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The Pig War

The Pig War

Paperback

Series: Images of America

19th Century United States HistoryArmed ForcesRegional: Pacific Northwest

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0738558400
ISBN13: 9780738558400
Publisher: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
Published: Jul 21 2008
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.18
Language: English
San Juan Island is well known for its splendid vistas, saltwater shore, quiet woodlands, and orca whales. But it was also here, in 1859, that the United States and Great Britain nearly went to war over a dead pig. On July 18 of that year, Capt. George E. Pickett (later to lead the famous charge climaxing the Battle of Gettysburg) landed his company of 63 soldiers on the southern end of San Juan Island to protect U.S. citizens from the British government after an American settler, Lyman

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