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SOUTHERN CAMPAIGNS

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS General Sources.....p.1 Specific Engagements -Moore's Creek…..p.5 -Charleston (Siege & Occupation).....p.5 -Kettle Creek…..p.6 -Camden…..p.7 -King's Mountain…..p.8 -Cowpens.....p.9 -Guilford Courthouse.....p.11 -Ninety-Six…..p.11 -Eutaw Springs…..p.11 -Yorktown.....see separate bibliography

GENERAL SOURCES

Agniel, Lucien. The Late Affair Has Almost Broke My Heart: The in the South 1780-1781. Riverside, CT: Chatham, 1972. 159 p. E236.A68.

Alden, John. The South in the Revolution, 1763-1789. Baton Rouge: LSU, 1957. 442 p. E230.5.S7.A42.

Alexander, Bevin. Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World. NY: W.W. Norton, 2011. 286 p. U39.A63. See Chap. 2.

Bass, Robert D. The Green Dragoon: The Lives of and Mary Robinson. Columbia, SC: Sandlapper, 1973. 489 p. DA506.T3.B37.

Bennett, Thomas B. “Early Operational Art: Nathanael Green’s Carolina Campaign.” Monograph, Command & General Staff Coll, 1993. 50 p. U161.B36.

Caruthers, E.W. Interesting Revolutionary Incidents; and Sketches of Character, Chiefly in the "Old North State." Phila: Hayes & Zell, 1856. 448 p. E263.N8.C33. Southern Campaigns p.2

Chastellux, Francois Jean de. Travels in North America, In the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. 2 vols. London: Robinson, 1787. E163.C48RareBook.

Chidsey, Donald B. The War in the South, the Carolinas and Georgia in the American Revolution: An Informal History. NY: Crown, 1969. 176 p. E230.5.S7.C45.

Chapman, John A. History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897. Newberry, SC: Aull, 1897. 521 p. F277.E2.C42.

Clarkson, Heriot. The Hornet's Nest; Sketch of Revolutionary War at Charlotte and the Vicinity. Reproduced from The North Carolina Booklet, 10 Oct 1901. 8 p. E263.N8.C52.

Clodfelter, Mark A. “Between Virtue and Necessity: and the Conduct of Civil Military Relations in the South, 1780-1782.” Military Affairs (Oct 1988): pp. 169-75. Per.

Closen, Ludwig Baron Von. Revolutionary Journal, 1780-1783. [Translated and edited by Evelyn M. Acombe] Chapel Hill, NC: U NC, 1958. 392 p. E265.C613. French Expeditionary Forces under Rochambeau.

Coleman, Kenneth. The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763-1789. Athens, GA: U GA, 1958. 352 p. E263.G3.C6.

Cornwallis, Charles C. An Answer to that Part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Which Relates to the Conduct of Lieutenant-Gen. Earl Cornwallis During the Campaign in North America in the Year 1781. London: Debrett, 1783. 260 p. E237.C82RareBook.

_____. The Cornwallis Papers: The Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Theatre of the American Revolutionary War. 6 vols. East Sussex, England: Naval & Military, 2010. DS506.C8.C67.

Crow, Jeffrey J., & Tise, Larry E. The Southern Experience in the American Revolution. Chapel Hill, NC: U NC, 1978. E230.5.S7.S68.

Dederer, John M. "Making Bricks without Straw: Nathanael Greene's Southern Campaigns and Mao Tse-Tung's Mobile War." Military Affairs (Oct 1983): pp. 115-21. Per.

Drayton, John Memoirs of the American Revolution, from its Commencement to the Year 1776, Inclusive; as Relating to the State of .... 2 vols. NY: NY Times, 1968 reprint of 1821 edition. E263.S7.D76.

Dukes, Richard S., Jr. “Anatomy of a Failure: British Military Policy in the Southern Campaign…” PhD dss, U AL, 1993. 330 p. E230.5.S7.D84.

