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A Soldier’s Rest

Author : ADW Muirhead
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664107754
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier’s Rest written by ADW Muirhead and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: i) Details of my book include its introduction, followed by the early history of the McLeod family, their emigration in 1889 and establishment on a Southland farm. Some early New Zealand history follows up to WW1, the NZ army volunteers, their recruitment, training, and the voyage to England and then France. ii) It leads to my great uncle's postcards and letters sent back to his family in New Zealand. He also kept a diary that provided further insight at the front. iii) A fictional account of the “Battle of Messines” follows with historical accounts of the aftermath of this disastrous war. Some brief analysis of its commanders and the countries involved, and further history on the McLeod family and the impact on New Zealand after the war. iv) The story then advances to the 100 year commemoration of the “Battle of Messines” in 2017 and tour of the cemeteries and monuments in Belgium. v) Finally, my own journey to this a commemoration that included a walk on “The Camino” in Spain as a mark of respect to honour my great uncle and our fallen soldiers.

A Soldier's Thoughts

Author : Duke Sherman
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 147714644X
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Thoughts written by Duke Sherman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict When I was Young and Wild; No longer a Child, I went to War with my Brothers. From the North, East, the South and the West; we were, America's best. Many lost their Girls and Wives to Jody; along with their Booty! He was their best friend! While we were away, Jody did play! We went to fight; for you, and the Red White and Blue. We were taught: To shoot between the eyes, that way we knew they would die! We were highly trained in Weapons of Mass Destruction and, Combat (Hand to Hand)! Bullets would scream by our heads, one Inch closer, we'd be dead. The sounds of the Big Guns would pierce our Ear Drums. Bombs and Napalm would fall from the Sky: Many men died on both sides; No matter how much, they tried to hide! Booby Traps and Land Mines were all around, on Tree Trunks, in and on the ground. Atop the Trees, Charlie would wait for us, to take his Bait. Immersed in Water; with Weapons above our heads, slowly we moved, make NO sound or we'd be dead. Our way through Villages we made: Children approached us with Grenades. Charlie would hide everywhere, of our Soldiers, they were scared! The Cong were famous for the Tunnels in the ground, in our Tunnel Rats they were Bound, Armed with only a 45, they left no none alive! The Jungles were full of Tigers and Snakes, our Lives they could take! Those 2 days in the Rear; the Women we had to fear! "5 Dollars GI, Me make You Feel Real Good"! Entice us they would! Inside them; a Razor Blade they would embed, as to make Us Dead! Our Tracers Red, their Tracers Green, in the night they could be seen! To Fight at Night, No Moon light, 'twas a Terrible Fright! Our MOTTO was: NEVER GIVE UP NOR ADMIT DEFEAT! There was No Call for Retreat! As We Charged Into Battle, We would Yell: REMEMBER THE "BLACK HORSE"! WE'LL SEE YOU IN HELL! We were the Cav, the 11th Cav. No fight did we Loose, Most Fights we did choose. A Solider Then, A Solider Now,

A Soldier's Perspective

Author : Carol Ann Asplund
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1649572034
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book A Soldier's Perspective written by Carol Ann Asplund and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Soldier's Perspective: 1916-1919 By: Carol Ann Asplund In A Soldier’s Perspective, Carol Ann Asplund presents a biography of her grandfather, Walter C.R. Krieger, and his family, focusing on his service in the 1916 Mexican Campaign and World War I. Told by Walter’s own words from his diary entries and accompanied by numerous photographs, A Soldier’s Perspective shows the heart and patriotism of a young man whose family were immigrants to the United States from the same areas of Germany and France where the war was fought.

The Lost Civil War Diary of John Rigdon King

Author : Donald B. Jenkins
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Civil War Diary of John Rigdon King written by Donald B. Jenkins and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a crisp fall day in October of 1862, a precocious seventeen-year-old boy went into a bookshop in his hometown of Hagerstown, Maryland, and purchased a composition book. Into his new diary, John R. King would steadfastly record what he did, saw and heard daily, as the Civil War raged around him. During May of 1862, after learning the photography trade, John took portraits of Union soldiers stationed in the Shenandoah Valley. Then, on May 23, 1862, when he heard the sounds of battle, he attempted to flee on a wagon. He was soon captured by Stonewall Jackson's troops. His treasured diary was taken. Force marched to a Confederate prison, John vowed revenge. Two weeks after escaping from captivity, John joined the Union Army. He fought with fury, courage and valor, was wounded three times and became a war hero. Later, John was not only appointed by two presidents to prestigious positions in the Pension Bureau, but he also became leader of the Grand Army of the Republic. After being lost for 150 years, his diary was recently discovered and is now being published.

