Civil War
epub |eng | 2018-04-17 | Author:Christopher H. Hamner [Christopher H. Hamner]

5 Weaponry Robert Walker formed part of the first waves of American infantrymen who assaulted the beaches in northern France the morning of D-Day in June 1944. Walker’s arrival on ...
( Category: Engineering March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-04-25 | Author:David Williams [Williams]

Six hundred men of the Fifty-Fourth went in on the assault. Nearly half were captured, killed, or wounded. One of the most severely injured was Sergeant William H. Carney, a ...
( Category: Civil War March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-18 | Author:Daniel T. Davis

The 128th New York fought valiantly, but the gray onslaught overwhelmed them. A monument remembering their action sits near the XIX Corps entrenchments, just to the west of the Valley ...
( Category: Civil War March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2010-07-15 | Author:ROY MORRIS, JR.

However it was characterized, Mark Twain’s abrupt departure from Virginia City signaled the end of an era. For the better part of three years, he had been an enthusiastic participant ...
( Category: American Civil War March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-10-18 | Author:Bill Backus

By the time the Federal skirmish line was falling back, Warren was taking control of the field. Heath’s and Mallon’s brigades were already in position in the railroad. Heath’s line ...
( Category: Civil War March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-21 | Author:Stowe, Steven M.;

MEN UNDER ORDERS Love seemed to hold its own in war. It was there on the page, not a small thing. If a woman thought that love would bring a ...
( Category: Women in History March 22,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-04-29 | Author:Albert Z. Conner

Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, called “Old Prayer Book” by some of his subordinates because of his strict religious faith, seemed an unlikely choice to lead the XI Corps. Hooker ...
( Category: Civil War March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 1992-03-20 | Author:Stampp, Kenneth M.;

In mock sympathy for Buchanan and his problem with filibusters, the New York Times suggested that he appoint William Walker governor of Utah Territory. Then let him take his brave ...
( Category: Criticism & Theory March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Harold Holzer

Affectionately A. Lincoln 40 The only satisfaction the weary politician found that day—aside from the constant reminders that he was still very much in demand—came with the receipt of a ...
( Category: Politics & Government March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-08-23 | Author:page cooper, robert l. treat

( Category: Civil War March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-13 | Author:Elizabeth R. Varon [Varon, Elizabeth R.]

Fall of the Rebel Gibraltar. “The Federal Army, Under General Grant, Taking Formal Possession of Vicksburg, July 4th, 1863, After the Surrender.” Grant paroled the surrendered Confederates, hoping to promote ...
( Category: Civil War March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-06-19 | Author:Nathaniel W. Stephenson

Chapter VII. The Turning Of The Tide The buoyancy of the Southern temper withstood the shock of Gettysburg and was not overcome by the fall of Vicksburg. Of the far-reaching ...
( Category: Historical March 21,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-03-20 | Author:Elizabeth R. Varon

Fall of the Rebel Gibraltar. “The Federal Army, Under General Grant, Taking Formal Possession of Vicksburg, July 4th, 1863, After the Surrender.” Grant paroled the surrendered Confederates, hoping to promote ...
( Category: Civil War March 21,2020 )
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 )