Lachlan McIntosh and the Politics of Revolutionary Georgia

by Harvey H. Jackson III

Overview

Lachlan McIntosh (1728-1806) was a prominent Georgia planter, patriarch of his Highland Scots clan in America, and the ranking general from Georgia in the Continental army. Often, however, he is known simply as the man who, in a duel, mortally wounded Button Gwinnett, one of Georgia's signers of the Declaration of Independence. This biography fleshes out McIntosh considerably and, just as important, uses his life as a springboard for discussing the rapidly shifting political, social, and economic forces at work during a crucial period of Georgia's history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820325422
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Publication date:	11/03/2003
Pages:	234
Sales rank:	756,481
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

HARVEY H. JACKSON III is Eminent Scholar in History at Jacksonville State University. His many books include Lachlan McIntosh and the Politics of Revolutionary Georgia (Georgia), Rivers of History: Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama, and Inside Alabama: A Personal History of My State.

Table of Contents

	Preface to the Paperback Edition	ix
	Preface	xi
1	The Altamaha Frontier	1
2	The Family Dynasty	10
3	The Cloud Gathers Thick	20
4	A Time for War	35
5	Mounting Mermaids on Alligators	51
6	"A Scoundrell & lying Rascal"	60
7	New Commands, Old Problems	71
8	The McIntosh Expedition	84
9	The Siege of Savannah: On the Outside Looking In	94
10	The Siege of Charleston: On the Inside Looking Out	102
11	"Implacable Mallice of Implacable enemies"	111
12	"This Cursed War has ruin'd us all"	124
13	The Postwar Public Servant	136
14	The Last Years	144
15	"But what good came of it at last?"	152
	Notes	157
	Bibliographic Note to the Paperback Edition	190
	Bibliography	191
	Index	203

Editorial Reviews

An important contribution to our understanding of Georgia politics in the era of the American Revolution.

Georgia Historical Quarterly

An excellent and highly readable overview of the life of McIntosh and the political turmoil in which he was involved.

American Historical Review

"An excellent and highly readable overview of the life of McIntosh and the political turmoil in which he was involved.”--American Historical Review

"An important contribution to our understanding of Georgia politics in the era of the American Revolution."--Georgia Historical Quarterly

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