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The Cornfield

Author : David A. Welker
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504062388
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Cornfield written by David A. Welker and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War battle in western Maryland that killed 22,000 men—and served no military purpose. For generations of Americans, the word Antietam—the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland—held the same sense of horror and carnage that the date 9/11 does for Americans today. But Antietam eclipses even this modern tragedy as America’s single bloodiest day, on which 22,000 men became casualties in a war to determine our nation’s future. Antietam is forever burned into the American psyche as a battle bathed in blood that served no military purpose and brought no decisive victory. This much Americans know was true. What they didn’t know was why the battle broke out at all—until now. The Cornfield: Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point tells for the first time the full story of the struggle to control “the Cornfield,” the action on which the costly battle of Antietam turned. Because Federal and Confederate forces repeatedly traded control of the spot, the fight for the Cornfield is a story of human struggle against fearful odds, men seeking to do their duty, and a simple test of survival. Many of the firsthand accounts included in this volume have never before been revealed to modern readers or assembled in such a comprehensive, readable narrative. At the same time, The Cornfield offers fresh views of the battle as a whole, arguing that two central facts doomed thousands of soldiers. This new, provocative perspective is certain to change our modern understanding of how the battle of Antietam was fought and its role in American history.

Miller Cornfield at Antietam: The Civil War’s Bloodiest Combat

Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker, PhD
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625858655
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Miller Cornfield at Antietam: The Civil War’s Bloodiest Combat written by Phillip Thomas Tucker, PhD and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 17, 1862, the forces of Major General George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee's entire Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The Union forces mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank in the idyllic Miller Cornfield. It was the single bloodiest day in the history of the Civil War. The elite combat units of the Union's Iron Brigade and the Confederate Texas Brigade held a dramatic showdown and suffered immense losses through vicious attacks and counterattacks sweeping through the cornstalks. Author Phillip Thomas Tucker reveals the triumph and tragedy of the greatest sacrifice of life of any battleground in America.

Connecticut Yankees at Antietam

Author : John Banks
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614239835
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Connecticut Yankees at Antietam written by John Banks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of New England soldiers who perished in this bloody battle, based on their diaries and letters. The Battle of Antietam, in September 1862, was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War. In the intense conflict and its aftermath across the farm fields and woodlots near Sharpsburg, Maryland, more than two hundred men from Connecticut died. Their grave sites are scattered throughout the Nutmeg State, from Willington to Madison and Brooklyn to Bristol. Here, author John Banks chronicles their mostly forgotten stories using diaries, pension records, and soldiers’ letters. Learn of Henry Adams, a twenty-two-year-old private from East Windsor who lay incapacitated in a cornfield for nearly two days before he was found; Private Horace Lay of Hartford, who died with his wife by his side in a small church that served as a hospital after the battle; and Captain Frederick Barber of Manchester, who survived a field operation only to die days later. This book tells the stories of these and many more brave Yankees who fought in the fields of Antietam. Includes photos

Sharpsburg

Author : Kent Gramm
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498239072
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Sharpsburg written by Kent Gramm and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War, sometimes called "The American Iliad," is an epic of violence, rage, bravery, and love, whose echoes still can be heard. America's bloodiest day was September 17, 1862--the Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg, which enabled President Lincoln to issue a proclamation freeing all slaves in the rebellious states. The battle's story is told here by two soldiers: a Yankee, who fights for union, justice, and equality; and a Rebel, for whom the war is a battle for freedom. Both voices still haunt today's struggles over race, rights, and the flag.

The Battlefields of the Civil War

Author : William C. Davis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806128825
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (288 download)

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Download or read book The Battlefields of the Civil War written by William C. Davis and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battlefields of the Civil War tells the stories of thirteen of the most important battles, including First Manassas, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. William C. Davis not only describes the events and outcomes of those great engagements, but also delves into the characters of the army commanders, revealing in many cases just how much their personalities influenced the actions of their subordinates - and ultimately the outcome of the battles themselves. Rounding out the narrative are 35 full-page color photograph spreads of Civil War artifacts (including flags, uniforms, artillery projectiles, and arms), 28 color paintings of soldiers in various regiment uniforms, and 166 historical photographs.

Ballads of the Bellum

Author : Edward “Jack” Smith
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book Ballads of the Bellum written by Edward “Jack” Smith and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ballads of the Bellum is a story that follows a fictional character, Jeremy James, through four long years of Civil War combat. Forfeiting his life at home with his wife and four children in South Carolina, he chooses to join the Confederacy hoping to free the South from Northern oppression. Readers will experience his heartbreaks at the loss of comrades in combat, his triumphs over personal enemies, and his struggles to determine what is right and what is wrong. The factual information about the battles, the generals, and the setting itself is enlightening for the novice as well as for the Civil War addict. This story is filled with suspense and surprises, laughter and tears, heartfelt compassion and heartless cruelty. The reader may even find a little spiritual redemption.

The Forge

Author : Thomas S. Stribling
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817302492
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Forge written by Thomas S. Stribling and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1985-03-30 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. The Forge was first published in 1931.

