Important Work on the Second Seminole War
With Three Folding Maps
Potter was an Army officer who was wounded at Camp Izard. His account of the Second Seminole War focuses on the campaigns of Colonel Joseph M. White, General Duncan L. Clinch, and Colonel James Gadsden.
The author includes an analysis of what he believed to be the causes of the war, brought on by Andrew Jackson in the interests of avaricious speculators.
Unsparingly critical of Jackson, Jesup and the Secretary of War - Howes.
A chapter devoted to the Seminole Indians includes listings of Seminole Chiefs (pages 9-10), with additional Seminole names listed on page 30.
The three maps are:
- A Map of the Seat of War in Florida, 1836. 13.5 x 15.75 inches.
- With Swamps Hammocks, Indian Villages, Gen. Gaines' Camps, Houses Picketed, Camps of Gen. Scott's Army.
- Battle and Massacre Ground of Major Dade and Command Dec. 28th 1835. Note. The Indians concealed in the Grass and Palmettos on the right of the Road. 6.5 x 7 inches.
- The above map indicates officers in position before the battle, position of cannon, the location the various dead officers on the battlefield, as well as three graves containing the bones of 106 soldiers buring by Gen. Gaines.
- Camp Izard on the Ouithlacooche River Feb. 29, 1836. 7 x 6.5 inches.
Rarity
While well represented in institutional confines, complete examples of this work with all the maps are increasingly hard to find in the market.