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Cornwallis

Author : Richard Middleton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300265506
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Cornwallis written by Richard Middleton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of Charles Cornwallis in forty years—the soldier, governor, and statesman whose career covered America, India, Britain, and Ireland Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738–1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India—and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain’s colonial past. In this vivid new biography, Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis’ rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century.

Lord Cornwallis Is Dead

Author : Nico Slate
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674989155
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Lord Cornwallis Is Dead written by Nico Slate and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do democracies bring about greater equality among their citizens? India embraced universal suffrage in 1947 and yet its citizens are far from realizing equality. The U.S. struggles with intolerance and inequality well into the twenty-first century. Nico Slate offers a new look at the struggle for freedom that linked two former British colonies.

Cornwallis

Author : Franklin B. Wickwire
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807836907
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Cornwallis written by Franklin B. Wickwire and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second and final volume of the Wickwires' definitive biography of Cornwallis. It details Corwallis's work in India, his contributions in Britain as master general of ordnance, his tenure as lord lieutenant and commander in chief in Ireland, and his diplomacy in negotiating the peace of Amiens. Through Cornwallis's career, the authors show how the British made important decisions that affected the empire for the century to follow. Originally published in 1980. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Greene and Cornwallis

Author : Hugh F. Rankin
Publisher : North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN 13 : 9780865261198
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Greene and Cornwallis written by Hugh F. Rankin and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the masterful "retreat" of Nathanael Greene's Southern Army before Lord Cornwallis's British regulars in the winter of 1781. This "retreat" culminated in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse (15 March 1781), a battle that severely weakened the British and set the statge for the British surrender at Yorktown.

Cornwallis Papersthe Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Theatre of the American Revolutionary War

Author : Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
ISBN 13 : 9781845747923
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Cornwallis Papersthe Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Theatre of the American Revolutionary War written by Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work deals with Britain's last throw of the dice in the American Revolutionary War. Comprising six volumes, it contains a fully edited transcript of almost all the papers that were written by, or came before, Lord Cornwallis during his command in the south. The papers cover the siege of Charlestown, his tenuous occupation of South Carolina and Georgia, the autumn, winter and Virginia campaigns, and ultimately his capitulation at Yorktown. Among a mass of matters that are also covered are Craig's occupation of Wilmington, his operations there, the Spanish threat to East Florida, and the eventual collapse of British authority elsewhere in the south. The papers are arranged in 14 parts and 68 chapters. In view of the numberless inaccuracies published about the war most parts begin with an introductory chapter, the purpose of which is to present the papers in an accurate, balanced and dispassionate way. Whether such chapters are seen to succeed will, inevitably, depend to a degree on the perspective from which the papers are viewed. The papers open the door to re-evaluating certain aspects of the war. The introductory chapters very briefly provide pointers besides addressing certain important considerations that have long gone by default"--Publisher's description.

Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis

Author : Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis written by Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Southern Gambit

Author : Stanley D. M. Carpenter
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 080616333X
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Southern Gambit written by Stanley D. M. Carpenter and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world rife with conflict and tension, how does a great power prosecute an irregular war at a great distance within the context of a regional struggle, all within a global competitive environment? The question, so pertinent today, was confronted by the British nearly 250 years ago during the American War for Independence. And the answer, as this book makes plain, is: not the way the British, under Lieutenant General Charles, Earl Cornwallis, went about it in the American South in the years 1778–81. Southern Gambit presents a closely observed, comprehensive account of this failed strategy. Approaching the campaign from the British perspective, this book restores a critical but little-studied chapter to the narrative of the Revolutionary War—and in doing so, it adds detail and depth to our picture of Cornwallis, an outsize figure in the history of the British Empire. Distinguished scholar of military strategy Stanley D. M. Carpenter outlines the British strategic and operational objectives, devoting particular attention to the strategy of employing Southern Loyalists to help defeat Patriot forces, reestablish royal authority, and tamp down resurgent Patriot activity. Focusing on Cornwallis’s operations in the Carolinas and Virginia leading to the surrender at Yorktown in October 1781, Carpenter reveals the flaws in this approach, most notably a fatal misunderstanding of the nature of the war in the South and of the Loyalists’ support. Compounding this was the strategic incoherence of seeking a conventional war against a brilliant, unconventional opponent, and doing so amidst a breakdown in the unity of command. Ultimately, strategic incoherence, ineffective command and control, and a misreading of the situation contributed to the series of cascading failures of the British effort. Carpenter’s analysis of how and why this happened expands our understanding of British decision-making and operations in the Southern Campaign and their fateful consequences in the War for Independence.

Lord Cornwallis

Author : Daniel E. Harmon
Publisher : Infobase Learning
ISBN 13 : 1438144040
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Lord Cornwallis written by Daniel E. Harmon and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2013 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelling portraits of American history's most notable male and female leaders, includes informative sidebars. Interesting, easy-to-understand content and complements school curriculum. Even after suffering a humiliating defeat at Yorktown, Lord Cornwallis was still known as one of England's best military leaders. Describes the life and accomplishments of the British general who surrendered his army at Yorktown, Virginia and later served as viceroy of Britain's colonies in India and Ireland.

