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 THE FAILURE OF BRITISH STRATEGY DURING THE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGNOF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1780-81A thesis presented to the Faculty of the U.S. ArmyCommand and General Staff College in partialfulfillment of the requirements for thedegreeMASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCEMilitary HistorybyJESSE T. PEARSON, MAJ, USAB.S., Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993Fort Leavenworth, Kansas2005Approved for public release;This publication contains copyrighted material and may not be further reproducedwithout permission of the copyright holder.
 
 
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The Failure of British Strategy during the Southern Campaign of the American RevolutionaryWar, 1780-81
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MAJ Jesse T. Pearson
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This paper investigates the failure of British strategy during the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War from 1780 to 1781.Following France’s entry into the war in 1778, the British Secretary of State for the American Department, Lord George Germain, believedthat Great Britain could expand the war into the south with minimal cost. This research traces Lord Germain’s strategy from its origin inLondon in 1778 to its application in the American south by British Generals Henry Clinton and Charles Cornwallis during 1780 and 1781.It also analyzes crucial British engagements with the southern patriot army at the Battle of Cowpens in January 1781, the Battle of GuilfordCourthouse in March 1781, and the final withdrawal of British forces from the southern interior following the Battle of Eutaw Springs inSeptember 1781. This research identifies four factors that contributed to the failure of British strategy in the south: (1) a false Britishassumption of loyalist support among the populace, (2) British application of self-defeating political and military policies, (3) the Britishfailure to deploy sufficient forces to control the territory, and (4) patriot General Nathanael Greene’s campaign against British forces.
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American Revolutionary War, Southern Campaign, British Strategy
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 iiMASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCETHESIS APPROVAL PAGEName of Candidate: MAJ Jesse T. PearsonThesis Title: The Failure of British Strategy during the Southern Campaign of theAmerican Revolutionary War, 1780-81Approved by:, Thesis Committee ChairRichard V. Barbuto, Ph.D., MemberMichael D. Pearlman, Ph.D., MemberRoy A. Merrill III, M.B.A.Accepted this 17th day of June 2005 by:, Director, Graduate Degree ProgramsRobert F. Baumann, Ph.D.The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the student author and do notnecessarily represent the views of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College orany other governmental agency. (References to this study should include the foregoingstatement.)
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Ancestor_Hunter

How do I know this-----IT'S CALLED RESEARCH!! *grumbles*

reply04 / 17 / 2010
Ancestor_Hunter

Wow, did you pull your information out of your butt or the clouds?! Neither Major John Harrison nor Captain Samuel Harrison were killed in the American Revolution. IN FACT, they both continued to serve until the very end! Yes, John died in 1795, Sam in 1816.

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