Notices of Florida and the Campaigns

This book, published in Charleston in 1836, provides a firsthand account of the Seminole Wars by Myer M. Cohen, a lawyer and South Carolina legislator who served as an officer in the South Carolina volunteers. The book includes a frontispiece portrait of Osceola, considered the first published portrait based on life, and a folding map of Florida. Cohen's narrative details events at St. Augustine, Camp McCrea, Volusia, Tampa, Peas Creek, and Charlotte Harbor, offering insights into the campaign's eventual failure and providing information on Florida and its native population. The book is considered a valuable source for names of plantations, their owners, and participants in the campaign.

Associated People/Businesses

• COHEN, Myer M.

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Subjects

• History
• 19th century
• Military history

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