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Iowa's Forgotten General

Author : Kenneth Lyftogt

Publisher : University of Iowa Press

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 22,90 MB

Release : 2009-05

Category : History

ISBN : 1587297345

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Matthew Mark Trumbull was a Londoner who immigrated at the age of twenty. Within ten years of his arrival in America, he had become a lawyer in Butler County, Iowa; two years later a member of the state legislature; and two years after that a captain in the Union Army. By the end of the Civil War, he was a brevet brigadier general, and in his later years he was an author and lecturer. Kenneth Lyftogt’s biography details the amazing life of this remarkable man, also shedding light on the histories of the Third Iowa Volunteer Infantry and the Ninth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry.



A Perfect Picture of Hell

Author : Ted Genoways

Publisher : University of Iowa Press

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 42,95 MB

Release : 1998-04

Category : History

ISBN : 1587293277

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From the shooting of an unarmed prisoner at Montgomery, Alabama, to a successful escape from Belle Isle, from the swelling floodwaters overtaking Cahaba Prison to the inferno that finally engulfed Andersonville, A Perfect Picture of Hell is a collection of harrowing narratives by soldiers from the 12th Iowa Infantry who survived imprisonment in the South during the Civil War. Editors Ted Genoways and Hugh Genoways have collected the soldiers' startling accounts from diaries, letters, speeches, newspaper articles, and remembrances. Arranged chronologically, the eyewitness descriptions of the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Jackson, and Tupelo, together with accompanying accounts of nearly every famous Confederate prison, create a shared vision





CRIME IN CORN-WEATHER

Author : Mary Meigs Atwater

Publisher : Coachwhip Publications

Page : 168 pages

File Size : 19,67 MB

Release : 2017-02-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781616464042

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Crime in Corn-Weather, by Mary M. Atwater, is the story of a perfect murder with no corpus delicti and no real clue. The reason for the murder and how the crime was concealed is gradually and skillfully unfolded. It is a realistic portrayal of the effect of a murder on the lives of a community. ('New Books in Brief Review, ' 1935



Vanishing Footprints

Author : Samuel D. Pryce

Publisher : Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 12,35 MB

Release : 2008

Category : History

ISBN : 9781929919147

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Never before published, Samuel Pryce's history of the "Johnson County Regiment" is a wide-ranging tale of the men he served with-- and whom he served so well as regimental adjutant. Pryce tells an unforgettable story, from the common soldier's ground-level perspective, of how a courageous band of midwesterners gathered, fought, lived and died under the "starry banner"--Page 4 of cover



"This Day We Marched Again"

Author : Jacob Haas

Publisher : University of Arkansas Press

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 32,61 MB

Release : 2014-03-01

Category : History

ISBN : 1935106678

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A testament to the valor and determination of a common soldier On September 17, 1861, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Haas enlisted in the Sheboygan Tigers, a company of German immigrants that became Company A of the Ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. Over the next three years, Haas and his comrades marched thousands of miles and saw service in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and the Indian Territory, including pitched battles at Newtonia, Missouri, and Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas. Haas describes the war from the perspective of a private soldier and an immigrant as he marches through scorching summers and brutally cold winters to fight in some of the most savage combat in the west. His diary shows us an extraordinary story of the valor and determination of a volunteer soldier. Though his health was ruined by war, Haas voiced no regrets for the price he paid to fight for his adopted country.





After Vicksburg

Author : Myron J. Smith, Jr.

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 33,21 MB

Release : 2021-10-18

Category : History

ISBN : 1476672202

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This is the first published comprehensive survey of naval action on the Mississippi River and its tributaries for the years 1863-1865. Following introductory reviews of the rivers and of the U.S. Navy's Mississippi Squadron, chronological Federal naval participation in various raids and larger campaigns is highlighted, as well as counterinsurgency, economical support and control, and logistical protection. The book includes details on units, locations and activities that have been previously underreported or ignored. Examples include the birth and function of the Mississippi Squadron's 11th District, the role of U.S. Army gunboats, and the war on the Upper Cumberland and Upper Tennessee Rivers. The last chapter details the coming of the peace in 1865 and the decommissioning of the U.S. river navy and the sale of its gunboats.



The Timberclads in the Civil War

Author : Myron J. Smith, Jr.

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 561 pages

File Size : 30,88 MB

Release : 2008-10-07

Category : History

ISBN : 0786451955

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In the most detailed history ever of Union warships on the western waters of the Civil War, the author recounts the exploits of the timberclad ships Lexington, Tyler, and Conestoga. Converted to warships from commercial steamboats at the beginning of the conflict, the three formed the core of the North's Western Flotilla, later the Mississippi Squadron. The book focuses on the activities of these wooden warriors while providing context for the greater war, including accounts of their famous commanders, their roles in both large and small battles, ship-to-ship combat, and support for the armies of Gen. U.S. Grant and Gen. William T. Sherman.



The USS Carondelet

Author : Myron J. Smith, Jr.

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 22,99 MB

Release : 2010-04-13

Category : History

ISBN : 0786456094

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The USS Carondelet had a revolutionary ship design and was the most active of all the Union's Civil War river ironclads. From Fort Henry through the siege of Vicksburg and from the Red River campaign through the Battle of Nashville, the gunboat was prominent in war legend and literature. This history draws on the letters of Ensign Scott Dyer Jordan and Rear Adm. Henry Walke's memoirs.