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Author : William Preston Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Life of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston written by William Preston Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce S. Allardice
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813159873
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Kentuckians in Gray written by Bruce S. Allardice and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps more than any other citizens of the nation, Kentuckians held conflicted loyalties during the American Civil War. As a border state, Kentucky was largely pro-slavery but had an economy tied as much to the North as to the South. State government officials tried to keep Kentucky neutral, hoping to play a lead role in compromise efforts between the Union and the Confederacy, but that stance failed to satisfy supporters of both sides, all of whom considered the state's backing crucial to victory. President Abraham Lincoln is reported to have once remarked, "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky." Kentucky did side with Lincoln, officially aligning itself with the Union in 1861. But the conflicted loyalties of Kentucky's citizens continued to impact the state's role in the Civil War. When forced to choose between North and South, Kentuckians made the choice as individuals. Many men opted to fight for the Confederate army, where a great number of them rose to high ranks. With Kentuckians in Gray: Confederate Generals and Field Officers of the Bluegrass State, editors Bruce S. Allardice and Lawrence Lee Hewitt present a volume that examines the lives of these gray-clad warriors. Some of the Kentuckians to serve as Confederate generals are well recognized in state history, such as John Hunt Morgan, John Bell Hood, and Albert Sidney Johnston. However, as the Civil War slips further and further into the past, many other Confederate leaders from the Commonwealth have been forgotten. Kentuckians in Gray contains full biographies of thirty-nine Confederate generals. Its principal subjects are native Kentuckians or commanders of brigades of Kentucky troops, such as Morgan. The first complete reference source of its type on Kentucky Civil War history, the book contains the most definitive biographies of these generals ever assembled, as well as short biographical sketches on every field officer to serve in a Kentucky unit. This comprehensive collection recognizes Kentucky's pivotal role in the War between the States, imparting the histories of men who fought "brother against brother" more than any other set of military leaders. Kentuckians in Gray is an invaluable resource for researchers and enthusiasts of Kentucky history and the American Civil War.
Author : Donald Pfanz
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807823897
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (238 download)
Download or read book Richard S. Ewell written by Donald Pfanz and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography.
Author : John F. Marszalek
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674014930
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (149 download)
Download or read book Commander of All Lincoln’s Armies written by John F. Marszalek and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-17 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive biography of President Lincoln's chief war advisor from 1862-1864, a prize-winning historian recreates the life of a man of enormous achievement who bungled his most important mission. Marszalek unearths the seeds of Halleck's fatal wartime indecisiveness in personality traits and health problems.
Author : Charles Pierce Roland
Publisher : Civil War Campaigns and Comman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Jefferson Davis's Greatest General written by Charles Pierce Roland and published by Civil War Campaigns and Comman. This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of "Lee: A Historian's Assessment" turns the spotlight on Albert Sidney Johnston, considered the Confederacy's greatest general before he was cut down in battle at Shiloh in 1862. Photos & maps.
Author : Charles Roland
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813129176
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book History Teaches Us to Hope written by Charles Roland and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before his death in 1870, Robert E. Lee penned a letter to Col. Charles Marshall in which he argued that we must cast our eyes backward in times of turmoil and change, concluding that “it is history that teaches us to hope.” Charles Pierce Roland, one of the nation’s most distinguished and respected historians, has done exactly that, devoting his career to examining the South’s tumultuous path in the years preceding and following the Civil War. History Teaches Us to Hope: Reflections on the Civil War and Southern History is an unprecedented compilation of works by the man the volume editor John David Smith calls a “dogged researcher, gifted stylist, and keen interpreter of historical questions.”Throughout his career, Roland has published groundbreaking books, including The Confederacy (1960), The Improbable Era: The South since World War II (1976), and An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War (1991). In addition, he has garnered acclaim for two biographical studies of Civil War leaders: Albert Sidney Johnston (1964), a life of the top field general in the Confederate army, and Reflections on Lee (1995), a revisionist assessment of a great but frequently misunderstood general. The first section of History Teaches Us to Hope, “The Man, The Soldier, The Historian,” offers personal reflections by Roland and features his famous “GI Charlie” speech, “A Citizen Soldier Recalls World War II.” Civil War–related writings appear in the following two sections, which include Roland’s theories on the true causes of the war and four previously unpublished articles on Civil War leadership. The final section brings together Roland’s writings on the evolution of southern history and identity, outlining his views on the persistence of a distinct southern culture and his belief in its durability. History Teaches Us to Hope is essential reading for those who desire a complete understanding of the Civil War and southern history. It offers a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary historian.
