Partisans and Redcoats The Southern Conflict That Turned the Tide of the American Revolution by Walter Edgar

Partisans and Redcoats The Southern Conflict That Turned the Tide of the American Revolution by Walter Edgar

In South Carolina, the Revolutionary War was all but a first Civil War, with Tories and Rebels--sometimes from the same family--viciously fighting each other from the beginning of the conflict in 1775 to the colonists' victory in 1782. In this gripping, thoroughly researched volume, Walter Edgar brings to life the battles, the people, and the land that were a crucial front line in the struggle for independence.

With lively, evocative prose, Edgar tells the bloody tale of the British occupation: having taken Charleston, they swept across the Carolina backcountry like a firestorm, brutalizing and massacring innocent civilians. Yet deep in this land of rolling hills and lush valleys, the poorly organized and demoralized patriots struggled valiantly, finally assuring themselves after many battles that they could defeat the Redcoats. A story of heroes and villains, betrayal and honor, this rousing chronicle is American history at its finest.

Walter Edgar is emeritus professor of history at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and the author or editor of more than a dozen books about the Palmetto State, including The South Carolina Encyclopedia. He is the host of Walter Edgar's Journal and South Carolina from A to Z on SCETV Radio. In 2008 he was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.