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Author : James Lynn Nichols
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Confederate Engineers written by James Lynn Nichols and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George G. Kundahl
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572330733
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Confederate Engineer written by George G. Kundahl and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Morris Wampler was a topographical engineer in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States and eventually became chief engineer of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Based on extensive use of Wampler's unpublished correspondence and journals, the biography follows his experiences before hostilities and then during the war in both major theaters. It also draws on the writings of his wife, Kate, to show how she struggled to hold their family together during the fighting. The combination of both the husband and wife's perspectives on the war makes this treatment unique."--Jacket.
Author : Larry J. Daniel
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807178322
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Engineering in the Confederate Heartland written by Larry J. Daniel and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-14 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While engineers played a critical role in the performance of both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, few historians have examined their experiences or impact. Larry J. Daniel’s Engineering in the Confederate Heartland fills a gap in that historiography by analyzing the accomplishments of these individuals working for the Confederacy in the vast region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, commonly referred to as the Western Theater. Though few in number, the members of the western engineer corps were vital in implementing Confederate strategy and tactics. Most Confederate engineers possessed little to no military training, transitioning from the civilian tasks of water drainage, railroad construction, and land surveys to overseeing highly technical war-related projects. Their goal was simple in mission but complex in implementation: utilize their specialized skills to defeat, or at least slow, the Union juggernaut. The geographical diversity of the Heartland further complicated their charge. The expansive area featured elevations reaching over six thousand feet, sandstone bluffs cut by running valleys on the Cumberland Plateau, the Nashville basin’s thick cedar glades and rolling farmland, and the wind-blown silt soil of the Loess Plains of the Mississippi Valley. Regardless of the topography, engineers encountered persistent flooding in all sectors. Daniel’s study challenges the long-held thesis that the area lacked adept professionals. Engineers’ expertise and labor, especially in the construction of small bridges and the laying of pontoons, often proved pivotal. Lacking sophisticated equipment and technical instruments, they nonetheless achieved numerous successes: the Union army never breached the defenses at Vicksburg or Atlanta, and by late 1864, the Army of Tennessee boasted a pontoon train sufficient to span the Tennessee River. Daniel uncovers these and other essential contributions to the war effort made by the Confederacy’s western engineers.
Author : Saxon Bisbee
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817319867
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Engines of Rebellion written by Saxon Bisbee and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of steam propulsion machinery in warships during the nineteenth century, in conjunction with iron armor and shell guns, resulted in a technological revolution in the world's navies. Warships utilizing all of these technologies were built in France and Great Britain in the 1850s, but it was during the American Civil War that large numbers of ironclads powered solely by steam proved themselves to be quite capable warships. This book focuses on Confederate ironclads with American built machinery, offering a detailed look at marine steam-engineering practices in both northern and southern industry prior to and during the Civil War. It gives a contextual naval history of the Civil War, the creation of the ironclad program, and the advent of various technologies. The author analyzes the armored warships built by the Confederate States of America that represented a style adapted to scarce industrial resources and facilities.
Author : Thomas F. Army Jr.
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421419386
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Engineering Victory written by Thomas F. Army Jr. and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superior engineering skills among Union soldiers helped ensure victory in the Civil War. Engineering Victory brings a fresh approach to the question of why the North prevailed in the Civil War. Historian Thomas F. Army, Jr., identifies strength in engineering—not superior military strategy or industrial advantage—as the critical determining factor in the war’s outcome. Army finds that Union soldiers were able to apply scientific ingenuity and innovation to complex problems in a way that Confederate soldiers simply could not match. Skilled Free State engineers who were trained during the antebellum period benefited from basic educational reforms, the spread of informal educational practices, and a culture that encouraged learning and innovation. During the war, their rapid construction and repair of roads, railways, and bridges allowed Northern troops to pass quickly through the forbidding terrain of the South as retreating and maneuvering Confederates struggled to cut supply lines and stop the Yankees from pressing any advantage. By presenting detailed case studies from both theaters of the war, Army clearly demonstrates how the soldiers’ education, training, and talents spelled the difference between success and failure, victory and defeat. He also reveals massive logistical operations as critical in determining the war’s outcome.
Author : Mark Hoffman
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814332924
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (329 download)
Download or read book "My Brave Mechanics" written by Mark Hoffman and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important and little-known chapter of Michigan's Civil War history, drawn from the letters, diaries, and regimental records of the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment.
Author : Justin S. Solonick
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809333910
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Engineering Victory written by Justin S. Solonick and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2015-03-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justin S. Solonick, PhD, is an adjunct instructor in the Department of History and Geography at Texas Christian University. His most recent publication, "Saving the Army of Tennessee: The Confederate Rear Guard at Ringgold Gap," appeared in The Chattanooga Campaign, published by SIU Press in 2012.
Author : Les Revier
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Hart's Engineers, Co. E, 3rd Regiment, Confederate States Engineers written by Les Revier and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The following is a chronological summary of the civil war activities of one company of the 3rd Regiment, Confederate States Engineers. This company was commanded by Lieutenant, later Captain, William T. Hart throughout it's formation in 1863 and tragic end in April, 1865. The company was originally known as "Hart's Engineers", but later became Co E of the 3rd Regiment. Although the company was officially attached to the 3rd Regiment which was assigned to the Army of The Tennessee, Hart's Engineers served for the most part as a detached engineer company in the Western Virginia and Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Most of the records of the Confederate Corps of Engineers were destroyed during the evacuation and occupation of Richmond during the last days of the war, thus most of the information gathered here represents dates and facts gathered from books, journals, biographies, and the Official Records of the Civil War."
Author : American Society of Civil Engineers
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)
Download or read book Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers written by American Society of Civil Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 29-30 include papers of the International Engineering Congress, Chicago, 1893; v. 54 includes papers of the International Engineering Congress, St. Louis, 1904.
