go to c-span store.org to see what is new for american history tv. check out all of the c-span product. the book the road to charleston nathanael greene and the american revolution describes how general greene reversed a series of losses and eventually defeated the british in the southern theater of the war for independence. next, author and historian john buchanan, discusses his new book the american revolution institute, of the society of cincinnati, in washington dc. >> good evening, well, i am kelsey atwood, public program manager american revolution institute of the society of cincinnati i'm delighted to welcome you to anderson house.

the american revolution institute of the society of cincinnati promotes knowledge, appreciation of the achievement of america independence, by providing resources for advanced study, exhibitions and public programs, preservation and providing resources classrooms. since 1938, the society of cincinnati have done this work from headquarters, anderson house in national historic landmarks finished in 1905, as winter residents of lars and elizabeth l at anderson tonight talk rings the dramatic story of the south to its conclusion. nathanael greene's southern campaign was the most difficult. the timeline stretch 100s of miles northward it reveals much about the crucial military arc of provision and transport. insufficient manpower, constant problem brought attention to incorporate residence into his army. it was angrily rejected by the south carolina legislature a

bloody civil war between tories was wreaking havoc on the stoppard forcing greene to address vigilante terror and the source of government. correspondence between greene and thomas jefferson during the campaign, shows green also bedeviled by conflict king war and the rights of the people, the question of how to set strength under which a free society wages war. when the british evacuate charleston, in december 1782, greene and his ragged malaria stricken fateful continental army enter the city in triumph for that mark end of one of the most punishing campaigns of the revolution as well as one of its greatest victories. let me tell you about our speaker this evening. john buchanan is a native of new york who grew up in new york, michigan and ohio. following his service in the army, mr. buchanan graduated from st. lawrence university, úreloading with highest honors in history, he was elected to

phi beta kappa. he would go on to serve as a high school teacher in newark valley new york, and a leader at cornell university. in 1966 he joined the staff of the metropolitan museum of art. first as archivist of the museum for 22 years, chief registrar in charge of worldwide art movements. in that capacity traveled widely and the united states, canada, mexico europe the former ussr, the middle east, india, china japan and australia. upon retirement, he was beginning a writing career that have begun in the 60s. he's the author of the road to valley forge, how are building army that won the revolution, the road to the courthouse, the american revolution in the carolinas and our book this evening, please join me, and welcoming john buchanan.

>> i should start by thanking the society for letting me speak. also, chelsea atwood, for her impeccable arrangements, thank you, kelsey. so, what to do about the south. the last major engagement the north, is a battle of the courthouse in new jersey. 28 june, 1778. after that, a stalemate in the north. the british had been thinking of the southern campaign since 1776. for various reasons, decided to turn south. at the tail end of 1778, the british assault force went

ashore in between sunup and sundown became masters of savannah. in the new year, in march thousand british provincial regulars marched upcountry all the way to augusta, the frontier 178 miles. now, the british commander in chief, and east florida, and georgia, major general augustine wrote the object of the expedition was to open the backcountry to put to the test the often made professions of royalty and its inhabitants. they were tory inhabitants failed the test. the promised 6000 loyalist fighting in the 1100 to 1400 showed up. they were disappointed they expected indian allies, not

want appeared. for those under the reason, the british were drawn to savannah in the low country. in may, 1780, the richest city in america charleston's, south carolina. inside the city the l american army in the south, surrendered to a strong british expeditionary force. from there, from charleston, the british regulars and provincial regulars, marched up the santee river and the condyle river and established basis of communication and surprise. also in major base of camden during the backcountry down in orangeburg, and all the way out to the backcountry, and and 96, they established very strong base and across the savannah river, in augusta. now, to understand the war in

the south, is to be aware of what the americans and british new. the key to success was control of the backcountry. or at least perhaps three quarters of the white population lived. cornwallis who took over command of messiah shortly after the fall of charleston, quote keeping possession of the backcountry, is of the utmost importance. indeed the success of the war in the southern district depends only upon it. in london however, the king labored under the delusion that the loyalists comprised the majority in the carolinas and georgia. on the contrary, rebels were in the majority. there are two caveats to that statement. rebels and tories were about even in the 96th district.

