The Scarlet Patch Author:Bruce Lancaster Originally published in 1947. — The nation was torn asunder. The South had seceded and war was imminent. The North sent out the call to battle and her native sons answered in force. The Armies of the Potomac were forming and with them stood Poles, Germans, Italians, Irish, Spanish, and French -- ready to fight for their adopted country. — Such wer... more »e the men of the Rochambeau Rifles, the men of the scarlet patch. Led by the brilliant and dashing French baron, Jean de Merac, they distinguished themselves in the fierce battles of Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cemetery Ridge. The democratic way of life was being tested...and so was de Merec. As his heart was stirred into battle for the salvation of the young democracy, for this hope of the world...so was it, too, roused and tempted by a willful and beautiful woman. Could both liberty and love survive this war?« less