cover the siege of Charlestown, his tenuous occupation of South Carolina and Georgia, the autumn, winter and Virginia campaigns, and ultimately his capitulation at Yorktown. Volume IV (1st February to 19th May 1781) outlines the disastrous winter campaign, the pyrrhic victory at Guilford, and Cornwallis's refitment at Wilmington. It ends with his march to Virginia, the absurdity of which is addressed.