Description

A highly illustrated study of the British siege of Savannah in the American Revolution and the French and American attempt to take the city back that followed.

In 1778 Great Britain launched a second invasion of the southern colonies as part of the “southern strategy” for victory in the American Revolutionary War. A force of 3,000 British soldiers, Hessians and Loyalists was dispatched from New York City to capture Savannah, capital of the State of Georgia. The city fell in December 1778, and became a base for British operations in the southern colonies. Desperate to regain one of the most important southern cities, Continental troops under General Benjamin Lincoln joined forces with a French naval expedition under the Admiral Charles-Henri d'Estaing in an an all-out assault on the British fortified positions protecting Savannah.

This fully illustrated study examines the costly French and Patriot attempts to retake Savannah. Replete with stunning artwork and specially commissioned maps, this is the complete story of one of the bloodiest campaigns of the American Revolutionary War.

Table of Contents

The strategic situation

Chronology
Opposing commanders
Opposing forces
Opposing plans
The campaign
The aftermath
The battlefield today

Further reading
Index

Product details

Published Aug 24 2017
Format Ebook (Epub)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472818676
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 40 b/w; 7 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 311
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Illustrator

Graham Turner

Graham Turner is a leading historical artist, spec…

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