Backcountry War: The Rise of Francis Marion, Banastre Tarleton, and Thomas Sumter frames the American Revolution’s crucial year of 1780 through the rise of three of its most famous partisan fighters. Following the Continental Army’s defeats at Charleston and Cornwallis, only brave militia leaders like Marion and Sumter stood in the way of British conquest in the South. This is the story of that remarkable period of American history.
The “Race to the Dan” was one of the most dramatic campaigns of the American Revolution. Outgunned and outnumbered, Continental General Nathanael Greene executed one of the greatest strategic retreats of all times, yet To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan is the only published history focusing exclusively on this exciting but little-known era of the American Revolution.
Following the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, General Nathanael Greene launched a desperate attempt to regain control of South Carolina. His plans required the cooperation of Thomas Sumter, the famous “Gamecock” and general of South Carolina militia. But Greene and Sumter’s relationship was a troubled one. The Quaker and the Gamecock: Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and the Revolutionary War for the Soul of the South focuses on this critical but mostly forgotten period of the American Revolution.
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