Betsy's Battlefield 1776
Tom Schneider
Paperback
(Independently published, July 2, 2020)
The untold story of how Betsy Ross helped Washington win America’s crucial first victory.During five days over Christmas in 1776 Betsy Ross delays colonel Von Donop and 2,000 Hessian forces in Mount Holly, 20 miles south of Trenton, where Washington was planning a surprise post-Christmas attack. In the first successful American undercover operation performed by a woman, with the fate of the nation in the balance, Betsy engages the colonel and prevents him from thwarting Washington’s offensive.