American Civil War
epub |eng | 2012-09-12 | Author:P. H. Sheridan [Unbekannt]

"CITY POINT, August 12, 1864—9 A. M. "MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK "Inform General Sheridan that it is now certain two (2) divisions of infantry have gone to Early, and some cavalry and ...
( Category: American Civil War March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jeffry D. Wert

Chapter 12 BLOODY SEPTEMBER “The feeling is becoming desperate there is no safety in leaving the command even short distances the bushwhackers fire on them on all occasions,” William Thompson ...
( Category: American Civil War March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jeffry D. Wert

The Westerners’ response to Meredith’s proposal reflected the restoration of morale in the brigade and throughout the entire Union army. Since his appointment to command after the Mud March, Joseph ...
( Category: American Civil War March 20,2020 )
epub |eng | 2004-07-15 | Author:David W. Shaw

The important question in Read’s mind, upon receipt of this intelligence, was whether he should trust it. Disinformation and deception were common in war. He played that game himself. It ...
( Category: American Civil War March 20,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-26 | Author:Jeffry D. Wert

( Category: American Civil War March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-12-04 | Author:Michael Fellman [Fellman, Michael]

On April 17, 1865, and the following day, William T. Sherman sat down convivially with his longtime Confederate opponent, Joseph Johnston, at the Bennett farm in the North Carolina hills ...
( Category: American Civil War March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-17 | Author:Jeffry D. Wert

( Category: American Civil War March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-03-18 | Author:Gordon Leidner

The next morning, after being admitted to Lincoln’s office, she continued the narrative: He sat down by his desk, reached out for the petition, wrote across the back, “Release this ...
( Category: American Civil War March 19,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-19 | Author:Mary Clemmer Ames [Ames, Mary Clemmer]

IT is one of the traditions of Washington that Andrew Jackson decided the exact site of the present Treasury Building. After the third destruction by fire, in 1833, of the ...
( Category: American Civil War March 17,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Burke Davis

The ordnance reserve train of the army stood between the Richmond-Petersburg Pike and the Woodpecker Road, not far from Swift Creek—forty-four wagons under the command of Lieutenant Joseph Packard. A ...
( Category: American Civil War March 17,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-06-20 | Author:Stephen W. Sears, Douglas Southall Freeman

3 L ONGSTREET T RIES I NDEPENDENT C OMMAND Early in January General Lee had thought it probable that if Burnside went into winter quarters on the Rappahannock, part of ...
( Category: American Civil War March 17,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-03-15 | Author:The Editors of LIFE

RALPH CRANE/LIFE The Springfield House At the corner of Eighth and Jackson streets in downtown Springfield stood the one and only house Abraham Lincoln would ever own. “The little home ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-11 | Author:Jenkin Lloyd Jenkins [Unbekannt]

* * * Huntsville, Thursday, March 3. A pleasant day. Off duty at 9 A. M. Did not come on till six hours hence according to regulations. A very heavy ...
( Category: American Civil War March 14,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-03-13 | Author:Jonathan White

Fortunately, filing systems have improved over the past century and a half. Nevertheless, and despite these shortcomings, Lincoln proved a diligent advocate for his clients. He was always well prepared ...
( Category: American Civil War March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2006-07-15 | Author:Brian Thornton

53 Lincoln’s shifting views on abolitionism Lincoln continued to put the Union above all else, even as his own personal views on slavery became more convicted. “If slavery isn’t a ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 14,2020 )