the tories may have been in the majority right here in the mid backcountry in what was called the orangeburg district. overall, the rebels comprised the majority. throughout south carolina. which was the main theater of the war. we who have lived, the one misleading after another that none could understand, should not be surprised by this 18th century misleading by the british government, as brigadier general charles o'hara, a british general serving in america, failed infatuation. of course have to realize too there are also people described by neighbors as as half tory now, following the

british occupation of the backcountry and triumph of sweet north of the unexpected happened the majority rebels in the backcountry rose and they were in revolt, the amount of their horses and stymied the british. the commanding british forces in the field wrote of the rebel militia. quote, their mobility was the reason we were never able to bring them to a decisive action. the rising was fundamental. it changed the course of the war. as the path of beggars, that is what they called the crackers in the backcountry. those packing eggers accepted the british occupation, has a not risen and brought the time necessary for operations by the refurbished army. under brilliant commander. the southern campaign indeed,

the war itself, would've taken on an entirely different ceiling. the british failed to put down the rising. but, the backcountry rebels, not guide the british on the carolinas and georgia. the result? a stalemate. the four continental generals that command of the southern department, one left early because his ability was tested. the other three felt in spectacular fashion. what to do about the south? the precocious 25-year-old alexander hamilton, had the answer. for god's sake, sam greene, which george washington did as he intended. his instructions to general greene, and informed as i am of the enemies force in that quarter of our own, other

resources which will be in our power to command from cheering on the war, i can give you no particular instructions. it misleads you to govern yourself according to your own prudence, and judgment and circumstances in which you find yourself. in other words washington gave greene carte blanche, or to put it in simpler terms, good luck nathanael, you are on your own. 38 year old, nathanael greene, i have the wrong page here. here we go. there he is. nathanael greene rhode island a novice, in 1775, he reported to george washington outside boston. educated on the job, hardened by five years of a bitter war. it just is himself in combat command. in a staff position he hated.

quartermaster general. he supplied the army with the wherewithal war. he was working the latter washington wrote, he found the quartermaster department in the most confused state. he has given the most general satisfaction in his affairs, jerry much defaced of method and system. method and system yes but greene the most cerebral of washington's lieutenants was also one of the heart of man, the type necessary to win wars. forage the country naked. to washington, he wrote, inhabitants cry out they beset me from all quarters. i hardened my heart. greene took command of the seven departments of three december, 1780 in charlotte, north carolina north of the south carolina line. if nathanael greene had proved himself a master of supply and

transport, why during his command in the south was his army chronically short of supplies to the endo of the campaign, his soldiers were so ill supplied with clothing, many used blankets to cover their nakedness. the answer lies in the difference between the great reasons. the north had a much larger population. mostly rural and agricultural from a well-established manufacturer. greene had been close to a supply as well as the indispensable supplies. southern armies, most of the southern army supplies had to come from the north. where and 18th century supplies and wagon, drawn by horses, had to walk. greene sent a request in philadelphia, for clothing.

their was in a state of decay. the clothing arrived five months later. 31 august at charlotte, by 10 september, still had not arrived it was the ever present problem of supplies being hijacked on the way, by officials. throughout the campaign, greene struggled to supply soldiers. on that problem he struggled. he tried to keep the army in the field. importance of logistics, is driven home by the fifth century spartan. without supplies, neither a general or soldier, is good for anything. 2500 years later, general omar bradley, was generalized and how he was grand commander in europe famously said, he

discussed tactics. professionals discuss logistics. now, in addition, to the terrible logistical situation, the political turmoil and the nightmare civil war. the war was in the revolutionary war was a civil war between americans throughout the country. terror always part of revolutions was especially vicious in the south. the germans called it civil war brothers war. not only friends and neighbors, but family split on the issue of independence. in the spring of 1780, a 16- year-old rebbe militiamen witnessed a tragic event. he was serving under captain lohr who attacked a party of tories at the house of a tory. this was captain love sister. mrs. scallions runoff she begged her brother, not to

fire upon the house. he said it was too late now. the only chance of safety was to surrender. she ran back to the house he wrote, he sprang up on the doorstep which was pretty high. the house was attacked in the rear by other rebels. he killed her. soon after the tories rendered. thomas young wrote her brother and her husband quote, bitter tears were shed. he was released to bury his wife. captain littlefield greene, begged to join her husband. she had found him. she shared that with him at valley forge. he refused to let her to travel south. blood and slaughter prevails here.