Edgar, Walter. Partisans and Redcoats: The Southern Conflict That Turned the Tide of the American Revolution. NY: William Morrow, 2001. 198 p. E263.S7.E34. Southern Campaigns p.3

Gibbes, R.W., editor. Documentary History of the American Revolution: Consisting of Letters and Papers Relating to the Contest for Liberty, Chiefly in South Carolina.... 3 vols. NY: Appleton, 1855. E263.S7.G43.

Gordon, John W. South Carolina and the American Revolution: A Battlefield History. Columbia, SC: U SC, 2003. 238 p. E230.5.S6.G67.

Graham, William A. General Joseph Graham and His Papers on North Carolina Revolutionary History; with Appendix: An Epitome of North Carolina's Military Services in the Revolutionary War and of the Laws Enacted for Raising Troops. Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton, 1904. 385 p. E263.N8.G7.

Hawks, Francis L., et al. Revolutionary History of North Carolina, In Three Lectures...To Which is Prefixed a Preliminary Sketch of the Battle of the Alamance. [Comp by William D. Cooke] 237 p. E263.N8.C7.

Hilborn, Nat and Sam. Battleground of Freedom: South Carolina in the Revolution. Columbia, SC: Sandlapper, 1970. 239 p. E236.S7.H62.

Kostyal, Karen. “Put to the Sword: Banastre Tarleton and his Ruthless British Legion.” Military History (Mar 2013): pp. 38-45. Per.

Lee, Henry. The Campaign of 1781 in the Carolinas; with Remarks Historical and Critical on Johnson's Life of Greene. Phila: Littell, 1824. 511 p. E237.L47RareBook.

_____. Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States. 2 vols. NY: B. Franklin, 1970. E230.5.S7.L49 Also earlier editions from 1812-1969.

Lee, Wayne E. “Careful Riot, Virtuous War; The Legitimization of Public Violence in Eighteenth Century North Carolina.” PhD dss, Duke, 1999. 471 p. F257.L44.

_____. Crowds and Soldiers in Revolutionary North Carolina: The Culture of Violence in Riot and War. Gainesville, FL: U FL, 2001. 380 p. E263.N8.L44.

McCrady, Edward. The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1783. NY: Macmillan, 1902. 787 p. E263.S7.M131.

McDaniel, William S. “Contemporary Lessons From the Past: A Second Look at South Carolina in the Revolutionary War.” Armor (Sep/Oct 2006): pp. 26-32. Per.

Mackenzie, Roderick. Strictures on Lt. Col. Tarleton's History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Province of North America. London: Mackenzie, 1787. 186 p. E236M15RareBook.

Montanus, Paul D. “A Failed Counterinsurgency Strategy: The British Southern Campaign, 1780-1781: Are There Lessons for Today?” AWC student paper, 2005. 24 p. Arch. Southern Campaigns p.4

Morrill, Dan L. Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution. Baltimore: N & A, 1993. 227 p. E230.5.S7.W67.

Moultrie, William. Memoirs of the American Revolution. NY: Arno, 1968 reprint of 1802 ed. 422 p. E230.5.S7.M92. Covers Carolinas and Georgia.

Rauch, Steven J. “Southern (Dis)Comfort: British Phase IV Operations in South Carolina and Georgia, May-September 1780.” Army History (Spring 2009): pp. 34-50. Per.

Rice, Howard C., Jr., & Brown, Anne S.K., editors. The American Campaigns of Rochambeau's Army 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783. Princeton, NJ: Princeton, 1972. 2 vols. E265.R513RareBook.

Robin, Claude. New Travels Through North America...Exhibiting the History of the Victorious Campaign of the Allied Armies...and the Count de Rochambeau, in the Year 1781. Boston: Powars & Willis, 1784. 84 p. E163.R65RareBook. Also French edition of 1783 and 1969 reprint of English edition.

Russell, David L. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2000. 367 p. E230.5.S7.R87.

