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Gracie's Alabama Volunteers

Author : John Michael Burton
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455605248
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Gracie's Alabama Volunteers written by John Michael Burton and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using authentic letters, the author chronicles the experiences of the men who fought in the 59th Alabama Volunteer Regiment throughout the Civil War. The 59th Alabama Volunteer Regiment originated in the spring of 1862 as Hilliard’s Alabama Legion. Its volunteers ranged from sixteen to sixty years old; many were illiterate; very few owned slaves. After the harrowing battle at Chickamauga, the legion was reformed under the dynamic, New York-born Brig. Gen. Archibald Gracie Gracie led them during the battle of Beans Station and throughout the harsh sojourn in Tennessee. Though he survived the battle of Richmond, Gracie was killed while his regiment was entrenched at Petersburg. His surviving men finished the war with the Army of Northern Virginia. The author’s great-great-grandfather, William Tate Burton, volunteered at the age of twenty-nine and was with Gracie’s regiment for the entire war. When injuries kept him from active combat, he served the regiment in the demanding and dangerous role of teamster, or mule skinner, driving the heavy wagons filled with crucial artillery and other supplies. Gracie’s Alabama Volunteers includes vintage photographs, excerpts from soldiers’ letters, and complete muster rolls for the regiment. Praise for Gracie’s Alabama Volunteers “It is a well written, well researched, and a very informative regimental history.” —Lake Charles American Press

Gracie's Pride

Author : Arthur E. Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gracie's Pride written by Arthur E. Green and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 43rd Alabama Infantry Volunteers were mustered into the Confederate States Volunteer Army in the spring of 1862. The companies moved from their homes throughout Alabama and formed their regiment in Mobile, Alabama. Archibald Gracie, a New Yorker by birth, European-educated, and a graduate of West Point, raised the regiment and served as their commander. General Gracie led the 43rd through their training and into war in Kentucky. They fought in Tennessee, the Battle of Chickamauga, and Virginia. They met the enemy along the river at Chester's Station, Drewry's Bluff, and Hatcher's Run while protecting the Southern capital at Richmond. The regiment saw demoralizing service while in the trenches of the besieged city of Petersburg for almost eight months. General Gracie himself died upon the battlement in Petersburg, killed by enemy fire while he observed their positions. In the spring of 1865 they lost their regimental flag in an encounter at Hatcher's Run. They were with Lee and the Confederate Northern Army of Virginia when they surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. The story of the 1,260 Alabama men that were once part of the regiment is told here with the unit history and soldiers? individual military records.

Twenty-Seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry

Author : Terry G. Scriber
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455613410
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Twenty-Seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry written by Terry G. Scriber and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A regimental history focuses on the first infantry division assigned to the defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. The Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry was the first infantry division assigned to the defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The author, inspired by his great-grandfather, Burlin Moore Scriber, who served as a corporal in the Louisiana Infantry’s Company B, celebrates the undaunting courage of this regiment during the forty-seven-day siege by Union soldiers before the surrender of Vicksburg. This valuable historical and genealogical resource includes details about the Louisiana Secession Convention in 1861, the creation of Camp Moore, and the battles of Champion Hill, Grand Gulf, and Black River Bridge. Featuring a wealth of archival information and photographs, Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry also includes a register of soldiers, including rank, promotions, service records, captures and paroles, medical history, and personal information. Praise for Twenty-seventh Louisiana Volunteer Infantry “A masterful job . . . Reads like a novel instead of just the dry facts about a battle. We see the human side of his facts.” —Paula Stobaugh, secretary, Conway County Genealogical Society

Portraits of Conflict

Author : Ben H. Severance
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557289891
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Portraits of Conflict written by Ben H. Severance and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tenth volume of acclaimed series

States at War, Volume 6

Author : Richard F. Miller
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 151260108X
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book States at War, Volume 6 written by Richard F. Miller and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although many Civil War reference books exist, Civil War researchers have until now had no single compendium to consult on important details about the combatant states (and territories). This crucial reference work, the sixth in the States at War series, provides vital information on the organization, activities, economies, demographics, and laws of Civil War South Carolina. This volume also includes the Confederate States Chronology. Miller enlists multiple sources, including the statutes, Journals of Congress, departmental reports, general orders from Richmond and state legislatures, and others, to illustrate the rise and fall of the Confederacy. In chronological order, he presents the national laws intended to harness its manpower and resources for war, the harsh realities of foreign diplomacy, the blockade, and the costs of states’ rights governance, along with mounting dissent; the effects of massive debt financing, inflation, and loss of credit; and a growing raggedness within the ranks of its army. The chronology provides a factual framework for one of history’s greatest ironies: in the end, the war to preserve slavery could not be won while 35 percent of the population was enslaved.

