The course will cover the lesser-known campaigns in the South, campaigns which led to the ultimate victory at Yorktown, Virginia. As with George Washington, the Americans in the South lost more battles than they won but they continued to drain British resources, drawing the British deeper into the South, and lengthening their supply lines. Even the British victories were often Pyrrhic ones. American fortunes improved substantially when Rhode Islander Nathanael Greene was placed in overall command. The patriots also had very talented commanders like Francis Marion and Daniel Morgan and tough fighters from “over the mountains.”

Richard Eason is a retired U.S. diplomat and graduate of the College of William and Mary. He also attended the US Naval War College, where he studied the Revolutionary War, and earned a has a second M.A. from George Washington University. He served overseas in nine different countries. He served as Charge d’Affaires in Belgium among other senior posts. He speaks Arabic, French, and Spanish, and is now studying modern Greek, to help keep his brain healthy.

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