Three Years a Soldier

Author : George Perkins
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572334557
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Three Years a Soldier written by George Perkins and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Taken together, the diary, newspaper letters, and other documents tell a coherent story from the viewpoint of an educated private soldier in the Army of the Potomac. Not only did Perkins provide detailed , accurate reports of the battles and camp life of his service, but he also criticized top Army leadership and offered commentaries on major personal and national issues, including his notions of the nature of courage, political issues such as the treatment of draft dodgers, and the effects of slavery."--Book jacket.

The Virginia Landmarks Register

Author : Calder Loth
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813918626
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book The Virginia Landmarks Register written by Calder Loth and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virginia Landmarks Register, fourth edition, will create for the reader a deeper awareness of a unique legacy and will serve to enhance the stewardship of Virginia's irreplaceable heritage.

"A Fit Representation of Pandemonium"

Author : William D. Taylor
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780881460346
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book "A Fit Representation of Pandemonium" written by William D. Taylor and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common soldier's story, of the men fighting to defend Confederate interests at Vicksburg in late 1862 through July 1863. Using a number of letters home, reminiscences, records and diaries kept during the long hours in the hot and filthy 'ditches', it presents a story of sacrifice and adaptability, of boredom and submission to inevitability.

The Evolution of Washington, DC

Author : James M. Goode
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588345068
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Washington, DC written by James M. Goode and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evolution of Washington, DC is a striking volume featuring select pieces of the extraordinary collection of Washingtoniana donated by Albert H. Small to the George Washington University in 2011. It showcases treasures such as an 1860 lithograph of the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in front of the White House and a contemporary print of old Potomac River steamboats. Other unique pieces include early designs for the White House, the Capitol, and the Washington Monument as well as presidential portraits and Civil War memorabilia. Each object--from architectural plans and topographical maps to letters and advertisements--tells a fascinating story, and together they illustrate the history of our nation's capital and indeed our nation itself.

Addresses Delivered Before the Canadian Club of Ottawa

Author : Canadian Club of Ottawa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Addresses Delivered Before the Canadian Club of Ottawa written by Canadian Club of Ottawa and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois

Author : Edward A. Miller, Jr.
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1643362410
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois written by Edward A. Miller, Jr. and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the Civil War experience of a representative African American regiment The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois tells the story of the Twenty-ninth United States Colored Infantry, one of almost 150 African American regiments to fight in the Civil War and the only such unit assembled by the state of Illinois. The Twenty-ninth took part in the famous Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, joined Grant's forces in the siege of Richmond, and stood on the battlefield when Lee surrendered at Appomattox. In this comprehensive examination of the unit's composition, contribution, and postwar fate, Edward A. Miller, Jr., demonstrates the value of the Twenty-ninth as a means of understanding the Civil War experience of African American soldiers, including the prejudice that shaped their service. Miller details the formation of the Twenty-ninth, its commendable performance but incompetent leadership during the Petersburg battle, and the refilling of its ranks, mostly by black enlistees who served as substitutes for drafted white men. He recounts the unit's role in the final campaign against the Army of Northern Virginia; its final, needless mission to the Texas border; the tragic postwar fate of most of its officers; and the continued discrimination and economic hardship endured after the war by the soldiers.

Soldiers

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Soldiers written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.

Author : Garrett Peck
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1626199736
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C. written by Garrett Peck and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walt Whitman was already famous for Leaves of Grass when he journeyed to the nation's capital at the height of the Civil War to find his brother George, a Union officer wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Whitman eventually served as a volunteer "hospital missionary," making more than six hundred hospital visits and serving over eighty thousand sick and wounded soldiers in the next three years. With the 1865 publication of Drum-Taps, Whitman became poet laureate of the Civil War, aligning his legacy with that of Abraham Lincoln. He remained in Washington until 1873 as a federal clerk, engaging in a dazzling literary circle and fostering his longest romantic relationship, with Peter Doyle. Author Garrett Peck details the definitive account of Walt Whitman's decade in the nation's capital.

