The Maryland 400 In The Battle Of Long Island, 1776 by Linda Davis Reno
The Maryland 400 In The Battle Of Long Island, 1776 by Linda Davis Reno
This last June Maryland Historian Linda Davis Reno published her book titled: The Maryland 400 in the Battle of Long Island, 1776, on the Maryland 400. With the approaching Anniversary of the Event, the Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution wants to highlight this product of many, many hours of research. Compatriot Christou had this to say about the book: "I didn't want to sit it down. The engaging stories of each soldier makes it a story within a story. Wow!".
The work chronicles the story of 400 young men who willingly and knowingly sacrificed themselves to save the Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776. Holding back 20,000 British and Hessian soldiers, they allowed their comrades to retreat and may have saved the Revolution from immediate defeat.
This exhaustively researched account introduces the reader to the background of the battle and the stories of the individuals who fought that day, and includes biographies with extensive quoted material in addition to a general historic overview.
In 2007 Linda Davis Reno was awarded the prestigious Martha Washington Medal by Our Society in recognition of her excellence in research of the revolutionary soldiers of Maryland. This is the highest award that can be granted to a non-member by this organization. Linda Davis Reno is a retired federal executive and currently lives in Charlotte Hall, Maryland.
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