Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The tide shifts
Author : Robert Underwood Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 1888
Category : United States
ISBN :
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The tide shifts. The Perryville Campaign; Burnside at Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; The Vicksburg year; Port Hudson; Murfreesboro; Chickamauga; Chattanooga
Author : Robert Underwood Johnson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Generals
ISBN : 9780890095713
Book Description
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The tide shifts
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 1888
Category : United States
ISBN :
Book Description
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War V3 - The Tide Shifts
Author : Robert Underwood Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2010-04
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Begins with a view of Washington on the eve of the war, gives an account of the fall of Fort Sumter, the preparations for war in the North and South, and the formation of the Confederacy. Detailed are the battles of the first year in the war.
Thomas J. Wood
Author : Dan Lee
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 16,72 MB
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0786492902
Book Description
Thomas J. Wood, Kentuckian, graduated fifth in his West Point class in 1846 and joined the staff of General Zachary Taylor. The Mexican War was just beginning and Wood fought in several battles after which he served under General Winfield Scott in Mexico City. In 1861, Wood became a brigadier general of volunteers and began his Civil War service with the Army of the Cumberland, with whom he fought in every campaign and most of its major battles. Wood has never before been the subject of a full length biography but is well known for a notorious lapse of judgment resulting in a Confederate breakthrough at Chickamauga that shattered the Union right flank and threatened the survival of the Army of the Cumberland. It is a moment in the war still argued about. Wood learned from his mistake, became a better general from that time on (notably at Missionary Ridge and Nashville), and redeemed himself in the eyes of his fellow officers and his civilian superiors.
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
Author : Peter Cozzens
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252028793
Book Description
Volume 6 brings readers more of the best first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the conflict. Alongside the experiences of lower-ranking officers and enlisted men are accounts from key personalities including General John Gibbon, General John C. Lee, and seven prominent generals from both sides offering views on "why the Confederacy failed." This volume includes 120 illustrations, including 16 previously uncollected maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications.
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad in the Civil War
Author : Dan Lee
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 2022-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1476647119
Book Description
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter. Within days, the M&O was swept up in the Civil War as a prime conveyor of troops and supplies, a strategic and tactical asset to both Confederate and Union armies, who fought to control it. Its northern terminus at Columbus, Kentucky saw some of the earliest fighting in the war. The southern terminus in Mobile, Alabama was the scene of some of the last. U. S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Newton Knight of the "Free State of Jones" and others battled over the M&O, the Federals taking it mile-by-mile. This book chronicles the campaigns and battles for the railroad and the calamity endured by the civilians who lived along it.
Ending the Civil War
Author : Benton Rain Patterson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0786491027
Book Description
Dramatically and authentically, using eyewitness accounts where possible, this book recounts the final 13 months of the Civil War, a year in which a new U.S. Army general in chief was appointed, a new course for the war was charted, a massive new campaign was begun, the abolition of slavery was confirmed by the re-election of Abraham Lincoln, and the course of history was altered by the assassination of America's most revered president. It was the year that the United States won the final battle and the year that the sundered nation was reunited. The book describes those events and the key figures in them.
Smithsonian's Great Battles & Battlefields of the Civil War
Author : Jay Wertz
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Organized by state and cross-referenced chronologically, this authoritative guide to every recorded battle and battlefield of America's bloodiest and most rending war explains the various battles and details the strategies behind troop movements. Lively anecdotes and biographies of the participants--both well-known and obscure--offer the personal perspective that makes history immediate and meaningful. 100+ photos & maps.
Engineer Operations During The Vicksburg Campaign
Author : Major Robert M. Puckett
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1786253380
Book Description
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.
