description: 232 pages - Recounts the life and deeds of Adam J. Slemmer from his birth in Frederick Township, Montgomery County to his heroic defense of Fort Pickens, at Pensacola Harbor, Florida during the Civil War to his service during the Indian Campaigns and his death at Fort Laramie, South Dakota. The introduction states, "it was at Fort Pickens where [Slemmer] was destined to leave his greatest Civil War legacy by steadfastly refusing to surrender [the fort] to the Alabama and Florida authorities during those early days of secession."
language: English
title: The Life of Adam Jacoby Slemmer: One Strong Voice of Defiance
titlecomplete: The Life of Adam Jacoby Slemmer: One Strong Voice of Defiance
publisher: Butternut & Blue