Annual Report of the American Tract Society

Author : American Tract Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report of the American Tract Society written by American Tract Society and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Annual Report

Author : American Tract Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1052 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Annual Report written by American Tract Society and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Midnight in America

Author : Jonathan W. White
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469632055
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Midnight in America written by Jonathan W. White and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War brought many forms of upheaval to America, not only in waking hours but also in the dark of night. Sleeplessness plagued the Union and Confederate armies, and dreams of war glided through the minds of Americans in both the North and South. Sometimes their nightly visions brought the horrors of the conflict vividly to life. But for others, nighttime was an escape from the hard realities of life and death in wartime. In this innovative new study, Jonathan W. White explores what dreams meant to Civil War–era Americans and what their dreams reveal about their experiences during the war. He shows how Americans grappled with their fears, desires, and struggles while they slept, and how their dreams helped them make sense of the confusion, despair, and loneliness that engulfed them. White takes readers into the deepest, darkest, and most intimate places of the Civil War, connecting the emotional experiences of soldiers and civilians to the broader history of the conflict, confirming what poets have known for centuries: there are some truths that are only revealed in the world of darkness.

Susan Angeline Collins: with a Hallelujah Heart

Author : Janis Bennington Van Buren
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664225749
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Susan Angeline Collins: with a Hallelujah Heart written by Janis Bennington Van Buren and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten percent of book profits will go to the Susan Angeline Collins Scholarship at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. Get ready to delve into a world of hardship, challenge, and fulfillment. Explore the life of African American Susan Angeline Collins and be inspired by her faith, pioneering attitude, missionary successes, unfailing courage, and belief in everyone’s right to an education. As Miss Collins’ life unfolds before you, relevant social issues affecting people of color are intertwined. Issues examined include economics, education, gender, race, religion, and Africa’s colonization from her 1851 birth in Illinois until her 1940 death in Iowa. Her resourcefulness in overcoming obstacles during her 33-year commitment to missionary service in the Congo Delta Region and Angola is compelling. Miss Collins’ story demonstrates the difference one person can make in the lives of an unknown number of women and children, some orphaned and homeless and others escaping early marriage and subservience. Her leadership is evidenced when starting a girls’ school in the northern Angolan high plateau region years before Mary Jane McLeod Bethune initiated her school for African-American girls in Florida. You will be gratified to discover how this diminutive bundle of energy achieved recognition as a stalwart missionary, leader, teacher, nurse, construction manager, and surrogate mother to “her girls.”

The Great Battle Never Fought

Author : Chris Mackowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1611214084
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The Great Battle Never Fought written by Chris Mackowski and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stakes for George Gordon Meade could not have been higher. After his stunning victory at Gettysburg in July of 1863, the Union commander spent the following months trying to bring the Army of Northern Virginia to battle once more and finish the job. The Confederate army, robbed of much of its offensive strength, nevertheless parried Meade’s moves time after time. Although the armies remained in constant contact during those long months of cavalry clashes, quick maneuvers, and sudden skirmishes, Lee continued to frustrate Meade’s efforts. Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Meade’s political enemies launched an all-out assault against his reputation and generalship. Even the very credibility of his victory at Gettysburg came under assault. Pressure mounted for the army commander to score a decisive victory and prove himself once more. Smaller victories, like those at Bristoe Station and Rappahannock Station, did little to quell the growing clamor—particularly because out west, in Chattanooga, another Union general, Ulysses S. Grant, was once again reversing Federal misfortunes. Meade needed a comparable victory in the east. And so, on Thanksgiving Day, 1863, the Army of the Potomac rumbled into motion once more, intent on trying again to bring about the great battle that would end the war. The Great Battle Never Fought: The Mine Run Campaign, November 26-December 2 1863 recounts the final chapter of the forgotten fall of 1863—when George Gordon Meade made one final attempt to save the Union and, in doing so, save himself.