Beschreibung:
Ralph E. Eshelman is a cultural resource management consultant and historian who served as historian for the National Park Service's Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail study. He is coauthor of The War of 1812 in the Chesapeake: A Reference Guide to Historic Sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Welcome to War of 1812 tidewater country. It is here, in the waters and on the shores of the Chesapeake that Americans fought to preserve their recently won independence from the British. From Maryland to Virginia to the District of Columbia, this guidebook points readers to the war's important battlefields and historic sites.