but she persisted. he wrote again, my dear, you can have no idea of the horrors of the sylvan war. murder is frequent. doubt although they probably never met, he had in mind men like thomas brown, he left us in his journal, vivid descriptions. the british tories had murdered our father, he murdered 16 of his neighbors. he burned his house our brothers and sisters escape to the words. then little to depend upon. nobody to help them. blood boiled within my veins. now, does not reveal if they

ever caught up with his father's killers. there are other scores to settle. and april 1780, writing with partisans, crossing the river, we fell in the man, who insisted, and hanging the five balance. we gave him his due. we left his body at the disposal of birds and beasts. they were acts of revenge. we stood with crackers of the backcountry. johnson was a gentleman. the status of gentlemen raised above that. he was a provincial regular. william johnson married a beautiful, 15-year-old savannah girl. elizabeth lichtenstein. there we are. williams favorite brother, jack, was taken by rebels and hanged. many decades after the war, the widow in and exile in nova

scotia he wrote for her grandson, the actions of the georgia loyalist. after jack was hanged, willian was asking for some days, upon returning he said, i expect friends here tonight would like supper for them at 11 pm. he told have food for horses. i expect about 20 men. elizabeth wrote, some gentlemen i knew. they were friends of your grandfather. others were hard looking men. not gentlemen. after supper, as written were leaving she asked william when he would be back. i will be back in 24 hours. i slept little that night spent the next day and anxious for his safe return. william came back about 2 pm that afternoon. on the table both of which i could see had been used.

i said to him, william where have you been? never asked me where i have been. what i have done. we don't know rebels anything. two examples among hundreds. greene called them private murders and railed against them. he called upon the parties and leaders, to do all they could to stop them. too little, too late. in may june 1781 following greene's orders, the combined operations, continentals, the partisan militia besieged into the british base of augusta, they took the garrison as prisoners. after the surrender, james alexander shot and murdered in cold blood tory officer, as some said, in front of her sons children. the reason was, it was said, for the ill-treatment of

alexander's father by the british. alexander, just wrote away in plain view other rebels. greene was furious. 100 guineas was offered to anybody who could secure the perpetrator. this was a horrible crime. a back woods version of america. he was never claimed. the murder was never brought to justice there was a term then used, such cold-blooded murder. a contemporary row, it was very prettily nicknamed given the georgia parole. when a community of tories in south carolina begged greene for relief from the great distress they were in from the savage conduct of men militia regimen, greene wrote to that outstanding rebel militia commander andrew pickens, the idea of exterminating the tories, is not less bothersome than an politics. will keep this country in the

greatest confusion and distress in a timely sentence, he challenged pickens. he was an honorable man. he would share the responsibility to putting an end to barbers in the backcountry. the allies of the people are much upon you. they are crying for mercy. i hope you will exempt yourself to bring the tories to our interest check the enormity's which prevailed. they are punishing and plundering this avarice. this bloody disposition stimulates them. he attempts to bring law and order to of ravaged land unsuccessfully. hatred and bitterness were deeply embedded for quick relief. pickens expressed in terms that standalone and stark relief. once again labeled the conflict within the regular work of the better civil war. it is impossible for us and

them to inhabit one country and live together. the impact of the civil war made the lives of noncombatants only horror appeared and had a greater impact on society than the regular war. the contemporary south carolina historian david manson wrote, there were 1400 widows and orphans in the 96 district alone. i showed you where that 96 district is. and over that is. late in the war the rebel militia leaders engaged in the orangeburg district of what we call counterinsurgency. the wretchedness of the women and children cannot be conceived. utterly out of the power of many, to subsist much longer. in his memoirs, the rebel general wrote, the civil war

