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Download or read book Civil War Sites Advisory Commission written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shirley Ann Wilson Moore
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806156856
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Sweet Freedom's Plains written by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual—and far more complex—reality of the overland trails. Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were African American pioneers—men, women, and children. Whether enslaved or free, they too were involved in this transformative movement. Sweet Freedom’s Plains is a powerful retelling of the migration story from their perspective. Tracing the journeys of black overlanders who traveled the Mormon, California, Oregon, and other trails, Shirley Ann Wilson Moore describes in vivid detail what they left behind, what they encountered along the way, and what they expected to find in their new, western homes. She argues that African Americans understood advancement and prosperity in ways unique to their situation as an enslaved and racially persecuted people, even as they shared many of the same hopes and dreams held by their white contemporaries. For African Americans, the journey westward marked the beginning of liberation and transformation. At the same time, black emigrants’ aspirations often came into sharp conflict with real-world conditions in the West. Although many scholars have focused on African Americans who settled in the urban West, their early trailblazing voyages into the Oregon Country, Utah Territory, New Mexico Territory, and California deserve greater attention. Having combed censuses, maps, government documents, and white overlanders’ diaries, along with the few accounts written by black overlanders or passed down orally to their living descendants, Moore gives voice to the countless, mostly anonymous black men and women who trekked the plains and mountains. Sweet Freedom’s Plains places African American overlanders where they belong—at the center of the western migration narrative. Their experiences and perspectives enhance our understanding of this formative period in American history.
Author : William C. Davis
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0307817547
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Orphan Brigade written by William C. Davis and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 18, 1861, ominous sounds of battle thundering in the distance, the Kentucky legislature voted to align itself with the Union. It was a decision which tore at the heart of the state, splitting apart families and severing friendships. For the newly formed First Kentucky Brigade, it marked a four-year separation from the beloved homeland. Fiercely independent to the end, these men would fight for the cause of the South. With their first march into battle, they became outcasts from their mother state — orphans in the raging strife of civil war. William C. Davis has written a gripping story of the rebel troops whose remarkable spirit and tenacity were heralded throughout the Confederacy. The First Kentucky Brigade was “baptized in fire and blood” at the Battle of Shiloh and went on to serve with great distinction at Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Chickamauga, and the fight for Atlanta. In this vivid narrative, the author captures the searing drama of each battle, as well as the unbearable drudgery of the months between. We see men of all backgrounds and ranks coming to grips with the war: some of them, renowned leaders such as John C. Breckinridge; others, young soldiers learning the horror of death for the first time. Drawing from a wealth of documents, memoirs, personal letters, and journals, Davis brings to life the fascinating history of the Civil War’s “Orphan Brigade.”
Author : Patrick W. Andrus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Guidelines for Identifying, Evaluating, and Registering America's Historic Battlefields written by Patrick W. Andrus and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : WILLIAM F. FOX
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033561294
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (612 download)
Download or read book REGIMENTAL LOSSES IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1861 -1865 written by WILLIAM F. FOX and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ohio Infantry. 71st Regt., 1861-1865
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the ... Annual Reunion of the 71st O.V.I. Association ... written by Ohio Infantry. 71st Regt., 1861-1865 and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elihu Embree
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780932807854
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Emancipator written by Elihu Embree and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elihu Embree and his family were Quakers who were committed to the cause of abolishing slavery in the American South. Over a few short years, he raised the public consciousness in East Tennessee and achieved wide recognition with the publication ofThe Emancipator, the first periodical in the United States devoted solely to the abolitionist cause. The seven issues of the monthly publication are reproduced here, together with a brief history of Elihu and the Embree family’s migration from France to Washington County, Tennessee.
Author : Frances H. Kennedy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395740125
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Civil War Battlefield Guide written by Frances H. Kennedy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays, maps, and illustrations provide information on every major battle and campaign of the Civil War battlefields.
Author : Mary Ann Harris Gay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Life in Dixie During the War written by Mary Ann Harris Gay and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott L. Mingus
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1611211301
Total Pages : 599 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Confederate General William "Extra Billy" Smith written by Scott L. Mingus and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning biography of one of the Confederacy’s most colorful and controversial generals. Winner of the 2013 Nathan Bedford Forrest History Book Award for Southern History Nominated for the 2014 Virginia Book Award for Nonfiction Despite a life full of drama, politics, and adventure, little has been written about William “Extra Billy” Smith—aside from a rather biased account by his brother-in-law back in the nineteenth century. As the oldest and one of the most controversial Confederate generals on the field at Gettysburg, Smith was also one of the most charismatic characters of the Civil War and the antebellum Old South. Known nationally as “Extra Billy” because of his prewar penchant for finding loopholes in government postal contracts to gain extra money for his stagecoach lines, Smith served as Virginia’s governor during both the war with Mexico and the Civil War; served five terms in the US Congress; and was one of Virginia’s leading spokesmen for slavery and states’ rights. Extra Billy’s extra-long speeches and wry sense of humor were legendary among his peers. A lawyer during the heady Gold Rush days, he made a fortune in California—and, as with his income earned from stagecoaches, quickly lost it. Despite his advanced age, Smith took to the field and fought well at First Manassas, was wounded at Seven Pines and again at Sharpsburg, and marched with Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania. There, on the first day at Gettysburg, Smith’s frantic messages about a possible Union flanking attack remain a matter of controversy to this day. Did his aging eyes see distant fence-lines that he interpreted as approaching enemy soldiers—mere phantoms of his imagination? Or did his prompt action stave off a looming Confederate disaster? This biography draws upon a wide array of newspapers, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts to paint a portrait of one of the South’s most interesting leaders, complete with original maps and photos.
