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Chapters: John Gunby, Samuel Chase, Curley Byrd, J. Millard Tawes, John H. Winder, Dale Midkiff, Charles A. McClenahan, Alfred Allen Paul Curtis, Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Harrison Phoebus, Ward brothers, Isaac Dashiell Jones, Robert Franklin Bratton, Jesse Price, William Murray Stone, Joshua Weldon Miles, Edward Henry Carroll Long, Henry Page, John Dennis,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 80. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Gunby (March 10, 1745 - May 17, 1807) was an American planter and soldier from Somerset County, Maryland whom is considered by many to be "one of the most gallant officers of the Maryland Line under Gen. Smallwood". He entered service volunteering as a minuteman in 1775 and fought for the American cause until the end earning praise as probably the most brilliant soldier whom Maryland contributed to the War of Independence. Gunby was also the grandfather of Senator Ephraim King Wilson II. The Gunby family arrived in Maryland around 1660, coming from Yorkshire, England and settling in Queen Anne's County. Around 1710, his grandfather moved the family to Somerset County to a farm at Gunby's Creek, an inlet of Pocomoke Bay, near present day Crisfield where John Gunby was born on March 10, 1745. During his youth, Gunby had many opportunities to deal with persons from different social classes as the Gunby home was considered a rendezvous for the people of the neighboring country and the family exercised substantial influence due to their large land holdings and sea vessels with which they engaged in coastal trade. In the spring of 1775, at the age of 30, John Gunby volunteered as a minuteman for which his father, a staunch loyalist, warned him that he was running the risk of being hanged as a traitor. John Gunby is said to have replied: "I am determined to join A...http://booksllc.net/?id=16166607 ... Read more