Wandering to Glory

Author : Dewitt Boyd Stone
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570034336
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Wandering to Glory written by Dewitt Boyd Stone and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wandering to Glory DeWitt Boyd Stone, Jr., pieces together the words of officers and soldiers in an imaginative, nontraditional brigade history of one of the Confederacy's most active combat troops. Stone blends firsthand accounts from a variety of sources to tell the colorful story of Brigadier General Nathan George Shanks Evans and his Tramp Brigade. An independent South Carolina unit never permanently attached to a particular army, Evans's Brigade traveled widely, making its way from one frontline to another and earning its nickname. Stone profiles the unit's accomplished but egotistical commander, who gained fame as a hero at the First Battle of Manassas, and traces its impressive war record, which began at Second Manassas and included its moment of glory at ground zero during the Battle of the Crater, at Petersburg, Virginia. Nearly ten percent of all South Carolinians who fought in the Confederate army were members of Evan's Brigade, which included South Carolina's 17th, 18th, 22nd, and 23rd Regiments, the Macbeth Light Artillery, and the infantry companies of the Holcombe Legion. Later the 26th Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers joined the unit. The troops numbered

To Live and Die in Dixie

Author : David Zimring
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 1621901068
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book To Live and Die in Dixie written by David Zimring and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the 1860 census, nearly 350,000 native northerners resided in a southern state by the time of the Civil War. Although northern in birth and upbringing, many of these men and women identified with their adopted section once they moved south. In this innovative study, David Ross Zimring examines what motivated these Americans to change sections, support (or not) the Confederate cause, and, in many cases, rise to considerable influence in their new homeland. By analyzing the lives of northern emigrants in the South, Zimring deepens our understanding of the nature of sectional identity as well as the strength of Confederate nationalism. Focusing on a representative sample of emigrants, Zimring identifies two subgroups: “adoptive southerners,” individuals born and raised in a state above the Mason-Dixon line but who but did not necessarily join the Confederacy after they moved south, and “Northern Confederates,” emigrants who sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. After analyzing statistical data on states of origin, age, education, decade of migration, and, most importantly, the reasons why these individuals embarked for the South in the first place, Zimring goes on to explore the prewar lives of adoptive southerners, the adaptations they made with regard to slavery, and the factors that influenced their allegiances during the secession crisis. He also analyzes their contributions to the Confederate military and home front, the emergence of their Confederate identities and nationalism, their experiences as prisoners of war in the North, and the reactions they elicited from native southerners. In tracing these journeys from native northerner to Confederate veteran, this book reveals not only the complex transformations of adoptive southerners but also the flexibility of sectional and national identity before the war and the loss of that flexibility in its aftermath. To Live and Die in Dixie is a thought-provoking work that provides a novel perspective on the revolutionary changes the Civil War unleashed on American society.

That Bloody Hill

Author : Lee Elder
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476631263
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book That Bloody Hill written by Lee Elder and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hilliard's Legion--a part of Archibald Gracie's Brigade of Alabama Confederates--at the battle of Chickamauga. The author shows conclusively that Gracie's command was never forced from the berm at the top of the Horseshoe Ridge and that some men from Hilliard's Legion penetrated to the top of the Ridge. A reexamination of the battle's conclusion highlights the Legion's role in the final movement. A Medal of Honor citation is corrected and the Legion's post-war contributions are explored. A complete roster is included, with biographical notes on most of the soldiers.

Forty-Seventh Regiment Alabama Volunteers C.S.A.

Author : J. Q. Burton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book Forty-Seventh Regiment Alabama Volunteers C.S.A. written by J. Q. Burton and published by . This book was released on with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

Author : Dennis W. Belcher
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786453990
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War written by Dennis W. Belcher and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-09-12 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 10th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry waged battle for the Union for three years during the Civil War, ranging from its home state to Atlanta. This thorough history is filled with personal accounts, including 25 wartime letters written by the men of the regiment and official records of the regiment's activities, which included action at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. The regiment began the war with 867 men, suffered a 40 percent casualty rate at Chickamauga, and helped break Confederate lines at Jonesboro. At the end of the war only 140 men staggered home in victory. Features more than 60 photos, 14 maps, rosters and descriptions of the unit's soldiers.

Special Bibliography - US Army Military History Research Collection

Author : US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Special Bibliography - US Army Military History Research Collection written by US Army Military History Research Collection and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Journey Through a Changing South

Author : Charlie Grainger
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532085389
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book My Journey Through a Changing South written by Charlie Grainger and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Grainger has lived through eight decades of positive change in his favorite place---the American South. Born on an unpaved Alabama country road during the Great Depression, he nearly died twice during infancy, nearly drowned as a teenager, then escaped death as a young man while flying on a small plane. Through multiple near death experiences, he says that God was always in his corner. As a young man, the Summer of 1955 was filled with magic. He worked as a newspaperman and as a public relations professional. He witnessed an angry mob that beat up black Freedom Riders at the Montgomery Bus Depot. He was saved by a State Public safety director. Others were not so lucky. View America through the eyes of a country boy who grew up to become a successful business executive, state legislator, and Washington lobbyist. It will give you a greater appreciation of how far we have come as a nation.