Schenck, David. North Carolina, 1780-81: Being a History of the Invasion of the Carolinas by the under Lord Cornwallis in 1780-81. Bowie, MD: Heritage, 2000 reprint of 1889 edition. 498 p. E263.N8.S3.

Tarleton, Banastre. A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America. London: Cadell, 1787. 518 p. E236.T18RareBook.

Weigley, Russell F. The Partisan War: The South Carolina Campaign of 1780-1782. Columbia, SC: U SC, 1970. E263.S7.W45.

Weir, Robert M. "A Most Important Epocha": The Coming of the Revolution in South Carolina. Columbia, SC: U SC, 1970. 80 p. F272.W47.

Weller, Jac. "The Irregular War in the South." Military Affairs (Fall 1960): pp. 124-16. Per.

Wilson, David K. Southern Strategy: Britain’s Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775-1780. Columbia, SC: U SC, 2008. 341 p. E230.5.S7.W48.

See also: -Bibliographies on Nathanael Greene & Francis Marion in Biographies & Daniel Morgan’s Riflemen in Revolutionary War-Forces. Southern Campaigns p.5

MOORE'S CREEK (27 Feb 1776)

Cullen, Joseph P. "Moore's Creek Bridge." American History Illustrated (Jan 1970): pp. 10-19. Per.

Russell, David L. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, cited above. E230.5S7R87. See Chap. 6.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs. National Military Park at Battle Field of Moore’s Creek, N.C. Hearings, 69th Congress, 1st session, 20-21 Apr 1926. 10 p. E241.M8.U52.

CHARLESTON-Siege & Occupation, 1776-82

Borick, Carl P. A Gallant Defense: The , 1780. Columbia, SC: U SC, 2003. 332 p. E241.C4.B67.

Clinton, (Sir) Henry. Memorandums, &c. &c.: Respecting the Unprecedented Treatment which the Army have met with Respecting Plunder Taken after a Siege, and of which Plunder the Navy Serving with the Army Divided their More than Ample Share, now Fourteen Years Since. London: 1794. 106 p. E241.C4.C5RareBook.

Farley, M. Foster. “Battering Charleston’s Palmetto Walls.” Military History (Jun 2001): pp. 38-44. Per. Actually covers Jun 1776.

Kurtz, Henry I. “The Battle of Sullivan’s Island.” American History Illustrated ( Mar 1968): pp. 18-26. Per.

McGowen, George S., Jr. The British Occupation of Charleston, 1780-82. Columbia, SC: U SC, 1972. 169 p. E241.C4.M3.

Russell, David L. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, cited above. E230.5S7R87. See Chap. 7.

Russell, Peter. “The Siege of Charleston: Journal of…December 57, 1779 to May 2, 1780.” American Historical Review (1899): pp. 478-501. Per.

The Siege of Charleston, by the British Fleet and Army Under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton Which Terminated with the Surrender of That Place on 12th of May 1780. Albany, NY: Munsell, 1867. 224 p. E241.C4.H84. Southern Campaigns p.6

Uhlendorf, Bernhard A., translator & editor. The Siege of Charleston.... Ann Arbor, MI: U MI, 1938. 445 p. E241.C4.U52.

Wilkinson, Eliza. Letters...during the Invasion and Possession of Charlestown, S.C. by the British in the Revolutionary War. NY: NY Times, 1969 reprint of 1839 edition. 108 p. E263.S7.W6.

Hough, Franklin B. , by the Combined American and French Forces, Under the Command of Gen. Lincoln, and the Count D'Estaing in the Autumn of 1779. Albany, NY: Munsell, 1866. 187 p. E241.S26.H8.

Jones, Charles C., Jr., translator & editor. Siege of Savannah, in 1779, as Described in Two Contemporaneous Journals of French Officers in the Fleet of Count D'Estaing. Albany, NY: Munsell, 1874. 77 p. E241.S26.J72. Count d'Estaing's journal and extract from journal of a naval officer in his fleet.