"The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 1

Author : John F. Schmutz
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611212057
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book "The Bloody Fifth" Vol. 1 written by John F. Schmutz and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A thoroughly researched account of a legendary Confederate infantry regiment that will be of deep interest to the legion of Civil War buffs.” —Richard M. McMurry, author of Two Great Rebel Armies The Fifth Texas Infantry—“The Bloody Fifth”—was one of only three Texas regiments to fight with Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Much like the army in which it served, the Fifth Texas established a stellar combat record. The regiment took part in thirty-eight engagements, including nearly every significant battle in the Eastern Theater, as well as the Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Knoxville campaigns in the Western Theater. Based upon years of archival research—complete with photos and original maps—John F. Schmutz’s “The Bloody Fifth” is the first full-length study to document this fabled regimental command. “The Bloody Fifth” presents the regiment’s rich history from the secession of the Lone Star State and the organization of ten independent east and central Texas companies, through four years of arduous marching and fighting. The Fifth Texas’s battlefield exploits are legendary, from its inaugural fighting on the Virginia peninsula in early 1862 through Appomattox. But it was at Second Manassas where the regiment earned its enduring nickname by attacking and crushing the Fifth New York Zouaves. Schmutz’s book, which also details the personal lives of these Texas soldiers as they struggled to survive the war some 2,000 miles from home, is a significant contribution to the growing literature of the Civil War. “The most comprehensive, thoroughly researched account of the [Fifth] Texas Infantry . . . belongs in the library of every serious student of the Civil War.” —John Michael Priest, author of “Stand to It and Give Them Hell”

Shoeless Joe

Author : W. P. Kinsella
Publisher : Rosetta Books
ISBN 13 : 0795311710
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Shoeless Joe written by W. P. Kinsella and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel that inspired Field of Dreams: “A lyrical, seductive, and altogether winning concoction.” —The New York Times Book Review One of Sports Illustrated’s 100 Greatest Sports Books “If you build it, he will come.” When Ray Kinsella hears these mysterious words spoken in the voice of an Iowa baseball announcer, he is inspired to carve a baseball diamond in his cornfield. It is a tribute to his hero, the legendary Shoeless Joe Jackson, whose reputation was forever tarnished by the scandalous 1919 World Series. What follows is a timeless story that is “not so much about baseball as it is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “A triumph of hope.” —The Boston Globe “A moonlit novel about baseball, dreams, family, the land, and literature.” —Sports Illustrated

The House of Winslow Collection 1

Author : Gilbert Morris
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441229183
Total Pages : 3353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The House of Winslow Collection 1 written by Gilbert Morris and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 3353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series trails the Winslow family through generations of American history, depicting key moments from the eyes of characters experiencing them firsthand. Collection I includes books 1 - 10. 1 The Honorable Imposter 2 The Captive Bride 3 The Indentured Heart 4 The Gentle Rebel 5 The Saintly Buccaneer 6 The Holy Warrior 7 The Reluctant Bridegroom 8 The Last Confederate 9 The Dixie Widow 10 The Wounded Yankee

The Greatest Brigade

Author : Thomas J. Craughwell
Publisher : Fair Winds Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 1592334784
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Brigade written by Thomas J. Craughwell and published by Fair Winds Press (MA). This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Greatest Brigade is an exciting journey through the major battles of the Civil War alongside the members of the famed Irish Brigade. Well researched, compellingly written, filled with fascinating illustrations, and with a story that holds the reader with a 'bulldog grip,' Thomas Craughwell has written a regimental history that deserves to be on every Civil War lover’s bookshelf."—Jason Emerson, author of The Madness of Mary Lincoln and Lincoln the Inventor "Lavishly illustrated and bursting with excitement, The Greatest Brigade is a vivid account, populated by larger-than-life characters. It’s a story of heroism and gallantry that every Civil War buff will want to know."—History Book Club Faugh a Ballagh! Clear the Way! This is the story of a band of heroes that covered the Yankee retreat at Bull Run, drove the Confederates from the Sunken Road at Antietam, and made charge after charge up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg. The gallantry of the Irish Brigade won them the admiration of the high command of both North and South, earned them seven Medals of Honor, and after the war, went a long way to helping the Irish assimilate into the American mainstream. Shouting their Gaelic battle cry, the men of the Irish Brigade charged across the bloodiest battlefields of the Civil War and into the realm of legend. The Greatest Brigade is a grand narrative history of these Irishmen who fought in every major battle in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War, including Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Appomattox. Thomas J. Craughwell, author Stealing Lincoln’s Body and The Buck Stops Here: The 28 Toughest Presidential Decisions and How They Changed History, reveals the reasons why thousands of Irish Catholics—the most despised immigrant group in America at the time—rallied to the Union cause and proved themselves to be among the most ferocious fighters of the war. He examines the character of the Irish Brigade’s two most popular commanders, Michael Corcoran, a man of unshakable principles, and Thomas Francis Meagher, a complex man with many fine qualities—and almost as many flaws.

