Bøger af Jack Darrell Crowder

Who would want to read a book about massacres? If you wanted to read it for the blood and gore, then go see a slasher movie. If you want an understanding of what a massacre is, how they could happen, what went on, and what the results would be; then this is the book for you. Why would men act like savages during a battle and refuse to give quarter to their enemy even after they throw down their weapons and surrender? Why would innocent women and children be put to the sword? This book takes a look at the causes behind this behavior and how actions can get out of hand so easily. It will also examine the propaganda behind some so-called "massacres." It is important that these events be examined and their causes be brought to light. Both sides in the Revolutionary War need to share the blame. Eyewitness accounts are used to describe the events. Abraham Blauveldt, a Captain in the militia, wrote about the Baylor Massacre, "That pursuing the enemy as they were retiring from Herring-town, on the morning of the twenty-eighth of September last, and finding myself surrounded by a superior force, and a retreat impossible, I offered to surrender myself, but that instead of quarters, I was instantly fired upon and wounded in the thigh, and afterwards stabbed in the breast with a bayonet, and left for dead. I heard the British officers and soldiers swear that they would give quarters to no militia man. "A Hessian sergeant, boasting of the exploits the night of the Paoli Massacre exclaimed, "What a running about, barefoot, and half clothed, and in the light of their won fire! These showed us where to chase them, while they could not see us. We killed three hundred of the rebels with the bayonet. I stuck them myself like so many pigs, one after another, until the blood ran out of the touch-hold of my musket. "Captain Warren noted in his diary what he saw at the Cherry Valley Massacre, "In the afternoon and morning of the 13th we sent out parties after the enemy withdrew; brought in the dead; such a shocking sight my eyes never beheld before of savage and brutal barbarity; to see the husband morning over his dead wife, with four dead children lying by her side, mangled, scalpt, and some of the heads, some of the legs and arms cut off, some flesh torn off their bones by dogs."

Before the flu pandemic of 1918 and the Coronavirus of 2020, there was the smallpox outbreak of 1775-1777. John Adams wrote to his wife on June 26, 1776, "The smallpox is ten times more terrible than Britons, Canadians, and Indians together. The small Pox! The small Pox! What shall We do with it?"This book explores the various diseases that affected the American and British armies during the Revolution. It examines how diseases helped decide the outcome of some battles and may have altered the course of the war. During the retreat to Crown Point, American General John Sullivan reported, "I found myself at the head of a dispirited Army, filled with horror at the thought of seeing their enemy....Smallpox, famine, and disorder had rendered them almost lifeless. Half of my 7,000 men were too sick or wounded for duty. Lice and Maggots....were creeping in Millions over the victims"In 1780 German historian Johnann David Shoepf described South Carolina, "Carolina was in the spring a paradise, in the summer a hell, and in the autumn a hospital."The book also examines some early uses of biological warfare. "Could it not be contrived to send the smallpox among those disaffected tribes of Indians?" ---- Sir Jeffery Amherst, the British commander-in-chief in North America.

This book explores the impact, good and bad, that certain decisions had on the events that influenced the eventual outcome of the American Revolution.

In 1778, Sergeant Matthew Scott was discharged from the Continental Army after three years of service. He had endured several battles, been wounded, and suffered at Valley Forge. Matthew is excited about returning home to Virginia to marry his sweetheart. Once he arrives at home, he soon faces events more horrible than what he encountered during the war. They will change his life and the lives of those around him. His commitment and bravery will once again be tested as he searches for meaning to his life.

In 1766 at the age of five Abby is sent away to live with various people. After a few years she finds a home as a servant girl with the Thomas family. Being a young female among ten boys quickly proves to be a physical and mental challenge for Abby. However, she refuses to let others define who she will be, as she fights to overcome prejudice and gain equality. In 1775, she is caught up in the American Revolution and finds that her courage, faith, and character will be tested to the limit. When the war reaches her doorstep, she learns firsthand the sadness of losing loved ones and the horrors of war. As the Revolution draws to a close, Abby makes a decision, and if her secret is discovered she will face disgrace and possibly jail.

The majority of Indian tribes sided with the British in the Revolutionary War yet some Native Americans rallied to the American cause and suffered heavy losses. This history recounts the sacrifices made by forgotten people of colour to gain independence for the people who enslaved and extirpated them.

Presents stories of ministers that became chaplains in the American army during the Revolution. Most of these men were not content with just administering to the spiritual needs of the troops, but they also took up the musket for the cause of liberty.