Moore, Frank, editor. “Siege of Savannah 1779: General Orders of the Count D’Estaing for the Attack by the Allied Forces 8th and 9th October.” Magazine of American History (1787): pp. 548-51. Per.

Russell, David L. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, cited above. E230.5.S7.R87. See Chap. 8.

KETTLE CREEK, GA (14 Feb 1779)

Coleman, American Revolution in Georgia, cited above, pp. 116-29. E263.G3.C6.

Crow & Tise. Southern Experience, cited above, pp. 174-99. E230.5.S7.S68.

Davis, Robert S., Jr. Georgians in the Revolution: At Kettle Creek (Wilkes Co.) and Burke County. Easley, SC: Southern History, 1986. 255 p. E263.G3.D34.

Dawson, Henry B. Battles of the United States, by Sea and Land.... Vol. 1. NY: Johnson, Fry, 1858. pp. 485-94. E181.D27.

Greene, Francis V. The Revolutionary War and the Military Policy of the United States. NY: Scribner's, 1911. pp. 192-94. E230.G79.

Hoffman, Ronald, et al, eds. An Uncivil War: The Southern Back-country During the American Revolution. Charlottesville, VA: U VA, 1985. pp. 240-75. E230.5.S7.U52.

Jones, Charles C. The History of Georgia. Vol. 2. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883. pp. 338-42. F286.J66. Southern Campaigns p.7

Lossing, Benson J. History of the American Revolution. Vol. 2. NY: Virtue & Yorston, 1866. pp. 650-52. E208.L89.

McCrady, Edward. The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1780. NY: Russell & Russell, 1969. pp. 341-46. E263.S7.M132.

Searcy, Martha C. "The Georgia-Florida Campaigns in the American Revolution: 1776, 1777, and 1778." PhD dss, Tulane, 1979. pp. 482-86. E230.5.F6.S42.

Stedman, Charles. The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War. Vol. 2. London: Murray, 1794. pp. 105-08. E208.S83RareBook.

Ward, Christopher. The War of the Revolution. Vol. 2. NY: Macmillan, 1952. pp. 681-84. E230.W34.

CAMDEN (16 Aug 1780)

Dunkerly, Robert M. “The and the Preservation of the Field.” Journal of America’s Military Past (Winter 2004/05): pp. 5-16. Per.

Hull, Michael D. “’s One-Man Army.” Military History (Jul/Aug 2006): pp. 24-31. Per. Chronicle of Peter Francisco carrying a half-ton Continental artillery barrel to safety.

Landers, Howard L. Battle of Camden South Carolina August 16, 1780. Wash, DC: GPO, 1929 65 p. E241.C17.L35. Prepared by AWC, issued as House Doc No 12, 71st Congress, 1st session.

Piecuch, Jim. The Battle of Camden: A Documentary History. Charleston, SC: History Pr, 2006. 159 p. E241.C17.P54.

Russell, David L. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, cited above. E230.5.S7.R87. See Chap. 12.

Serf, Christian. “Plan of the Battle near Camden.” Magazine of American History (1880): pp. 175-78. Per.

Stevens, John A. “The Southern Campaign 1780: Gates at Camden.” Magazine of American History (1880): pp. 241-81 & 425-46. Per. Southern Campaigns p.8

KING'S MOUNTAIN (7 Oct 1780)

Allaire, Anthony. Diary of Lieut. Anthony Alliare. NY: Arno, 1968 reprint of 1881 edition. 36 p. E275.A42. With Ferguson's Corps.

Allen, Thomas B. “The .” Military History (Nov 2010): pp. 34-39. Per.

Dameron, J. David. King’s Mountain. The Defeat of the Loyalists, October 7, 1780. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, 2003. 128 p. E241.K5.D36.

Dunkerly, Robert M., editor The Battle of Kings Mountain: Eyewitness Accounts. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2007. 158 p. E241.K5.B38.

DePeyster, J. Watts. "The Affair at King's Mountain." Magazine of American History (Dec 1880): pp. 401-24. Per.

