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100 1 $aBorick, Carl P.,$d1966-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002039724
245 12 $aA gallant defense :$bthe Siege of Charleston, 1780 /$cCarl P. Borick.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of South Carolina,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axvii, 332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-316) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tEarly Threats -- $gCh. 2.$tA "Very Essential Business" Begins -- $gCh. 3.$tReaction North and South -- $gCh. 4.$tThe British on the Sea Islands -- $gCh. 5.$tThat Infernal Bar -- $gCh. 6.$tThe Defenders of Charleston -- $gCh. 7.$tAcross the Ashley -- $gCh. 8.$tSiege Warfare -- $gCh. 9.$tBreaking Ground: The Siege Begins -- $gCh. 10.$tThe Cooper River Communication -- $gCh. 11.$tThe Noose Tightens on Charleston Neck -- $gCh. 12.$tInvestiture -- $gCh. 13.$tA Gallant Defense -- $gCh. 14.$tAppearances in This Province Are Certainly Very Favourable -- $gApp. A.$tArticles of Capitulation as proposed by Benjamin Lincoln and as finalized by Sir Henry Clinton and Marriot Arbuthnot -- $gApp. B.$tBritish and American Forces in the Siege of Charleston as of 30 April 1780.
520 1 $a"In 1779, Sir Henry Clinton and more than eight thousand British troops left the waters of New York to try a new tack in the war against the American patriots - capturing the colonies' most important southern port. Clinton and his officers believed that the capture of Charleston, South Carolina, would change both the seat of the war and its character. The British were correct on both counts, but the effect of the charge was defeat.
520 8 $aIn this comprehensive study of the 1780 siege and surrender of Charleston, Carl P. Borick offers a full examination of the strategic and tactical elements of Clinton's operations.".
520 8 $a"Suggesting that scholars traditionality have underestimated its importance, Borick contends that the siege was one of the most wide-ranging, sophisticated, and critical campaigns of the war. While striking a devastating blow to American morale, it transformed the war in South Carolina from a conventional eighteenth-century conflict into a partisan war.".
520 8 $a"Drawing on letters, journals, and other records kept by American, British, and Hessian participants, Borick relies on an impressive array of primary and secondary sources relating to the siege. He includes contemporaneous and modern maps that depict the British approach to the city and the complicated military operations that led to the patriots' greatest defeat of the American Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aCharleston (S.C.)$xHistory$ySiege, 1780.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002008
651 4 $aCharleston (S.C.)$xHistory$ySiege, 1780.
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