George Washington's Westchester Gamble

Author : Richard Borkow
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625842139
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book George Washington's Westchester Gamble written by Richard Borkow and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at Westchester County’s place in the American Revolution and Washington’s plan to trick Cornwallis and march to Yorktown. During the summer of 1781, the armies of Generals Washington and Rochambeau were encamped in lower Westchester County at Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Hartsdale, Edgemont, and White Plains. It was a time of military deadlock and grim prospects for the allied Americans and French. Washington recognized that a decisive victory was needed, or America would never achieve independence. In August, he marched these soldiers to Virginia to face General Cornwallis and his redcoats. Washington risked all on this march. Its success required secrecy, and he prepared an elaborate deception to convince the British that Manhattan, not Virginia, was the target of the allied armies. Local historian Richard Borkow presents this exciting story of the Westchester encampment and Washington’s great gamble that saved the United States. Praise for George Washington’s Westchester Gamble “Borkow has done a first-rate job of telling the story of the American Revolution in Westchester County and putting dramatic events there in the context of the larger war--especially the decision to march to Yorktown.” —Thomas Fleming, author of The Perils of Peace “Just when it seemed that the subject of the American Revolution had been thoroughly explored, Richard Borkow has given us a fresh look at the war's culminating event—the 1781 march of French and American troops to Virginia.” —Joseph Wheelan, author of Jefferson’s War and Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade

Washington and Cornwallis

Author : Benton Rain Patterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781493029068
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Washington and Cornwallis written by Benton Rain Patterson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patterson chronicles the battles waged between Washington and Cornwallis, examines their methods of command and their controversial military decisions, and ultimately brings into focus the personalities of these two pivotal revolutionary War generals.

The Highlands of Aethiopia

Author : William Cornwallis Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Highlands of Aethiopia written by William Cornwallis Harris and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memoirs of the Life of the Most Noble Marquis and Earl Cornwallis, etc

Author : Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of the Most Noble Marquis and Earl Cornwallis, etc written by Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Revolution

Author : Gordon S. Wood
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 1588361586
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The American Revolution written by Gordon S. Wood and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2002-03-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field, which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over the last three decades but never loses contact with the older, classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two hundred years.”—Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers A magnificent account of the revolution in arms and consciousness that gave birth to the American republic. When Abraham Lincoln sought to define the significance of the United States, he naturally looked back to the American Revolution. He knew that the Revolution not only had legally created the United States, but also had produced all of the great hopes and values of the American people. Our noblest ideals and aspirations-our commitments to freedom, constitutionalism, the well-being of ordinary people, and equality-came out of the Revolutionary era. Lincoln saw as well that the Revolution had convinced Americans that they were a special people with a special destiny to lead the world toward liberty. The Revolution, in short, gave birth to whatever sense of nationhood and national purpose Americans have had. No doubt the story is a dramatic one: Thirteen insignificant colonies three thousand miles from the centers of Western civilization fought off British rule to become, in fewer than three decades, a huge, sprawling, rambunctious republic of nearly four million citizens. But the history of the American Revolution, like the history of the nation as a whole, ought not to be viewed simply as a story of right and wrong from which moral lessons are to be drawn. It is a complicated and at times ironic story that needs to be explained and understood, not blindly celebrated or condemned. How did this great revolution come about? What was its character? What were its consequences? These are the questions this short history seeks to answer. That it succeeds in such a profound and enthralling way is a tribute to Gordon Wood’s mastery of his subject, and of the historian’s craft.

The Guns of Independence

Author : Jerome Greene
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1932714685
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book The Guns of Independence written by Jerome Greene and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2005-04-19 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1781, after his victories in the Southern Colonies, Lord Cornwallis marched his army north into Virginia. He believed the Americans could be decisively defeated in Virginia and the war brought to an end. George Washington believed Cornwallis's move was a strategic blunder, and he moved vigorously to exploit it. Feinting against General Clinton and the British stronghold of New York, Washington marched his army quickly south. With the assistance of Rochambeau's infantry and a key French naval victory at the Battle off the Capes in September, Washington trapped Cornwallis on the tip of a narrow Virginia peninsula at a place called Yorktown. And so it began. Operating on the belief that Clinton would arrive with reinforcements, Cornwallis confidently remained within Yorktown's inadequate defenses. Determined that nothing short of outright surrender would suffice, his opponent labored day and night to achieve that end. Washington's brilliance was on display as he skillfully constricted Cornwallis's position by digging entrenchments, erecting redoubts and artillery batteries, and launching well-timed attacks to capture key enemy positions. The nearly flawless Allied campaign sealed Cornwallis's fate. Trapped inside crumbling defenses, he surrendered on October 19, 1781, effectively ending the war in North America.

Cornwallis: The Violent Birth of Halifax

Author : Jon Tattrie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780991995004
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Cornwallis: The Violent Birth of Halifax written by Jon Tattrie and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Long, Obstinate, and Bloody

Author : Lawrence Edward Babits
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807832669
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Long, Obstinate, and Bloody written by Lawrence Edward Babits and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that, although the British won the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the losses they sustained were significant enough to force a withdrawal from the state, and were an important factor in their final defeat at Yorktown, which ended the American Revolution.

Cornwallis

Author : Richard Middleton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300196806
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Cornwallis written by Richard Middleton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of Charles Cornwallis in forty years--the soldier, governor, and statesman whose career covered America, India, Britain, and Ireland Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India--and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain's colonial past. In this vivid new biography, Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis' rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century.