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Morningstars of Liberty: The Revolutionary War In Georgia 1775–1783, Volume One Gordon Burns Smith Boyd Publishing, Milledgeville, Georgia |
 This new work is a comprehensive and chronological history of Georgia’s participation in the American Revolution, 1775–1783. The narrative and print make it easily read and the documentation is quickly accessible. Its 403 pages contain interesting and informative maps, exquisite portraits, and rare diagrams relating to that conflict. This work places special emphasis on biographies of Revolutionary-era personalities not readily available elsewhere. It has a full-name index, a hard cover, and a beautiful dust jacket. It is the first of four volumes concerning Georgia during the Revolution. Volume 2 will contain biographies of the commissioned officers of the Georgia Continental Line and Staff and service records of the enlisted personnel of the Georgia Continental Line. Volume 3 will contain chapters on the British Regular, German Auxiliary, Provincial, and Loyalist Militia units in Georgia, the Georgia Whig Militia, the Georgia State Line, women, treatment of prisoners, the bounty warrant system, and monuments to the personalities and places of Georgia’s Revolutionary effort. Volume 4 will be the history of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Georgia, 1783–Present. |
Morningstars of Liberty: Georgia's Continental Officers During The Revolutionary War 1775–1783, Volume Two Gordon Burns Smith Boyd Publishing, Milledgeville, Georgia |
The beautifully-illustrated work complements Morningstars Of Liberty: Volume One, The Revolutionary War in Georgia, 1775–1783. Volume Two gives the biographies, Revolutionary War careers, and family histories—insofar as they can be documented—of the 259 men who are known to have held Continental commissions in the Georgia Line and Staff. In addition, it contains the same information on 109 officers who held Continental commissions in other states, but who came to Georgia following the close of the war. This work is 441 pages long, has a full-name index and extensive table of contents, as well as a bibliography. Its dust jacket features a rare portrait of Major John Habersham in full uniform. |
Gordon Burns Smith and Anna Habersham Wright Smith
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P.O.
Box 10041 | Savannah, GA 31412 | USA |
Telephone: (912) 857-3351 | Facsimile: (912) 233-2543
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