Greene, Jerome A.

The guns of independence the siege of Yorktown, 1781 / [electronic resource] : Jerome A. Greene. - New York : Staplehurst, U.K. : Savas Beatie ; Spellmount, 2005. - xix, 507 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The campaign of the allies -- The lion comes to Yorktown -- The British positions -- Washington takes command -- Investment -- The noose tightens -- The lion at bay -- On the verge -- The guns of October -- The earth trembles -- Night of heroes -- Hopes bright and dim -- Britain against the sky -- Broken sword -- Endings, beginnings -- Postscript : thereafter -- Appendix 1. Modern photographic gallery -- Appendix 2. The Washington and Cornwallis correspondence -- Appendix 3. The Articles of Capitulation, October 19, 1781 -- Appendix 4. The archaeology of the French Grand Battery complex -- Appendix 5. The artillery at Yorktown.


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