Long, Obstinate, and Bloody: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse, (Paperback)

from jcbrunner

I first learned about the battle of Guilford Courthouse in a second hand copy of Donald F. Featherstone's Battle Notes for Wargamers wherein he noted that "the contrast between the rigidity of the British Regular forces and the loose and unorthodox tactics of the American Militia makes for unusua...

from setnahkt

Long, Obstinate, and Bloody, by Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard, describes the battle of Guilford Courthouse – sort of the southern equivalent of Saratoga. Although the Royal Army under Cornwallis “won” the battle, in the sense that they held the field after the fighting was done, they lo...

from ksmyth

Long, Obstinate and Bloody is Lawrence Babits study of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. Coming after his magnificent study of Cowpens, Devil of a Whipping, this work leaves me slightly disappointed. Babits sets the stage for the battle in much the same way he did in Devil of a Whipping. We are ...