quote, destroyed more property and shed more american blood, then the whole british army. meanwhile, regular war went on. to backtrack a little, in march 1781, at the battle of the courthouse, in northern north carolina, greene lost the tactical battle but one that strategic victory when he recklessly abandoned the carolinas for the siren song of virginia. more on that later. greene and his army of continentals, would fight three major battles and conduct the siege, he lost all four. but the courthouse in each case they had a tactical defeat. crooks hill, let's see. crooks hill, hop crooks hill

north of the british base, on 25 april, 1791 in raised an irishman 26-year-old francis lord walden. he attacked and surprised the rebels. greene denied surprise in the report. in general will not admit he was caught flat footed. the rebel army retired from the field, in good order. greene's famous comment on the second defeat in battle, in a letter to the french minister, we fight. we fight again. greene marched his army southwesterly. they crossed the water early river into rugged hill country.

right in here. he wanted to fight again but grains defensive position on commanding heights, was too strong to assault. examine hill country. now, working, the tactical victor, now a beach and unbowed group in front of him and behind him. he found the countryside and revolt. he wrote to lord cornwallis. revolt is universal. in a combined operation, lieutenant colonel whitehorse harry lee, the prograde francis marion, santee river had fallen. this was part of the general plan of operation. if you find that phrase,

rogers rankings which is regular army would operate in tandem that militia. the random raids and plunder, and the best of all possible worlds. francis marion, and andrew pickens, cooperated. he wrote to cornwallis, the situation of affairs in this province has made me judge if necessary, for a time to withdraw my force from the backcountry and assemble what crews i can collect at this point. now follow the sad affair will you and i will recognize. we lost similar 24th century scenes civilians, evacuating homes. refugees in their own land. let him explain it to us. marching through the low country with troops, he fought off not only the militia but also all the well affected

neighbors in our route together with wives and children. baggage of almost all. those tories who joined (they had good reason to fear what rebel militia would do if they stay home. in europe, at the end of world war ii, refugees were concentrated in camps. displaced persons camps. american doris, would end up outside of charleston. it is the 18th century version of a displaced person camp. after the arrival in charleston, they had no lines. it was called levittown. many of these unfortunate women and children, lived comfortable in their own homes near camden, died. they were living in miserable hats. meanwhile, the regular war continued. greene had come off a defeat

at the courthouse to reveal, he remained a fighting general by marching from south carolina and seeking battle. the decision to abandon and persuaded greene to go on the offensive. he told his friend and had a commissary by the way, it's fascinating. we don't have time to go into his character. after the war he became a founder of one of the great state universities. the university of north carolina. he told david, camden held the key to the enemy's line. they would soon be evacuated. all would now go well. in general he was right. he evacuated camden on 10 may. the following day sumpter took a british poston orangeburg. 15 may, we took fort granby. all those british bases on the santee rivers.

guarding the lines of communication and supply. greene sent light horse harry lee, and his legion, to georgia to command i need my glasses, to command line with pickens, in the siege of augusta. for the rest of the army, greene marched west and four days the last british post in south carolina's backcountry, 96, right here, we call that 96 miles -- were the first cherokee village, which is near close to clemson university now. was actually 70 miles.

in 96, he was commanded by that tough able new yorker john harris kruger. 96, was grains only sees. he and his chief military engineer, a polish volunteer, -- let's see here. there we go. 96, here you have the siege, let me see the star fort communication to the town. another base writer here. this is the key to taking 96, the water supply. the spring branch. but, greene believes the deceased had really to dig

within their works to find water. one it went down 25 feet inside the star fort, they came up empty. it was a dry well. spring branch, was the key. meanwhile, charleston and received reinforcements, from british regimen stations in ireland, seven june began as marge upcountry. 175 miles, to relieve 96. 1800 infantry, almost 750 and greens regular. greene ordered thomas sumter and francis marion, to kill and slow his romance. they marched deadly on word and the terrible heat of the carolina sons. son. they went on and have a woolen uniforms. he's a lender on five june. the 150 man legion joined green outside 96. aware that rawdon was growing