Draper, Lyman C. King's Mountain and its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain, October 75th, 1780 and the Events Which Led to it. Cincinnati, OH: Thompson, 1881. 612 p. E241.K5.D7.

Driver, Carl S. . Chapel Hill, NC: U NC, 1932. 240 p. E302.6.S45.D8.

Dugger, Shepherd M. War Trails of the Blue Ridge. Banner Elk: Author, 1932. 324 p. E241.K5.D83.

Gilmore, James R. Rear-Guard of the Revolution. NY: Appleton, 1886. 317 p. E263.N8.G4. Role of western North Carolina and eastern , esp John Sevier.

Henry, Robert, Vance, David, & Schenck, David. Narrative of the Battle of Cowan’s Ford, February 1st, 1781…and Narrative of the Battle of Kings’ Mountain…. Greensboro, NC: Reece & Elam, 1891. 50 p. E202.1.N84.

Johnson, Uzal. Captured at Kings Mountain: The Journal of…, a Loyalist Surgeon. [Edited by Wade S. Kolb III & Robert M. Weir] Columbia, SC: U SC, 2011. 182 p. E278.J64.A32.

Mackenzie, George C. Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina. NPS Historical Handbook No 22, 1955. 46 p. E241.K5.M3.

Messick, Hank. "King's Mountain: The Epic of the Blue Ridge "Mountain Men" in the American Revolution." Boston: Little Brown, 1976. 194 p. E241.K5.M47.

Moss, Bobby G. The Loyalists at Kings Mountain. Blacksburg, SC: Scotia-Hibernia, 1998. 162 p. E241.K5.M67. Southern Campaigns p.9

Russell, David L. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, cited above. E230.5.S7.R87. See Chap. 13.

Rutledge, Archibald. “The Battle of King’s Mountain.” American History Illustrated (Jan 1966): pp. 22-30. Per.

Schenck, David. North Carolina, 1780-'81. Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1889. 498 p. pp. 99-177. E263.N8.S3.

Skaggs, David C. "Kings Mountain and the Denouement of Southern Loyalism." Military Review (Apr 1975): pp. 56-60. Per.

Smith, Derek. "Gideon's Sword: Kings Mountain." Army (Aug 1989): pp. 52-58. Per.

Swisher, James K. “Fatal Miscalculation: British Lt. Col. & the Battle of King’s Mountain.” Military Heritage (Apr 2001): pp. 68-77. Per.

U.S. Army War College. Historical Section. Historical Statements Concerning the Battle of King's Mountain and the South Carolina. House Doc No 328, 70th Congress, 1st session, 1928. 78 p., maps. E241.K5.U4.

U.S. Dept of Interior. National Park Service. Kings Mountain National Park, South Carolina. n.p., n.d. 2 p. E241.K5.U52.

U.S. President (Hoover). Address of President Hoover on the Occasion of the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain. Wash, DC: GPO, 1930. 6 p. E241.K5.U69.

White, Katherine K. The King’s Mountain Men: The Story of the Battle, with Sketches of the American Soldiers Who Took Part. Dayton, VA: Joseph K. Ruebush, 1924. 271 p. E241.K5.W55.

COWPENS (17 Jan 1781)

Babits, Lawrence E. A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens. Chapel Hill, NC: U NC, 1998. 231 p. E241.C9.B33.

Bartolomees, James B. “Fight or Flee: The Combat Performance of the North Carolina in the Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign, January to March 1781.” PhD dss, Duke, 1978. 282 p. E263.N8.B27.

Bearss, Edwin C. The Battle of Cowpens: A Documented Narrative and Troop Movement Maps. Wash, DC: National Park Serv, 1967. 54 p. E241.C9.B4. Southern Campaigns p.10

Britt, Albert S., Jr. "The Battle of the Cowpens: An Application of Certain Principles of War." Military Review (Dec 1950): pp. 47-50. Per.