Confederate Veteran

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Confederate Veteran written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The 7th Tennessee Infantry in the Civil War

Author : William Thomas Venner
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476602093
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The 7th Tennessee Infantry in the Civil War written by William Thomas Venner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-07-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows the 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment from their May 1861 mustering-in to the war's final moments at Appomattox in April 1865. It is an intensely personal account based upon the Tennesseans' letters, journals, memoirs, official reports, personnel records and family histories. It is a powerful account of courage and sacrifice. The men (a full roster is included) changed from exhilarated volunteers to battle-hardened veterans. They had eagerly rushed to join up, "anxious to confront the enemy on the battle front." Later, amid the grim realities, the Tennesseans stayed with their comrades and carried out their responsibilities. Rifleman Tom Holloway wrote, "I went into this measure with the conviction that it was my imperative duty." Eventually, as the war destroyed the Tennesseans, Lt. Ferguson Harris wrote simply, "I wonder who will be the last of us to go?"

The Yankee Plague

Author : Lorien Foote
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469630567
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Yankee Plague written by Lorien Foote and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate prison camps into South Carolina and North Carolina, often with the aid of local slaves. Their flight created, in the words of contemporary observers, a "Yankee plague," heralding a grim end to the Confederate cause. In this fascinating look at Union soldiers' flight for freedom in the last months of the Civil War, Lorien Foote reveals new connections between the collapse of the Confederate prison system, the large-scale escape of Union soldiers, and the full unraveling of the Confederate States of America. By this point in the war, the Confederacy was reeling from prison overpopulation, a crumbling military, violence from internal enemies, and slavery's breakdown. The fugitive Federals moving across the countryside in mass numbers, Foote argues, accelerated the collapse as slaves and deserters decided the presence of these men presented an opportune moment for escalated resistance. Blending rich analysis with an engaging narrative, Foote uses these ragged Union escapees as a lens with which to assess the dying Confederate States, providing a new window into the South's ultimate defeat.

Blood in the Ozarks: Expanded Second Edition

Author : Clint Lacy
Publisher : Foothills Media LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood in the Ozarks: Expanded Second Edition written by Clint Lacy and published by Foothills Media LLC. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep in the Ozarks of Southeast Missouri a battle still raises about a massacre committed on Christmas Day, 1863 in Ripley County, Missouri by members of the 3'rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry led by Major James Wilson. While naysayers state that the "massacre" was nothing more than a rescue mission to free Union troops captured days before by Colonel Timothy Reeves and his 15th Missouri Cavalry, CSA, local historical documents, newspaper articles and military records prove bias on their part, painting a picture of a government cover up and the needless slaughter of men, women and children along with Confederate soldiers on the holiest day of the year. In this Expanded Second Edition the reader will find more photos, newspaper archives and other sources of information that paints a clearer picture of this tragedy.

Grape And Canister: The Story Of The Field Artillery Of The Army Of The Potomac, 1861-1865

Author : L. VanLoan Naisawald
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786251329
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Grape And Canister: The Story Of The Field Artillery Of The Army Of The Potomac, 1861-1865 written by L. VanLoan Naisawald and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes - 18 maps and 6 illustrations “The role of the field artillery in the Civil War is often overlooked in favor of the more romantic views of great cavalry commanders or infantrymen. But the reality was that without the field artillery, many of the decisive battles won by the Army of the Potomac most likely would have resulted in defeat and/or destruction. Grape and Canister, first published in 1960, has since become a classic and remains the definitive study of the field artillery of the Army of the Potomac.”-Print ed.

Lee's Tigers Revisited

Author : Terry L. Jones
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 080716853X
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Lee's Tigers Revisited written by Terry L. Jones and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Lee’s Tigers Revisited, noted Civil War scholar Terry L. Jones dramatically expands and revises his acclaimed history of the approximately twelve thousand Louisiana infantrymen who fought in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Sometimes derided as the “wharf rats from New Orleans” and the “lowest scrappings of the Mississippi,” the Louisiana Tigers earned a reputation for being drunken and riotous in camp, but courageous and dependable on the battlefield. Louisiana’s soldiers, some of whom wore colorful uniforms in the style of French Zouaves, reflected the state’s multicultural society, with regiments consisting of French-speaking Creoles and European immigrants. Units made pivotal contributions to many crucial battles—resisting the initial Union onslaught at First Manassas, facilitating Stonewall Jackson’s famous Valley Campaign, holding the line at Second Manassas by throwing rocks when they ran out of ammunition, breaking the Union line temporarily at Gettysburg’s Cemetery Hill, containing the Union breakthrough at Spotsylvania’s Bloody Angle, and leading Lee’s attempted breakout of Petersburg at Fort Stedman. The Tigers achieved equal notoriety for their outrageous behavior off the battlefield, so much so that sources suggest no general wanted them in his command. By the time of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, there were fewer than four hundred Louisiana Tigers still among his troops. Lee’s Tigers Revisited uses letters, diaries, memoirs, newspaper articles, and muster rolls to provide a detailed account of the origins, enrollments, casualties, and desertion rates of these soldiers. Illustrations—including several maps newly commissioned for this edition—chart the Tigers’ positions on key battlefields in the tumultuous campaigns throughout Virginia. By utilizing first-person accounts and official records, Jones provides the definitive study of the Louisiana Tigers and their harrowing experiences in the Civil War.