night. he decided on taking jim, 1781, a forlorn hope six bayonets attacked the star fort. it was led by bayonet welding new yorkers. it was savage hand-to-hand combat. the assault failed. it was an all-american fight. we don't have time for that, i am sorry. anyway, greene and his army defeated once more. they marched away after the failed attack once again, greene attacked them he was the strategic winter. 96 was almost out of positions. he thought it impossible to

furnish it with the necessary supplies. i therefore resolved to withdraw the garrison. gave the tories a choice. they would defend at the district, he would leave a small party to assist them. the attachments now and then if they drove forces into the district. harrison chose to leave and take up residence on abandon plantations. on 2010, he marched off with part of his force. they marched down country. 50 soldiers and those heavy woolen uniforms. they collapsed and died. he left the tories to make up their minds. their morale had bottomed out. despite the temporary deliverance over many months, rebel partisan militia had proven superior. they chose to leave not long after. they were escorted by battalions. they made their own sad track.

country refugees in their own land. the last british post. the rebels were in control. greene and his little army would fight one more major battle. not against lord this had been a bravo or performance. he had suffered with malaria throughout the events just described into leave of america. later second a player in the loss of the first british empire, and early 19th century in india, he was governor general commander-in-chief. he became one of the builders of the second british empire. while the finding and diane went on greene never lost sight of the political side of the struggle.

he urged governor john in philadelphia to return to south carolina. he did. the two worked closely together to restore greene also looked to thomas burke of north carolina quote, while the war lasts, the civil and military are mutually dependent on each other. the most perfect lee good understanding is essential to both. i bade your excellency to be persuaded, it will be my constant endeavor to deserve the confidence and good opinion of those in power. those fighting words bear repeating. the confidence and good opinion of those in power. they place green as one with his chief george washington. in recognizing and supporting the privacy of the civil power. a critical concept of governance, that spared the new nation. the efficiency of

military adventuress. rodda's command, greene championed the establishment of civil dominance. for example, sending to georgia has personal representative, georgia clay. he absolutely made a gift for adroit maneuvering and political affairs. in 1781, drugs and delegates to congress the position to the rank of general, with command of the georgia militia greene must have been appalled. what would be the reaction of militia leaders, and our dedication and leadership the kurds. colonel john erickson james jackson, how to deal with this delicate situation? greene wrote to the delegates, i am a little apprehensive that the military characters in that state will not readily subscribe to the propriety of

dr. bronson's appointment. that's putting it mildly. he then wrote to georgia colonels in neatly handed the problem to them. ahead while this business necessary, this ought to be. we must determine and we can be sure they knew exactly what their feelings were. he added an ironic touch by having the letter delivered to the colonels by dr. bronson pretty wrote to joseph clay, mr. bronson is coming to georgia with an appointment of brigadier. should've been likely to produce this. i suppose it will be laid aside. it was indeed laid aside. john threats who was appointed brigadier general of the georgia militia elected as governor, you guessed it, dr. nathan bronson. it would not be the last time bronson gave green trouble.

meanwhile, the war went on. let's see. the british have been driven from the far backcountry. now it's time to drive them from the backcountry. get them close to the seacoast . it was vitally important to establish civil government in south carolina and georgia and combine british forces to charleston and savannah. showing the world that the rebels were in civil as well as military control and thus avoiding a set on the horizon. european mediation of the conflict, which carried with it the danger of the application of the principle of international law. the latin as you put that. if european mediation occurred, the cease-fire is agreed-upon,

a truce established, each side would remain where they were in peace negotiations. this could mean, each side could end up with the territory possess, with the cease-fire within two or track. the american side with headset against any such proposal. against mediation itself, they strove mightily to prevent it. without expelling british, at least driving them to the coast. greene and his ragged unpaid long-suffering continentals, once more prepared for battle. the battle of utah springs. eight september, 1781. right here. see how close we are to charleston? now, there are this close to charleston. eight september, 1781. the bloodiest battle of the southern campaign. hotly contested.

