North Carolina : A Military History (State Military History Series)

? The fourth volume in our series?of state military histories. ? The author is a senior historian?with the Army Historical Foundation. ? Many key battles in American?history occurred in North Carolina,?including Guilford Courthouse,?Kings Mountain, Fort?Fisher, Bentonville. ? The author discusses the history of war and the military in North Carolina from what we?know of pre-European conflicts; the ?Lost Colony? of Roanoke; the forced migration of the?Tuscaroras to New York; the defeat of the British at Kings Mountain by the so-called??Over mountain?Men? that helped secure the American victory in the Revolution; Sherman's final?Civil War battle at Bentonville; the development of Fort Bragg and airborne infantry. ?The book is illustrated with original maps and numerous photographs and line drawings.