Overview
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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