History of Fort Freeland (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from History of Fort Freeland On the occasion of the unveiling of a marker on the site of Fort Freeland provided and erected by the Warrior Run Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, an historical address was delivered which elicited much attention and more surprise. For strange as it may seem, many descendants of the very pioneers who lived in and about that blood-stained stockade, were on that day for the first time made acquainted with the story of its long struggle and final destruction in July, 1779. I am sure there were few present who had ever realized that a siege had there taken place during which more were killed and taken prisoners than in many well-known battles of the Revolution, or of the Civil War - nearly as many indeed as our army lost altogether in battle in the Spanish-American War. The spot has just claim to be regarded as one of the most important, historically, in the beautiful and picturesque Valley of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. It was the one refuge of terrified settlers in early days when the Indians ravaged the Valley; it was the scene of an invasion by the Connecticut forces who claimed the northern part of the State; and it was the ground of a battle in the Revolution, which, so far from being a skirmish of little importance, was a very definite part of strategy of the British forces which operating against General Sullivan endeavored to restrict and destroy the Continental Army, and did succeed in entirely destroying this stockade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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