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"Long, Obstinate, and Bloody; The Battle of Guilford Courthouse" by Lawrence Babits and Joshua Howard
I recieved this book in the mail this week. The authors claim to offer the first (or best) detailed account of the actual battle of Guilford. I wanted to read some of the book before mentioning it here. One thing I have been looking for in AWI literature is a detailed account of the sharp-end of AWI battle. Most books available over here offer very well written campaign accounts and only short chapters on the actual fighting, looking at the big picture, so to speak. Well this book has proven to be everything it claims to be. I am a third of the way through the book and the British attack on the first line is just starting. After a couple of very good chapters on the campaign leading up to the battle and two chapters covering the American and British armies and their deployment, the remainder of the book is going to cover the actual combat and aftermath of the battle. I can't put the darn book down.
The two authors are both scholars from NC (Babits also wrote "Devil of a Whipping" about Camden). The amount of detail for both sides is impressive.
I give it 5 cannon balls! 00000
Mike B
I recieved this book in the mail this week. The authors claim to offer the first (or best) detailed account of the actual battle of Guilford. I wanted to read some of the book before mentioning it here. One thing I have been looking for in AWI literature is a detailed account of the sharp-end of AWI battle. Most books available over here offer very well written campaign accounts and only short chapters on the actual fighting, looking at the big picture, so to speak. Well this book has proven to be everything it claims to be. I am a third of the way through the book and the British attack on the first line is just starting. After a couple of very good chapters on the campaign leading up to the battle and two chapters covering the American and British armies and their deployment, the remainder of the book is going to cover the actual combat and aftermath of the battle. I can't put the darn book down.
The two authors are both scholars from NC (Babits also wrote "Devil of a Whipping" about Camden). The amount of detail for both sides is impressive.
I give it 5 cannon balls! 00000
Mike B