{"product_id":"the-road-to-charleston-nathanael-greene-and-the-american-revolution","title":"The Road to Charleston: Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Road to Guilford Courthouse  one of the most acclaimed military histories of the Revolutionary War ever written  John Buchanan explored the first half of the critical Southern Campaign and introduced readers to its brilliant architect  Major General Nathanael Greene. In this long-awaited sequel  Buchanan brings this story to its dramatic conclusion. Greenes Southern Campaign was the most difficult of the war. With a supply line stretching hundreds of miles northward  it revealed much about the crucial military art of provision and transport. Insufficient manpower a constant problem  Greene attempted to incorporate black regiments into his army  a plan angrily rejected by the South Carolina legislature. A bloody civil war between Rebels and Tories was wreaking havoc on the South at the time  forcing Greene to address vigilante terror and restore civilian government. As his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson during the campaign shows  Greene was also bedeviled by the conflict between war and the rights of the people  and the question of how to set constraints under which a free society wages war. Joining Greene is an unforgettable cast of charactersmen of strong and  at times  antagonistic personalitiesall of whom are vividly portrayed. We also follow the fate of Greenes tenacious foe  Lieutenant Colonel Francis  Lord Rawdon. By the time the British evacuate Charlestonand Greene and his ragged  malaria-stricken  faithful Continental Army enter the city in triumphthe reader has witnessed in telling detail one of the most punishing campaigns of the Revolution  culminating in one of its greatest victories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966493356085,"sku":"ByrdShop_0813942241","price":56.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813942247.jpg?v=1770564698","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-road-to-charleston-nathanael-greene-and-the-american-revolution","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}