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020 $a9781612000633 (hbk.)
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020 $a9781612000787 (ebook)
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050 00 $aE237$b.T66 2011
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100 1 $aTonsetic, Robert.
245 10 $a1781 :$bthe decisive year of the Revolutionary War /$cRobert Tonsetic.
260 $aHavertown, Pa. ;$aNewbury :$bCasemate,$c2011.
300 $ax, 258 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aA winter's tale. The darkest New Year ; Disorder, fear, and mutiny ; Hills of the South country ; Hell in Virginia ; Sunrise at the Cowpens ; The race to the Dan ; We fight, get beat, and fight again -- No spring nor summer rest. Everything has changed ; The lion sleeps at Yorktown ; We have pursued them to the Eutaws -- The guns of autumn. The Siege of Yorktown ; Capitulation ; Aftermath.
520 $aThe Treaty of Paris in 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War, but it was the pivotal campaigns and battles of 1781 that decided the final outcome. 1781 was one of those rare years in American history when the future of the nation hung by a thread, and only the fortitude, determination, and sacrifice of its leaders and citizenry ensured its survival.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCampaigns.