Civil War
epub |eng | 2012-06-21 | Author:Richard Slotkin

PART FOUR THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM September 16–18, 1862 CHAPTER 11 PREPARATION FOR BATTLE THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 16–17, 1862 TO HISTORIANS ARMED WITH HINDSIGHT AND A GOOD MAP IT ...
( Category: Civil War September 8,2015 )
mobi |eng | 1988-02-24 | Author:McPherson, James M. [McPherson, James M.]

Events 300 miles away in Mississippi had influenced both Bragg’s decision to retreat and Lincoln’s decision to appoint Rosecrans. Just after the battle of Perryville, Bragg received word of the ...
( Category: Civil War July 18,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-05-30 | Author:Michael Korda

CHAPTER 8 Triumph and Tragedy—Second Manassas and Sharpsburg “You must consider that no wars may be made without danger.” —Sir Roger Williams* to the Earl of Leicester, Siege of Sluys, ...
( Category: American Civil War June 1,2015 )
mobi, pdf |eng | 2013-12-22 | Author:Gary W. Gallagher

CHAPTER FOUR For His Country and His Duty Confederate National Sentiment beyond Appomattox Robert E. Lee and Jubal A. Early occupied critical positions in the story of how Confederate national ...
( Category: Civil War May 24,2015 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-23 | Author:Gary W. Gallagher

CHAPTER FOUR For His Country and His Duty Confederate National Sentiment beyond Appomattox Robert E. Lee and Jubal A. Early occupied critical positions in the story of how Confederate national ...
( Category: Civil War May 24,2015 )
epub |eng | | Author:Roediger, David

FROM THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES TO THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN If any antebellum political demand rivaled that of immediate emancipation of slaves for sheer impossibility, it was that of women’s ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism April 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2015-02-23 | Author:Martha Hodes [Hodes, Martha]

Jefferson Davis, dressed in hoopskirt and military boots, hangs above an open grave. This 1865 cartoon lithograph, entitled “Freedom’s Immortal Triumph!” and “Finale of the ‘Jeff Davis Die-Nasty,’” shows a ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 21,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Clifford Dowdey

While he sang, the rifles continued to bang away, and the Confederate sharpshooters in Devil’s Den took a steady toll of the gunners on Little Round Top. With their own ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People January 29,2015 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Kat Smutz [Smutz, Kat]

Andersonville Prison During its time, Andersonville (pictured above in August 1864) saw 45,000 prisoners pass through its gates. Out of that number, nearly 13,000 died of exposure, starvation, malnutrition, diarrhoea ...
( Category: Civil War January 16,2015 )
mobi |eng | 2014-09-23 | Author:McPherson, James M. [McPherson, James M.]

5. WE SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE As commander in chief, Davis spent most of his time and energy on questions of strategy and command. But armies must be armed, fed, ...
( Category: American Civil War December 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-23 | Author:McPherson, James M. [McPherson, James M.]

5. WE SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE As commander in chief, Davis spent most of his time and energy on questions of strategy and command. But armies must be armed, fed, ...
( Category: American Civil War December 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2009-06-24 | Author:Edward Cunningham & Gary D. Joiner & Timothy B. Smith

To Private William Swan of the Third Iowa Infantry, the “whole earth seemed in a blaze—the sharp, ringing crash of our musketry—our batteries belching forth their shot and shell, and ...
( Category: Civil War November 24,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:James M. McPherson

5. WE SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE As commander in chief, Davis spent most of his time and energy on questions of strategy and command. But armies must be armed, fed, ...
( Category: American Civil War November 24,2014 )
epub, azw3, mobi, pdf |eng | 2014-09-29 | Author:S. C. Gwynne [Gwynne, S. C.]

In the late spring of 1862, this pier on the Pamunkey had become the lifeline of McClellan’s epic move against Richmond. In the river were boats of every sort, steam-powered ...
( Category: American Civil War November 2,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-07-18 | Author:Hood, Stephen

What was Hood’s mood and demeanor just prior to launching the large attack at Franklin? Contrary to the highly embellished and often fabricated portrayals of many later authors, eyewitness accounts ...
( Category: United States October 31,2014 )