Author : John C. Rigdon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781542891653
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Historical Sketch and Roster of the 1st Regiment Confederate Engineer Troops written by John C. Rigdon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confederate States Government established a Corps of Engineers commanded by five different Chiefs during the war. The 1st Engineers Regiment was organized at Richmond, Virginia, during the fall of 1863 with select men from across the Confederate Armies. Commanders of the 1st Regiment of Engineers were Colonel Thomas M. R. Talcott, Lieutenant Colonel William W. Blackford, and Major Peyton Randolph. Fortunately, the Confederate Engineers obtained the services of trained Officers who had resigned from the U.S. Army, but they lacked equipment and maps when the war began. Equipment was purchased from foreign countries, captured from the enemy, and manufactured in the South. Among other duties, Engineer Officers energetically prepared maps that were quickly distributed to the various army commands. The Confederacy also organized Engineer troops and hired hundreds of civilians and slaves to work on fortifications, roads, and bridges.
Author : Major Robert M. Puckett
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786253380
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Engineer Operations During The Vicksburg Campaign written by Major Robert M. Puckett and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the role that Engineer Operations played in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. A background study and description is made of the structure, composition, capability, and employment of engineer officers and units during the American Civil War. The Vicksburg Campaign is analyzed in detail to determine the contributions that Engineer Operations made to the Campaign’s success. The Campaign is broken down into four phases: (1) the Confederate Fortification of Vicksburg. (2) Operations in the Bayous, (3) the Campaign of Maneuver, and (4) the Siege of Vicksburg. Each phase is examined in an engineer context to determine what type of Engineer Operations were conducted and whether they were critical to that phase and the Campaign overall. The final conclusions derived from this study are that Engineer Operations were critical to the success of the Campaign and without the engineering capability the Union Army, possessed. It would not have been able to overcome the natural and manmade obstacles faced in the effort to seize Vicksburg.
Author : William Robertson Boggs
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Military Reminiscences of Gen. Wm. R. Boggs, C.S.A. written by William Robertson Boggs and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leland R. Johnson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Engineers on the Twin Rivers written by Leland R. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry L. Jackson
Publisher : R.A.E. Design & Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book First Regiment, Engineer Troops, P.A.C.S. written by Harry L. Jackson and published by R.A.E. Design & Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert E. Lee's Combat Engineers -- The only book in print about this elite Confederate regiment, whose work was critical to the war effort.
Author : Major James R. Weber
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786251930
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Engineer Battlefield Functions At Chancellorsville written by Major James R. Weber and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the significant effect of mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, and topographic engineering on the American Civil War Campaign of Chancellorsville. The operations occurred near Fredericksburg, Virginia, in April and May of 1863. In the battle, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia decisively defeated the Union Army of the Potomac. Engineer-related considerations contributed immensely to the Confederate victory. Engineer battlefield functions influenced the operations of both armies. The Union Engineer Brigade constructed numerous pontoon bridges to overcome the river obstacles prior to and following the battle. This capability allowed the Union Army to initially surprise and envelop the Confederate Army. The natural obstacles of the rivers and forests and manmade obstacles of abatis hindered maneuver. Survivability was a significant factor during the fighting. At Chancellorsville, the Confederates used entrenchments for the first time in open operations. This strengthened their economy of force in front of the Union Army and gave “Stonewall” Jackson mass during his successful enveloping attack. Finally, topographic engineering was important through map production and reconnaissance by engineers. This study concludes that the Confederate Army integrated the engineer battlefield functions more effectively than the Union Army. In part, this explains the decisive Confederate victory.
Author : Harold S. Wilson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1628467991
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (284 download)
Download or read book Confederate Industry written by Harold S. Wilson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1860 the South ranked high among the developed countries of the world in per capita income and life expectancy and in the number of railroad miles, telegraph lines, and institutions of higher learning. Only the major European powers and the North had more cotton and woolen spindles. This book examines the Confederate military's program to govern this prosperous industrial base by a quartermaster system. By commandeering more than half the South's produced goods for the military, the quartermaster general, in a drift toward socialism, appropriated hundreds of mills and controlled the flow of southern factory commodities. The most controversial of the quartermasters general was Colonel Abraham Charles Myers. His iron hand set the controls of southern manufacturing throughout the war. His capable successor, Brigadier General Alexander R. Lawton, conducted the first census of Confederate resources, established the plan of production and distribution, and organized the Bureau of Foreign Supplies in a strategy for importing parts, machinery, goods, and military uniforms. While the Confederacy mobilized its mills for military purposes, the Union systematically planned their destruction. The Union blockade ended the effectiveness of importing goods, and under the Union army's General Order 100 Confederate industry was crushed. The great antebellum manufacturing boom was over. Scarcity and impoverishment in the postbellum South brought manufacturers to the forefront of southern political and ideological leadership. Allied for the cause of southern development were former Confederate generals, newspaper editors, educators, and President Andrew Johnson himself, an investor in a southern cotton mill. Against this postwar mania to rebuild, this book tests old assumptions about southern industrial re-emergence. It discloses, even before the beginnings of Radical Reconstruction, that plans for a New South with an urban, industrialized society had been established on the old foundations and on an ideology asserting that only science, technology, and engineering could restore the region. Within this philosophical mold, Henry Grady, one of the New South's great reformers, led the way for southern manufacturing. By the beginning of the First World War half the nation's spindles lay within the former Confederacy, home of a new boom in manufacturing and the land of America's staple crop, cotton.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents professional information designed to keep Army engineers informed of current and emerging developments within their areas of expertise for the purpose of enhancing their professional development. Articles cover engineer training, doctrine, operations, strategy, equipment, history, and other areas of interest to the engineering community.
