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Author Greene, Jerome A

Title The guns of independence : the siege of Yorktown, 1781 / Jerome A. Greene
Edition 1st ed
Published New York : Savas Beatie, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 507 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-496) and index
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Subject Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog.
Belegeringen.
SUBJECT Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002566
Subject Virginia -- Yorktown
Yorktown (Va.)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781611210057
1932714685
9781932714685
1611210054