Author : Johann Georg Heck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Iconographic Encyclopædia of Science, Literature, and Art written by Johann Georg Heck and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. Craig Miner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The End of Indian Kansas written by H. Craig Miner and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miner and Unrau show Kansas at midcentury to be a moral testing ground where the drama of Indian inheritance was played out. They related how railroad men, land speculators, and timber operations came to be firmly entrenched on Indian land in territorial Kansas.
Author : Laurence H. Shoup
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595324266
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Imperial Brain Trust written by Laurence H. Shoup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1977 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alice Rains Trulock
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469615665
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book In the Hands of Providence written by Alice Rains Trulock and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deserve[s] a place on every Civil War bookshelf.--New York Times Book Review "[Trulock] brings her subject alive and escorts him through a brilliant career. One can easily say that the definitive work on Joshua Chamberlain has now been done.--James Robertson, Richmond Times-Dispatch "An example of history as it should be written. The author combines exhaustive research with an engaging prose style to produce a compelling narrative which will interest scholars and Civil War buffs alike.--Journal of Military History "A solid biography. . . . It does full justice to an astonishing life.--Library Journal This remarkable biography traces the life and times of Joshua L. Chamberlain, the professor-turned-soldier who led the Twentieth Maine Regiment to glory at Gettysburg, earned a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant at Petersburg, and was wounded six times during the course of the Civil War. Chosen to accept the formal Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Chamberlain endeared himself to succeeding generations with his unforgettable salutation of Robert E. Lee's vanquished army. After the war, he went on to serve four terms as governor of his home state of Maine and later became president of Bowdoin College. He wrote prolifically about the war, including The Passing of the Armies, a classic account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac.
Author : Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart
Publisher : Boston : [s.n.]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Great Captains Unveiled written by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart and published by Boston : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1928 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical sketches of famous soldiers.
Author : Jennifer F. McKinnon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319166794
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Underwater Archaeology of a Pacific Battlefield written by Jennifer F. McKinnon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battlefields have been the object of fascination for millions of tourists and the subjects of elaborate interpretation projects. This volume will outline the process and results of developing the WWII Maritime Heritage Trail: Battle of Saipan Project. This book will provide examples of how a group of archaeologists, managers and a community took a specific battle and transformed it from a collection of unknown archaeological sites into a comprehensive storied battlescape that reflects the individuals and actions of those who were involved. It will provide an in-depth view of current maritime archaeological research on submerged battlefield sites, the development of a WWII battlefield maritime heritage trail, as well as the problems and solutions of such an effort. It will cover subjects such as: -heritage and dark tourism-conflict or battlefield archaeology-public interpretation, and community engagement. This volume will serve as a practical review of a project influenced by a range of complementary areas of study and inclusive of many stakeholders, from the public to the professional and beyond. It provides an example of a balanced approach towards research and interpreting archaeological sites through the identification and inclusion of the various stakeholders (professional and community) and an awareness of what was being included, ignored, or inadequately represented in the research and interpretation.
Author : Thomas A. Desjardin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199830916
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine written by Thomas A. Desjardin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fought amid rocks and trees, in thick blinding smoke, and under exceedingly stressful conditions, the battle for the southern slope of Little Round Top on July 2, 1863 stands among the most famous and crucial military actions in American history, one of the key engagements that led to the North's victory at Gettysburg. In this powerfully narrated history, Maine historian Tom Desjardin tells the story of the 20th Maine Regiment, the soldiers who fought and won the battle of Little Round Top. This engaging work is the culmination of years of detailed research on the experiences of the soldiers in that regiment, telling the complete story of the unit in the Gettysburg Campaign, from June 21 through July 10, 1863. Desjardin uses more than seventy first-hand accounts to tell the story of this campaign in critical detail. He brings the personal experiences of the soldiers to life, relating the story from both sides and revealing the actions and feelings of the men from Alabama who tried, in vain, to seize Little Round Top. Indeed, ranging from the lowest ranking private to the highest officers, this book explores the terrible experiences of war and their tragic effect. Following the regiment through the campaign enables readers to understand fully the soldiers' feelings towards the enemy, towards citizens of both North and South, and towards the commanders of the two armies. In addition, this book traces the development of the legend of Gettysburg, as veterans of the fight struggle to remember, grasp, and memorialize their part in the largest battle ever fought on the continent. With a new preface and updated maps and illustrations, Stand Firm Ye Boys of Maine offers a compelling account of one of the most crucial small engagements of the Civil War.
