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F0005
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Military [auto]biography- 1846-1858
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- 1846-1858 (Creation)
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Buchanan had just been elected president when Doubleday's company was sent to Florida to assist in the campaign against the Seminoles.
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[i]Covers Doubleday's experience in South Florida when his army company was assigned to Fort Dallas and the "Key Biscayne Bay" area. Includes much vivid description of the difficulties encountered in patrolling the Everglades.[/i]
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1987-211
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