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Author : Frederick Henry Dyer
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Page : 816 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 1959
Category : United States
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Author : Jay C. Martin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1476623864
Few 19th-century Americans were as adventurous as Henry Baxter. Best known for his Civil War exploits--from leading the 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry across the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in the first daylight amphibious assault in American history, to his defense of the Union line on day one of Gettysburg--he accomplished these despite having no prewar military training. His heroism and leadership propelled him from officer of volunteers to major general in the Army of the Potomac. A New York emigrant from a prominent family, Baxter was involved in developing Michigan's political, business and educational foundations. He excelled at enterprise, leading a group of adventurers to California during the Gold Rush, co-founding what would become the Republican Party and eventually becoming President Grant's diplomat to Honduras during one of the most dynamic periods of Central American history.
Author : David G. Townshend
Publisher :
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 27,43 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
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Author : Stephen Crane
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 19,64 MB
Release : 1896
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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 1892
Category : United States
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Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
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Page : 638 pages
File Size : 25,26 MB
Release : 1993
Category : China Relief Expedition
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Correspondence Relating to the War With Spain, long out-of-print, is an invaluable two-volume documentary collection of the communications between The Adjutant General's Office and the field commanders. First published in 1902 and brought back into print to commemorate the centennial of the Spanish-American War, this facsimile edition provides a solid core of primary material and a starting point for research on a wide spectrum of topics related to the U.S. Army and its conduct of overseas campaigns in Cuba, Puerto Rico, China, and the Philippines. A new feature is an introduction by Graham A. Cosmas, who describes the War With Spain as a major event in the Army's evolution from a frontier constabulary into the military arm of a twentieth-century world power. As Cosmas states, "The collection, and its limitations, shaped the historiography of the conflict." The volumes serve as a hallmark of the Army's first efforts to project forces over great distances outside North America to achieve strategic objectives.
Author : David W. Mellott
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 36,13 MB
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0700627537
Though calling itself “The Bloody Seventh” after only a few minor skirmishes, the Seventh West Virginia Infantry earned its nickname many times over during the course of the Civil War. Fighting in more battles and suffering more losses than any other West Virginia regiment, the unit was the most embattled Union regiment in the most divided state in the war. Its story, as it unfolds in this book, is a key chapter in the history of West Virginia, the only state created as a direct result of the Civil War. It is also the story of the citizen soldiers, most of them from Appalachia, caught up in the bloodiest conflict in American history. The Seventh West Virginia fought in the major campaigns in the eastern theater, from Winchester, Antietam, and Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Petersburg. Weaving military, social, and political history, The Seventh West Virginia Infantry details strategy, tactics, battles, campaigns, leaders, and the travails of the rank and file. It also examines the circumstances surrounding events, mundane and momentous alike such as the soldiers’ views on the Emancipation Proclamation, West Virginia Statehood, and Lincoln’s re-election. The product of decades of research, the book uses statistical analysis to profile the Seventh’s soldiers from a socio-economic, military, medical, and personal point of view; even as its authors consult dozens of primary sources, including soldiers’ living descendants, to put a human face on these “sons of the mountains.” The result is a multilayered view, unique in its scope and depth, of a singular Union regiment on and off the Civil War battlefield—its beginnings, its role in the war, and its place in history and memory.
Author : Daniel G. Crotty
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 33,22 MB
Release : 1874
Category : United States
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Author : New Jersey. Adjutant-General's Office
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,35 MB
Release : 1996
Category : New Jersey
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Author : John H. Rerick
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Page : 328 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Indiana
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