he directed and orderly withdrawal from the field. he led alexander stewart, who succeeded infield command, the technical victory. greene took 23% casualties. stewart suffered crippling losses of 38%. one day after the battle, stuart began a with drawl, that in the months following, eventually ended inside british lines of charleston. the british army set to remain in the field for major combat, nevermore to reappear, except seeking food and forage. british back. they were pinned to the coast. 233 years ago, helen williams who commanded the cottonelle of at utah springs on the results. the best criteria of victory, is to be found in consequences.

the following month, 19 october, 1781, the world shaking event occurred in littleton in virginia. it was the carolina campaign, first waged solely by backcountry cracker militia. it was taken over by green led for colas. to virginia and end of the american adventure. a debilitating march through a savage battle crippled cornwallis's army. sergeant berchtold of the hessian friend rosie regimen, summed up his lordships dilemma in a few well-chosen words. the situation was now bad for us. we have one, but we have no

food. we have no shoes on our feet. we have no shirts on her body. it was decided to begin the return march. cornwallis wrote to general william phillips. i am quite tired of marching about here in search of adventures. he decided, the key to victory lay in virginia, where british should bring out full force. we have a stake to fight for then. they give us america. as we all know, the lordship bounces battle against the franco-american force, lost his army and with its, america. cornwallis broke the will of the british establishment to continue the war. five months later, 20 march, 1782 in london, lord north's ministry fell.

three days later they formed a new ministry. the policy was to conduct offensive operations in america but to withdraw an army. this took a while. because of the extreme shortage of shipping. some 60,000 to 70,000 refugees and savannah, new york and americans all. they wanted no part of life among rebels. politically, the war was over. for several months, skirmishing not in south carolina. british raiding party sought food and forage. greene did not trust the british. he did not believe until late summer of 1782, they went to leave. he wrote this trust is the mother of security at war. he finally came around. by late that year, negotiations produced and orderly, peaceful withdrawal.

when a grand day. 14 december, 1782, when the final contingents of british soldiers were brought out to awaiting troop transport and trust on harbor, some 200 yards behind them, the american group of malaria written soldiers. governor maxwell, and his fellow dignitaries, were there, because of green. they would not have been there without him. greene little known today, for she died three years after the war. the revolution, bring to the fore men and women who otherwise and alexander hamilton and his eulogy of green, might have languished

in obscurity work a few scattered. such a man was nathanael greene. he called upon hamilton to act a part of the most splendid theater. of all washington's lieutenants, greene was the only one who possessed a skill, the judgment and the character, to undergo the extreme vicissitudes of the southern campaign and emerged triumphant. plucked from the provincial neighborhood. he rests now in the pantheon of heroes of the revolution. and a founder of a new nation. thank you, so much for listening.

thank you. >> questions? do you have a microphone to ask them? yes sir. >> with regard to mel gibson's movie the pager, disregarding the story you know the history of fiction, such as the atmosphere of the civil war, do you think that's a good portrayal a good understanding what it was like? >> yeah. i thought it was a terrible movie. i was told the producer of that movie, gave gibson a copy of my first book. i don't think anybody read it.

yes sir. >> could you comment on bannister carlton? >> yes. charleston and think anybody mentioned it in this book, he was prominent in the first book. when he was an hot pursuit of an anime he was at his best. early in the war, after the fall of charleston, to very good effect.

really that was his only set piece of metal. i think so. that was his only set piece battle and he absolutely feel. he took a tired, hungry force into major combat and i not long march and was defeated by a monster. he was not a very nice man at all. and he also approved that after the war. in england when he

the trade betrayed the man who had made him lord cornwallis and his men were. and in that book he could've gone to india with cornwallis and then of course cornwallis succeeded mightily in india as governor general and commander-in-chief. he could have gone with him. but up but not after he wrote the book court criticizing cornwallis. >> of those who lived, what became of the tories of georgia and south carolina? >> well, except for the ones who left, thousands of stayed. i don't think we really have an accurate count of how many stayed. but i have some figures back here, the british lieutenant general

