Dawn's early light
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-325).

October, 1813. While attentions turn to the defense of the Washington, D.C., mercenaries threaten the Winding Willows and White Oak plantations, forcing enemies to become allies, fighting side-by-side with freed slaves to defend their homes and families. Meanwhile, the Capital's defense now rests predominantly upon citizen soldiers and a most unlikely naval force--a rag-tag fleet called the Chesapeake flotilla--and the men who built it.