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When we think of the American Revolution, we think of the North. Lexington and Concord, Washington crossing the Delaware, the winter at Valley Forge.

But it was in the south, in the swamps and backwoods of Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia, where the war was decided.

By 1779, the conflict was at a stalemate.

To break it, the British High Command shifted his attention

to the southern colonies. The campaign got off to a promising start. In May 1780, after a catastrophic

siege, Charleston fell. It was the worst American defeat of the entire war, resulting in the

surrender of over 5,000 men and the loss of the

South's major port.

Leading the British force was General Charles Cornwallis.

While his manner was genteel, his military strategy was aggressive and unforgiving.

He fully expected to make short work of the rebels.

George Washington sent his most trusted officer, Nathaniel Green, to stop him.

Green was one of those remarkable Americans who emerged out of the crucible of the revolution.

Born in Rhode Island in 1742, he rejected his pacifist Quaker upbringing to join the revolution.

Like many of his fellow rebel leaders, he had no formal military training.

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