Author : William Preston Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston written by William Preston Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life of Albert Sidney Johnston, selected by John H. Jenkins III as one of the basic Texas books, reads like a litany of the important events in the life of the Texas Republic and early statehood through the Civil War. A native Kentuckian and 1826 graduate of West Point, and a veteran of the Black Hawk War, Johnston arrived in Texas in 1836 shortly after the battle of San Jacinto and enlisted as a private in the Texas Army. Soon discovered in the ranks, he was immediately appointed the army's adjutant general. His injury from a duel with Felix Huston later prevented his taking command of the army. In 1838 he was appointed Texas' Secretary of War, and later led the expedition against the Cherokee Indians in East Texas. He commanded the 1st Texas Rifle Volunteers dring the Mexican War and became a regular officer in the US Army--one of the few Texas military men permitted to do so. At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, Johnston was offered a position second in rank only to the aging Winfield Scott, but he refused the Federal government's offer and instead became commander of the Confederacy's Department No. 2, the Western Department. Keenly aware of the military weakness of the South, he issued a call for men at Bowling Green, Kentucky, and formed and drilled his army. On April 6, 1862, Johnston was killed at the battle of Shiloh. The author, Johnston's son, presents "a whole picture of the character of a difficult, generally taciturn man, and defends his actions in a balanced, scholarly manner." The son, having access to all of his father's private correspondence and papers, including his complete Confederate archives, was able to provide anecdotes only a son could know, and was able to persuade many of his father's associates to submit memoirs about him. Never before reprinted since its last publication in 1878, this new volume is of inestimable value and interest to historians and to other readers of Civil War history and early Texas history. This edition contains a new introduction by Charles P. Roland, author of Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics, and Jefferson Davis's Greatest General: Albert Sidney Johnston (McWhiney Foundation Press, 2000).
Author : Charles Pierce Roland
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813190002
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Albert Sidney Johnston, Soldier of Three Republics written by Charles Pierce Roland and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2001-01-11 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " With a new foreword by Gary W. Gallagher Selected as one of the best one hundred books ever written on the Civil War by Civil War Times Illustrated and by Civil War: The Magazine of the Civil War Society A new, revised edition of the only full-scale biography of the Confederacy's top-ranking field general during the opening campaigns of the Civil War.
Author : Derek Smith
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811701327
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Gallant Dead written by Derek Smith and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles over 120 Union and Confederate generals, listed in chronological order, who were killed in battle including Thomas J. Jackson, A.P. Hill, and John Reynolds.
Author : William Preston Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Life of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston written by William Preston Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William C. Davis
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813183251
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Breckinridge written by William C. Davis and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John C. Breckinridge rose to prominence during one of the most turbulent times in our nation's history. Widely respected, even by his enemies, for his dedication to moderate liberalism, Breckinridge's charisma and integrity led to his election as Vice President at age 35, the youngest ever in America's history. After a decade of being out-of-print, Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol returns as the quintessential biography of one of Kentucky's great moderates. Historian William C. Davis sheds light on Breckinridge's life throughout three key periods, spanning his career as a celebrated statesman, heroic soldier, and proponent of the reconciliation. A true Kentucky hero, "Old Breck's" bravery in battle, dedication to the pursuit of truth, and unique ability to win the loyalty of others rank him alongside Henry Clay and Simon Kenton. Drawing from a remarkable collection of sources, including previously unknown documents and letters, as well as the papers of his associates and extensive aid from the Breckinridge family, Davis presents the legacy of a man often overlooked.
Author : Craig L. Symonds
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039328560X
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography written by Craig L. Symonds and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994-06-17 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Riveting. . . . A thoughtful biography." —New York Times Book Review General Joseph E. Johnston was in command of Confederate forces at the South's first victory—Manassas in July 1861—and at its last—Bentonville in April 1965. Many of his contemporaries considered him the greatest southern field commander of the war; others ranked him second only to Robert E. Lee. But Johnston was an enigmatic man. His battlefield victories were never decisive. He failed to save Confederate forces under siege by Grant at Vicksburg, and he retreated into Georgia in the face of Sherman's march. His intense feud with Jefferson Davis ensured the collapse of the Confederacy's western campaign in 1864 and made Johnston the focus of a political schism within the government. Now in this rousing narrative of Johnston's dramatic career, Craig L. Symonds gives us the first rounded portrait of the general as a public and private man.
Author : Phineas Camp Headley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Hero Boy: Or, the Life and Deeds of Lieut.-Gen. Grant written by Phineas Camp Headley and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James R. Arnold
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Jeff Davis's Own written by James R. Arnold and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-09-27 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Isham G. Harris (late Senator from Tennessee) written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Confederate Veteran written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank H. Alfriend
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Life of Jefferson Davis written by Frank H. Alfriend and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
