The Stewards of West River: A Maryland Family During the American Revolution
Autor Lyman Hallen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 mai 2021
known as the Maryland Line from Long Island to South Carolina and to Yorktown, Virginia. The Cast of Characters in the stories are many and a center section is an illustration of the Revolution officers and elected politicians that the Steward served alongside.
The stories of John are many and the book cover many. He was a warrior and as he led his men into the teeth of death with savage, brutal fighting his battle cry was Ya can't live forever John was one of the three men to cover their troop for the retreat of the Maryland 400. They saved many lives. From Brooklyn Heights to kip's Bay where John was court marital for slugging Continental sergeant. John saw the sergeant in battle in what he considered an act of a coward. After the battle they met, and John slugged him. For this act he was court-martialed. The stories get more serious. At Staten Island John is capture. While in prison he manages to escape and ins up in the bombardment of Fort Mifflin. It is debatable as to how he survived. John received a silver medal at the battle of Stony Point. General George Washington awarded the medal Lt., Colonel John Steward. Today it would be equivalent to the Congressional Medal of Honor. This was one of eleven medals given out during the war. The stories continuous throughout the book including two more accounts on court-martial. John dies after the war ends and before the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Stephen Steward's grandson John S. Skinner was too young for the Revolutionary War. However, he was a major character in the War of 1812 There is the story of John Stuart Skinner and his midnight ride to ward President Madison the British General Ross was coming through the town of Bladensburg to burn the White House. This is the beginning of the story that led Francis Scott Key to the bombardment of Fort McHenry. Skinner held rank in the army, the Navy and several post in the Maryland Government. It was Skinner who assisted Francis Scott Key during the attack on Baltimore and delivered the text of the Star-Spangled Banner to be published.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781098353285
ISBN-10: 1098353285
Pagini: 402
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: BOOKBABY
ISBN-10: 1098353285
Pagini: 402
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Editura: BOOKBABY
Notă biografică
The source of information for my book, The Stewards of West River, was created through a lifetime of adventure. I spent the first 18 years on a farm. One of our large fields had Arrowheads all over. This indicated a possible Indian village in the past and created a deep interest in me about their history. I also had a deep interest in airplanes. I built model airplanes during my teens and had them hanging all over the ceiling.
During the Korean War, I enlisted in the Airforce and served four years active and four inactive as an S/Sgt on an RB36 Strategic Air Command [SAC] during the cold war. The commander of SAC was General LeMay, and we were at war with Russia. It was the atomic age, and our goal was Mutual Assured Destruction [MAD] with Russia.
From my SAC career, I joined a major airline and retired thirty-six years later. For 40 years, my office consisted of a windshield that opened the world to me. I visited many countries, created many new friends, and had many exciting adventures. In 1960 I was furloughed, and I took a 6-month contract as a flight instructor for the Syrian Airlines. Flight schedules and layovers through the Holy land created a vast knowledge of Africa and the Mediterranean. When that contract was over, I went to work for a nonscheduled airline called United States Overseas, which had a contract to fly troops to Berlin, Germany. During my airline career. I had a flight school with five planes, and I taught ground school, primary flight training, and commercial and multi-engine.
Sailing was also another adventure. Living in Annapolis, Maryland, was almost a requirement. I had a 38-foot Columbia sloop. With an experienced sailing buddy, we explored the Chesapeake Bay from Elkton to Norfolk. Then we headed south to New Providence, where I kept the ship for a year. I lived onboard and commuted to work. My experienced sailing buddy wanted a larger ship and more incredible adventures. When I got my sailboat back to Annapolis, he had bought a 60ft Trawler in Los angles, California. We sailed from Los Angles through the Panama Canal to Florida and Annapolis, Md.
In 1985, I bought a historical site on the West River in Maryland called Norman's Retreat. It was recorded as a historical 19th-century farm and raised my past interest in 20th-century farming. It wasn't long before I learned that the site had extensive archival remains of an 18th-century shipyard through fortunate events. Shipwright Stephen Steward owned and operated the shipyard as the naval base for Maryland's navy during the American Revolutionary War. On March 31, 1781, the British attacked and burned the shipyard. This excited my love of history and soon led to extensive research: people, places, traveling to the Revolutionary War battles, and researching historical persons associated with the Steward shipyard. This research led to the shipwright's son, who fought under Generals Washington and Green from Brooklyn Heights to Yorktown. The grandson of the shipwright Stephen Steward accompanied Francis Scott Key through the rescue of Doctor Beames and the bombardment of Fort McHenry. After many years of research, I was encouraged by many to put it in print as a viable documentary of Maryland's history. Thus, I began the journey of writing this book.
During the Korean War, I enlisted in the Airforce and served four years active and four inactive as an S/Sgt on an RB36 Strategic Air Command [SAC] during the cold war. The commander of SAC was General LeMay, and we were at war with Russia. It was the atomic age, and our goal was Mutual Assured Destruction [MAD] with Russia.
From my SAC career, I joined a major airline and retired thirty-six years later. For 40 years, my office consisted of a windshield that opened the world to me. I visited many countries, created many new friends, and had many exciting adventures. In 1960 I was furloughed, and I took a 6-month contract as a flight instructor for the Syrian Airlines. Flight schedules and layovers through the Holy land created a vast knowledge of Africa and the Mediterranean. When that contract was over, I went to work for a nonscheduled airline called United States Overseas, which had a contract to fly troops to Berlin, Germany. During my airline career. I had a flight school with five planes, and I taught ground school, primary flight training, and commercial and multi-engine.
Sailing was also another adventure. Living in Annapolis, Maryland, was almost a requirement. I had a 38-foot Columbia sloop. With an experienced sailing buddy, we explored the Chesapeake Bay from Elkton to Norfolk. Then we headed south to New Providence, where I kept the ship for a year. I lived onboard and commuted to work. My experienced sailing buddy wanted a larger ship and more incredible adventures. When I got my sailboat back to Annapolis, he had bought a 60ft Trawler in Los angles, California. We sailed from Los Angles through the Panama Canal to Florida and Annapolis, Md.
In 1985, I bought a historical site on the West River in Maryland called Norman's Retreat. It was recorded as a historical 19th-century farm and raised my past interest in 20th-century farming. It wasn't long before I learned that the site had extensive archival remains of an 18th-century shipyard through fortunate events. Shipwright Stephen Steward owned and operated the shipyard as the naval base for Maryland's navy during the American Revolutionary War. On March 31, 1781, the British attacked and burned the shipyard. This excited my love of history and soon led to extensive research: people, places, traveling to the Revolutionary War battles, and researching historical persons associated with the Steward shipyard. This research led to the shipwright's son, who fought under Generals Washington and Green from Brooklyn Heights to Yorktown. The grandson of the shipwright Stephen Steward accompanied Francis Scott Key through the rescue of Doctor Beames and the bombardment of Fort McHenry. After many years of research, I was encouraged by many to put it in print as a viable documentary of Maryland's history. Thus, I began the journey of writing this book.