In Nothing but Blood and Slaughter, Volume Two, the British had conquered Georgia and South Carolina, and had turned their attentions towards North Carolina. By 1781 the British government thought that the war in America was all but over and they could now focus on France and Spain. Though the war had turned against the Patriots, they were not finished. The British had all but won the war in the colonies, but they had not won the peace. Many of Cornwallis's army had been taken prisoner at King's Mountain in 1780. Cornwallis knew that if he marched into North Carolina the supply lines to his army would be spread thin and Patriot guerillas would be able to strike at will. Cornwallis also knew that to destroy the enemy he had to carry the war to them. He could not do this in South Carolina. Against orders from his superior in New York City Cornwallis decided to carry the war into North Carolina. The Revolutionary War was decided in the forests and plowed fields of the South. Huge lumbering armies brought the war into the low country and the piedmont while roving bands of guerillas harassed each other. Americans fought Americans in a bloody civil war. Past grievances against neighbors were paid with blood and fire by the partisans of both sides. This book is the third volume of four that attempts to list every single military action, no matter how small, in the Carolinas. Critics have called the series "the most complete history of the war in the Carolinas" and - a "MUST HAVE for any military history library of the American War of Independence." The author, Patrick O'Kelley is retired from the US Army Special Forces. He is currently a Junior ROTC instructor and has been a Revolutionary War reenactor and living historian for over 25 years. "Nothing but Blood and Slaughter" The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, Volume Three, 1781 is available from the publisher’s website, for $20.95, plus shipping and handling, from the Booklocker.com website at: http://www.booklocker.com/books/1965.html Or, you can order for $28.00 (which includes shipping) with a check, from: Blue House Tavern Press 709 Kramer Road Lillington, NC 27546