Following their defeat at Saratoga in upstate New York in 1777, the British decided to implement a Southern Strategy against the American insurgents, a plan to "roll up" the rebellious colonies from Georgia through the Carolinas to Virginia. Instead, they triggered a savage part…
"Persuasively tells the savage partisan war in the Carolina backcountry ... [during] the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution" (Military Review). Following their defeat at Saratoga in New York in 1777, the British decided to implement a southern strategy against the Amer…
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by Shumate, Johnny, Gilbert, Oscar E., Gilbert, Catherine
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The American Revolution was a decisive conflict, which saw the birth of a new nation. Continental Army regulars fought in massive and famous battles from New England to Virginia, but in the South a different kind of warfare was afoot. Local militia, sometimes stiffened by a smal…
"Tension had long been simmering between British loyalists in the southern coastal enclaves and the patriot back-country settlers. The disastrous British defeats at Saratoga in late 1777 made a southern strategy attractive to the Crown, and a string of victories over the rebels …