The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

Author : Eric R. Faust
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476622825
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War written by Eric R. Faust and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard-fighting 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry was recruited from sparsely settled southwest Michigan shortly after the Civil War broke out. Mainly composed of young farmers and tradesmen, the regiment rapidly evolved into one of the Army of the Cumberland's elite combat units, tenaciously fighting its way through some of the war's bloodiest engagements. This book--featuring a complete unit roster--chronicles the regiment through the words of the veterans, tracing their development from a rabble of idealists into a fine-tuned fighting machine that executed successful bayonet charges against superior numbers. The narrative continues into the postwar period, discussing the ex-soldiers' careers through Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. Photographs, maps, illustrations and a statistical analysis round out the work.

Richmond Redeemed

Author : Richard Sommers
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611212219
Total Pages : 697 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Richmond Redeemed written by Richard Sommers and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2014-10-19 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richmond Redeemed pioneered study of Civil War Petersburg. The original (and long out of print) award-winning 1981 edition conveyed an epic narrative of crucial military operations in early autumn 1864 that had gone unrecognized for more than 100 years. Readers will rejoice that Richard J. SommersÕs masterpiece, in a revised Sesquicentennial edition, is once again available. This monumental study focuses on GrantÕs Fifth Offensive (September 29 Ð October 2, 1864), primarily the Battles of ChaffinÕs Bluff (Fort Harrison) and Poplar Spring Church (PeeblesÕ Farm). The Union attack north of the James River at ChaffinÕs Bluff broke through RichmondÕs defenses and gave Federals their greatest opportunity to capture the Confederate capital. The corresponding fighting outside Petersburg at Poplar Spring Church so threatened Southern supply lines that General Lee considered abandoning his Petersburg rail center six months before actually doing so. Yet hard fighting and skillful generalship saved both cities. This book provides thrilling narrative of opportunities gained and lost, of courageous attack and desperate defense, of incredible bravery by Union and Confederate soldiers from 28 states, Maine to Texas. Fierce fighting by four Black brigades earned their soldiers thirteen Medals of Honor and marked ChaffinÕs Bluff as the biggest, bloodiest battle for Blacks in the whole Civil War. In addition to his focused tactical lens, Dr. Sommers offers rich analysis of the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and their senior subordinates, Benjamin Butler, George G. Meade, Richard S. Ewell, and A. P. Hill. The richly layered prose of Richmond Redeemed, undergirded by thousands of manuscript and printed primary accounts from more than 100 archives, has been enhanced for this Sesquicentennial Edition with new research, new writing, and most of all new thinking. Teaching future strategic leaders of American and allied armed forces in the Army War College, conversing with fellow Civil War scholars, addressing Civil War audiences across the nation, and reflecting on prior assessments over the last 33 years have stimulated in the author new perspectives and new insights. He has interwoven them throughout the book. His new analysis brings new dimensions to this new edition. Dr. Sommers was widely praised for his achievement. In addition to being a selection of the History Book Club, the National Historical Society awarded him the Bell Wiley Prize as the best Civil War book for 1981-82. Reviewers hailed it as Òa book that still towers among Civil War campaign studiesÓ and Òa model tactical study [that] takes on deeper meaning . . . without sacrificing the human drama and horror of combat.Ó Complete with maps, photos, a full bibliography, and index, Richmond Redeemed is modeled for a new generation of readers, enthusiasts, and Civil War buffs and scholars, all of whom will welcome and benefit from exploring how, 150 years ago, Richmond was redeemed.

The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876

Author : US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876 written by US Army Military History Research Collection and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of the Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, in the War of the Rebellion

Author : Martin Alonzo Haynes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, in the War of the Rebellion written by Martin Alonzo Haynes and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service in the Union army in April, 1861. This book recounts their activities during the First Bull Run Campaign, the Peninsula campaign, the Battle of Malvern Hill, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of Cold Harbor, and the fall of Richmond. They were mustered out on December 19, 1865. Biographical sketches of key personalities in the history of the regiment are included as well as a description of the regiment's Gettysburg monument and its dedication ceremony.

Third Alabama!

Author : Cullen Andrews Battle
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817310011
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Third Alabama! written by Cullen Andrews Battle and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Battle brings his training as a journalist and lawyer to this account of his regiment's wartime experiences. In addition to providing soldiers' accounts of some of the war's bloodiest fights, Battle assesses Confederate mistakes - particularly at Seven Pines - and sheds light on the Third Battle of Winchester, the only decisive defeat in which he was involved."--BOOK JACKET.