THE FLORIDA CAMPAIGN, 1774-83

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Details the strategic role of British East Florida in the Revolutionary War, its battles, loyalist forces, and impact. Fully illustrated with photographs, artwork, and maps, explores the multiple invasions of British East Florida by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. East Florida saw two major battles during the war, as well as multiple skirmishes and much political intrigue. While East Florida stayed loyal to the crown, there were significant Patriot sympathies in the colony's political leadership. The East Florida Rangers, a loyalist militia unit raised to defend the colony from Patriot incursions, were successful in raiding Georgia and in one such incursion sacked Augusta and came within sight of Savannah; and three signers of the Declaration of Independence were held prisoner in St Augustine after the British capture of Charleston. Contains 175 illustrations and photos.