UNC Press - Long, Obstinate, and Bloody

320 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 16 illus., 9 maps, appends., notes, bibl., index

Cloth

ISBN 978-0-8078-3266-0

Published: March 2009

Paper

ISBN 978-1-4696-0988-1

Available: August 2013

Long, Obstinate, and Bloody

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse

By Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard

Awards & Distinctions

2010 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award in Battle History

On March 15, 1781, the armies of Nathanael Greene and Lord Charles Cornwallis fought one of the bloodiest and most intense engagements of the American Revolution at Guilford Courthouse in piedmont North Carolina. In Long, Obstinate, and Bloody, the first book-length examination of the Guilford Courthouse engagement, Lawrence E. Babits and Joshua B. Howard piece together what really happened on the wooded plateau in what is today Greensboro, North Carolina, and identify where individuals stood on the battlefield, when they were there, and what they could have seen, thus producing a new bottom-up story of the engagement.

About the Author

Lawrence E. Babits is professor emeritus of history at East Carolina University.

Joshua B. Howard is an independent scholar.

Reviews

"A fine, professional account. . . . A remarkable story . . . Babits and Howard do an excellent job of summing [the battle] up."
--Wilmington Star News

"A read through this work will bring an understanding of the events of the day, how they relate to the larger events of the [Revolutionary War], and a sense of what the world was like at that time."
--Southern Pines Pilot

"An extraordinarily detailed narrative. It also fills a gap in literature on the war by showcasing a consequential but comparatively understudied Carolina battle."
--Raleigh News & Observer

"The battle's only full-length monograph. . . . Professional history written in an approachable manner."
--Library Journal

"Detailed and comprehensive."
--McCormick Messenger

"This book will give you a clearer understanding of this battle than you will find anywhere else. . . . Extremely readable. . . . Maps are crystal clear and very well done."
--1776mag.com