“Secrets Unraveled: Can Strategy and Deception Save a Kingdom in The Chess Match?”
The buildup to a coming battle continues. Richard Bryan prepares for the coming confrontation with the Lake Bistineau contingent made up of mostly Union ex-convicts, turned solders turned deserters, turned outlaws.
In 1856, five years before the Civil War, Richard Bryan freed his slaves, educated them, deeded land, and shared profits. At war’s end, Yankees wanted to use his success to promote their own agenda. He refused, and they turned on him.
