In December 1780; former Quaker turned general Nathanael Greene took command of the entire Southern Department. He reported only to George Washington himself. Leadership of the southern states to that point in the American Revolution had failed; as the British held all major southern cities; including the important port city of Charleston. Greene faced the British in several key battles in South Carolina in 1781 and ultimately was able to rid the state of the British and free Charleston; but not until 1782; long after the victory at Yorktown. Join author and historian Leigh Moring as she tells the forgotten story of General Nathanael Greene and the liberation of the Lowcountry at the end of the American Revolution.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Not your typical regimental historyBy Southern HistorianJamie Gillum's book; The History of the Sixteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment; Vol. I; We Were Spoiling for a Fight; April 1861 - August 1862; is an exceptionally well-done introductory volume of what would become one of the regiments of Ben Cheatham's famed all-Tennessee division of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Gillum claims that this is not your ordinary regimental history; and I agree. I think Gillum has set the standard for Confederate regimental histories for some time to come. The book is excellently researched and is based on numerous and varied primary source accounts. While the book does contain the daily movements and activities of the 16th Tennessee regiment as a whole; which a good regimental history surely must; the book does not read as a stodgy or rigid military history. Interspersed throughout the accompanying footnotes are interesting biographical entries of selected men who are mentioned in the text. The flowing narrative opens with a brief; but necessary background that gives one a view into the complex political attitudes and viewpoints of citizens who were living in the fringe counties of anti-slavery East Tennessee and what would lead them to join the Confederate army. As the narrative progresses; Gillum weaves a tapestry of personal accounts giving the reader an understanding of the regiment as a whole in the broader military context; while at the same time bringing the perspectives and experiences of the common soldier into shining detail. After reading volume 1; I feel as though I know Colonel John Savage; Captain J. J. Womack; and Private Roysdon Etter; in particular. Volume 1 covers the first sixteen months of the war; and examines the soldiers' experiences from enlisting as volunteers; to training at Camp Trousdale; to their initial baptism of fire under Robert E. Lee in Virginia; to their transfer to the South Carolina coast; to their assignment with the Army of Mississippi at Corinth; Mississippi; and their movement with the army to Chattanooga; Tennessee. My only disappointment is that I wish I had volumes 2 and 3 in hand; because I am eager to discover more about the history; contributions; and experiences of this fine Tennessee regiment of Cheatham's Division and the stories of the men who comprised it.Dr. Todd CatheyRegimental Historian11th Tennessee Infantry Volunteers1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Essential addition to CW libraryBy dfedakMy husband specifically requested this book and "The Battle of Perryville and the Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry Regiment...;" also by Jamie Gillum; because he has ancestors who fought in this regiment. As a Civil War buff; he is always delighted to find well-written accounts of the battles in which this regiment participated. Would highly recommend this to anyone interested in the Civil War.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A must readBy NateinTnExcellent first hand accounts. Excerpts from letters and diaries are insightful as well as entertaining.