Cowpens Centennial Committee. Proceedings at the Unveiling of the Battle Monument in Spartanburg, S.C., in Commemoration of the Centennial of the Battle of Cowpens. n.p.: Cowpens Centennial Commission, 1896. 137 p. E241.C9.C9.

Davis, Burke. The Cowpens-Guilford Courthouse Campaign. Phila: Lippincott, 1962. 208 p. E237.D3.

Gibbes, R.W. Documentary History of the American Revolution.... Columbia, SC: Banner, 1853. pp. 16-17. E263.S7.G4.

Graham, James. The Life of General Daniel Morgan.... NY: Derby & Jackson, 1856. pp. 311-12 & 467-70. E207.M8.G7.

Mahlen, Michael D. "The Battle at Cowpens." Military Review (Jan 1971): pp. 56-63. Per.

McAllister, J.T. Militia in the Revolutionary War. Hot Springs, VA: McAllister, 1913. p. 118. E263.V8.M13.

McCrady, Edward. The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1780-1783. NY: Macmillan, 1902. pp. 30-51. E263.S7.M14.

Moncure, John. The Cowpens Staff Ride and Battlefield Tour. Ft. Leavenworth, KS: CSI, 1996. 208 p. E241.C9.M66.

Proceedings at the Unveiling of the Battle Monument in Spartanburg, S.C. in Commemoration of the Centennial of the Battle of Cowpens. n.p., 1896. 137 p. E241.C9.C9.

Russell, David L. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, cited above. E230.5.S7.R87. See Chap. 14.

Smith, Derek. "Cowpens, 1781: The Defeat of 'Bloody Banny'." Army (Aug 1991): pp. 40-44, 46, 48, & 51-52. Per.

U.S. Army. Combat Developments Command. Dynamics of Firepower and Maneuver (FIRMA III). Final report, Aug 1969. ca 300 p. U167.D96. See App. I-1 (13 p.)

U.S. Army War College. Hist Sec. Historical Statements Concerning the Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of the Cowpens.... Wash, DC: GPO, 1928. pp. 63-70. E241.K5.U4.

U.S. Congress. House. National Military Park at Cowpens Battle Ground. Hearings, 69th Congress, 1st session, 1926. 22 p. E241.C8.U5. Southern Campaigns p.11

GUILFORD COURT HOUSE (15 Mar 1781)

Babits, Lawrence E., & Howard, Joshua B. Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Chapel Hill, NC: U NC, 2009. 300 p. E241.G9.B33.

Boynton, Henry V. Oration by General Henry VanNess Boynton Delivered at Guilford Battle Ground, 4 July 1900. Greensboro, NC: Guilford Battle Ground, n.d. 14 p. E241.G9.B7.

Konstam, Angus. Guilford Courthouse, 1781: Lord Cornwallis’s Ruinous Victory. Botley, England: Osprey, 2002. 96 p. E241.G9.K66.

Reid, Courtland T. Guilford Court House National Military Park, North Carolina. Wash, DC: National Park Service, 1959. 40 p. E241.G9.R4.

Russell, David L. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, cited above. E230.5.S7.R87. See Chap. 15.

U.S. National Park Service. Guilford Court House National Military Park. Wash, DC: GPO, n.d. 18 p. E241.G9.U5.

NINETY-SIX (May-Jun 1781)

Bass, Robert D. Ninety Six: The Struggle for the South Carolina Back Country. Lexington, SC: Sandlapper, 1978. 456 p. E263.S7.B37.

Watson, Louise M. Old Ninety Six, Star Fort, and Cambridge: Historical Sketch of a Point of Importance and Interest in the Early Development of the South Carolina Back Country. Greenwood, SC: Greenwood Historical Society, 1960. 51 p. G279.N57.W37.

EUTAW SPRINGS (8 Sep 1781)

Swager, Christine R. The Valiant Died. The , September 8, 1781. Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006. 176 p. E241.E88.S93.

YORKTOWN (see separate bibliography)