Historical Personages in SHOT TOWER, The Novel

Here are some of the historical personalities who appear with the fictional characters in Shot Tower.

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Admiral Samuel Francis DuPont. Commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, assembled the largest fleet of U.S. Navy ships ever seen up to that time for the assault on Port Royal Sound.

Col. George Henry Sharpe. Chief of the Bureau of Military Information, first USA intelligence service. Organized to replace the Pinkerton Detective Agency as collectors of Military intelligence. CIA predecessor.

Father J. Patrick  Dunn, Pastor of St. Philip Neri Parish, arranged for arms to defend his church in the Southwark Nativist Riot and faced off against public officials armed with pistols.

Gen. George Cadwalader by Thomas Eakins

Gen. George Cadwalader led the Pennsylvania Militia during the Southwark Nativist Riot. It was the first U.S. military unit to ever fire on private citizens. 

Joseph Wood, became the first Philadelphia Chief of Detectives in 1859 and originated the Rogues Gallery.

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Charlotte Forten, sister of Margretta

Margaretta  Forten, Abolistionist, teacher and daughter of prosperous sail maker James Forten.

Henrietta Bower Duterte. first Black Female undertaker in Pennsylvania, smuggled Underground Railroad passengers (escaped slaves) in her caskets.