Warriors of the Eastern Shore: From Colonial Times to the Civil War (The Eastern Shore series) - Softcover

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This book covers the men and women of the Eastern Shore through colonial times to the end of the Civil War as the battled at home and abroad for the causes they held dear. Soldiers, sailors, politicians and civilians play their parts at some of the pivotal battles of early American history, whether at the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776 or the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. You will read the stories of ordinary people, slave and free, male and female, as they fight for their rights and their homes from Newark Delaware to Pungoteague Virginia. This book is a tribute to those who took their stand to protect the Eastern Shore, whether from British raids, Tory pirates or rabid secessionists. Fully illustrated.

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