Blackwater: Lincoln's War in West Florida

By Richard Kyle Smith

"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that." 

- Abraham Lincolm to Horace Greely

Washington, August 22, 1862.

So the war was n

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stonehenge Literary & Media
• Release date: Feb 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088085882

Richard Kyle Smith

Richard Kyle Smith is a retired Alabama CPA who was born and raised in Milton, Florida, and graduated from Samford University. After many years in public accounting, he served as finance director of the City of Hoover, Alabama (population 85,000), for sixteen years, where he received many awards for his financial reporting before retiring in 2001. Richard presently lives in Pelham Alabama.

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