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An account of the black soldiers, sailors, spies, scouts, guides, and wagoners who participated and sacrificed in the struggle for American independence.
This is the first biography of Elliott White Springs (1896-1959),
who was fifth-ranking U.S. pilot of World War I, best-selling
author, advertising genius, and maverick maser of a textile
manufacturing empire. War Birds, his masterpiece, inspired many
books and films on the youth of World War I and the twenties.
During the depression, Springs expanded the family textile mills in
South Carolina, as others were retrenching, and made Springmaid
sheets and the Springmaid girls household words. A UNC Press
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Davis offers a no-holds-barred biography the only marine in history
ever to win five Navy Crosses.
Sherman's March is the vivid narrative of General William T. Sherman's devastating sweep through Georgia and the Carolinas in the closing days of the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness stories, Burke Davis graphically brings to life the dramatic experiences of the 65,000 Federal troops who plundered their way through the South and those of the anguished -- and often defiant -- Confederate women and men who sought to protect themselves and their family treasures, usually in vain. Dominating these events is the general himself -- "Uncle Billy" to his troops, the devil incarnate to the Southerners he encountered.
"What gives this narrative its unusual richness is the author's collation of hundreds of eyewitness accounts...The actions are described in the words, often picturesque and often eloquent, of those who were there, either as participants -- Union soldiers, Confederate soldiers -- in the fighting and destruction or as victims of Sherman's frank vow to 'make Georgia howl.' Mr. Davis intercuts these scenes with closeups of the chief actors in this nightmarish drama, and he also manages to give us a coherent historical account of the whole episode. A powerful illustration of the proposition put forth in Sherman's most famous remark." -- The New Yorker
Davis traces railroad development in the South by a cast of
remarkable entrepreneurs and the subsequent creation of the
Southern Railway's network from the ruins of those early
enterprises. This is also a full account of the many innovations
wrought by the Southern's leaders: the first major railroad to
convert to diesel power; a pioneer in mechanized maintenance of
right-of-way; the use of gigantic box cars to carry bulky cargo;
and the operation of coal trains in continuous shuttle.
Originally published in 1985.
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.
On January 17, 1781, near Cowpens, a drover's camp on the old
Cherokee trading trail in Carolina territory, Continental troops
and horsemen under the direction of Daniel Morgan inflicted a
stunning defeat on a crack British detachment led by the ruthless
Banastre Tarleton, commander of Lord Cornwallis's cavalry. Although
Tarleton fled the battlefield to avoid capture, the American
victory effectively destroyed the light corps of the British army
in the South. Stung by the loss, Cornwallis ordered a deliberate
and dogged chase of the American rebels, a campaign that meandered
through the wilderness and small communities of the Carolinas.
After months of retreating, the Continental army under the command
of Nathanael Greene, a Rhode Island Quaker, chose to confront the
British army near Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. Although
they fought with tenacity, the Americans were forced to retreat,
but Cornwallis's army had suffered casualties too heavy to pursue
the Continentals and instead fell back to the port city of
Wilmington. Discouraged by the guerrilla tactics, Cornwallis moved
north, to his final defeat at Yorktown. In The Cowpens-Guilford
Courthouse Campaign, Burke Davis provides an engaging account of
the key battles in the American South, demonstrating that it was
here that the strength of the Continental army's resistance to
superior British forces laid the foundations for the final American
victory.
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