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Pig War

Pig War

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19th Century United States HistoryArmed ForcesRegional: Pacific Northwest

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1531637574
ISBN13: 9781531637576
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Jul 16 2008
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
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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