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Perfectbound, 80 lb glossy stock, full color, perfect for old docs,
photos inside book. Eliza, A Blueblooded Southern Belle Who Became
a Pioneer Woman: The tombstone reads simply "Eliza, wife of Adam
Peck. Born March 12. 1792, Died July 23, 1874." The graveyard is
beautiful, peaceful, quiet, empty of any living person on most
days. Eliza's tombstone is found in the rolling hills of
southwestern Kentucky. The tombstone in that Kentucky graveyard
gives no hint of a blue-blooded southern belle born on a plantation
in the High Santee of South Carolina, Elizabeth Gayle, whose
grandfather Josiah signed, in July of 1775, the papers of the
Revolutionary Association of Public Defence, South Carolina,
pledging his life, fortune and sacred honor in the battle until the
dispute with Britain should end. The tombstone gives no hint Eliza
lived through the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the Civil War,
or that her life was full of suffering and loss, despite her
privileged birth. This is her story.
The War of 1812 was a "forgotten" war, yet impacted the United
States significantly. This is the story of the sons of Adam Peck
Sr., a Revolutionary War veteran and his wife, Elizabeth Sharkey,
and some others who fought in this war. Among the Peck brothers who
fought in the War of 1812 were ADAM Jr., Patrick, Moses Looney,
Nicholas Sharkey, James Hawkins, Jacob F. C., and Benjamin. It is
also the story of War of 1812 veterans Tobias Teller, of New York,
and Alexander Maddux, of Illinois, whose ancestor was at Valley
Forge. This book takes you back to the era, and gives the reader an
idea of what it meant to live in the United States of America in
its infancy. It also describes the very different nation we might
live in today, if this last great battle in the War of 1812 had not
been fought and won against such terrible odds.112 pages. This
edition is library quality,80 lb glossy stock interior, full color,
great for reproducing old documents and photos in book.
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