The War in the South: The Carolinas and Georgia in the American Revolution, an Informal HistoryMakes much of the fact that the 18th-century conflict was a civil war. Describes the patriot and loyalist leaders indicating the effects of the topography, the character of the Colonial settlers themselves and the political condition in the country on developments of the war. |
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THE KIND OF WAR IT | 9 |
THE LAY OF THE LAND | 15 |
THE RUDE BRIDGE THAT ARCHED THE FLOOD | 28 |
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