wrote that he estimated about 5000 and he said went over the mountain to the states. and thousands of state. thousand state. james collins who wrote the valuable autobiography of the revolutionary soldier, he divided into tories into pet tories, they did not do much after the war, it was the rabbit tories, the hard- core tories of they won after that driveaway. and told them to leave, never come back. a lot of people in the backcountry, they didn't get to the tories. so they went over the mountains. into what became tennessee, kentucky, alabama and down to the spanish land. thousands of them. >> they went to great britain and went to canada. >> 30,000 white and

black loyalist including 3000 three black servants to the maritimes. nova scotia. where elizabeth -- and i take these figures from a wonderful book by just enough, liberties exiled. the americans abroad in the revolutionary work is i think it is just excellent. 6000 including 500 mohawks of quarterback. quebec, 5002 eastbourne and eventually had to leave with the spanish, when they got florida back. about 8000 mostly white loyalists and about 5003 black loyalist to britain and 2500 white loyalists to the bahamas, bringing some 4000 slaves. jamaica, 3000 white loyalists and up to

8000 slaves. and she believes the total immigration was 60,000 with the caveat, it probably could be increased by 10%. it also she believes safe to conclude the white loyalists was up to 15,000 slaves. >> one more. here we go. you mentioned native americans, >> you barely mentioned native americans. >> yeah, the american indians in the southeast didn't play an important role as the iroquois did. on the new york frontier. early in the war, 1776, the cherokee rose, powerful

militia columns from the carolinas and virginia marched over the mountains, there was no major battles, or skirmishes. the cherokee could not withstand them. their towns were ravaged, their fields were destroyed, they were an agricultural people. fields destroyed and they were left to face and they had warehouses, where they would store food for the winter. those were destroyed , what the rebels didn't take with them to go home. so, that knocked the cherokee out of the war for the next five years. and it also discourage the creeks to the south of them. and later in 1781, the cherokees rose again ever quickly defeated by andrew pickens. and i do cover that

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every 1st and 3rd weekend each month as we take book tv and american history tv on the road. a story of communism. and friends of mine emailed me and said why do you want to tackle this issue? marriage and family and you are jumping into the culture were, do you really want to do this? >> author and professor paul kangals will be a guest on in- depth, sunday, from noon to 2:00 eastern. his latest book is the divine plan. other titles include duke, takedown and the crusader. as well as books about the spiritual lives of ronald reagan. george w. bush and hillary clinton. join our live conversation with your phone call, tweets and facebook questions. watch in-depth, with author paul kangals, live sunday from noon to 2 pm eastern. runbook tv.

watch author beatrice, book tv ever weekend on c-span two. tonight on lectures and history, baylor university professor julian suite teaches a class on the american military during the revolutionary war. including a look at the equipment and capability of the continental army and militia troops. here's a preview. >> one thing that everybody will need is this. state-of-the-art, my friends. this is a replica of the musket. it is about 4 1/2 feet long. it weighs about 8-10 pounds. this is the standard issue that you would have so beloved don't lose a. it's in three parts,

this is the talk, the wooden park, and then you have the barrel which is the long part right here. hence the phrase, lock, stock and barrel. is the whole and. it is important to know the arrow is smooth for, you will stick a long tube of metal. it's not, when something is rifled, it is smooth. when you put a ball in their and the groups, he will give it a spin. so you can't do that with this. that is not the point. >> learn more about the american military pitch in the revolutionary war tonight at eight eastern. on lectures in history. you're watching american history tv. where we bring the classroom to you. next on american history tv. house speaker nancy pelosi

hosted a reception at the u.s. capital to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the house of representatives passing the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution. which guaranteed women the right to vote. other speakers include house minority leader kevin mccarthy, journalist cokie roberts and k cole james and former senator arbor mikulski. a respective chair and vice per chair of the women's suffrage centennial commission. >> ladies and gentlemen the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives accompanied by the honorable kevin mccarthy, ms. k cole james, the honorable barbara mikulski, the honorable brenda lawrence,