{"product_id":"alachua-ambush-bloody-battles-of-the-2nd-seminole-war-9781087808208","title":"Alachua Ambush: Bloody Battles of the 2nd Seminole War","description":"\u003cp\u003eNever before published letters and accounts of Florida's Second Seminole War bring to life the bloodiest battles and events. For a long time, the mistaken belief was that the last battle was on Lake Okeechobee on Christmas Day 1837. How wrong that is  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Gabriel Rains tests land mines on the Seminole warriors near Fort King, and they hit back with a bloody battle where he is nearly killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Sanderson was a veteran of the War of 1812. An enlisted man promoted to lieutenant with recommendations of all the officers in the regiment. His experience proved no match against a deadly ambush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. Montgomery was 19 years old and daughter of the richest businessman in Cincinnati. She took a Sunday ride out of Fort Micanopy to her death that was reported around the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiccosukee war leader Coacoochee has an epic victory party on a plantation near St. Augustine. Army Dragoons attempt to track him but run into a dead-end in the swamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlaves George and Joe are put on trial in St. Augustine for supplying gunpowder to the Indians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Seminole matriarch \"Old Betsy\" bravely negotiates with the soldiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll these stories are straight from letters and army reports in 1840, and many have never been published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher D. Kimball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781087808208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Christopher D. Kimball","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470497632437,"sku":"9781087808208","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d093344c-d4a1-4e3b-be5f-249fdc91702c.jpg?v=1612925692","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/alachua-ambush-bloody-battles-of-the-2nd-seminole-war-9781087808208","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}