Download or read book A Short History of Camp Pickett written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camp Pickett, later Fort Pickett, was activated in 1942 as a training base. Its location, in the Piedmont region of Virginia, was considered ideal because of its proximity to 'the great port of Hampton Roads' and to the Allegheny Mountain Range as a field training area for such infantry divisions as the 79th, 3rd, 45th, 28th, 31st, 77th, and 78th, and the 3rd Armored Division, as well as others. After World War 2 Camp Pickett was deactivated and reactivated several times. Later re-named Fort Pickett, it is now a sub-installation of Fort Lee.
Download or read book Attached to the Medical Detachment at Camp Pickett Virginia Service History written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attached to the medical detachment at Camp Pickett, Virginia- service history.
Download or read book Virginia POW Camps in World War II written by Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker and Jason Wetzel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour the camps, learn stories of the daily lives of the POWs, and discover the impact they had on the Old Dominion. During World War II, Virginians watched as German and Italian prisoners invaded the Old Dominion. At least 17,000 Germans and countless Italians lived in over twenty camps across the state and worked on five military installations. Farmers hired POWs to pick apples. Fertilizer companies, lumber yards, and hospitals hired them. At first a phenomenon of war in Virginia's backyard, these former enemy combatants became familiar to many--often developing a rapport with their employers. Among them were die-hired Nazis and Fascists, but they benefited from double standards that placed them in better jobs and conditions than African Americans. Historians Kathryn Coker and Jason Wetzel tell a different story of the Old Dominion at War.
Download or read book Camp Pickett and Its Effect on Blackstone written by Bernard Irving Pinchbeck and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Camp Pickett Virginia written by and published by . This book was released on 1952* with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pickett s Charge in History and Memory written by Carol Reardon and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If, as many have argued, the Civil War is the most crucial moment in our national life and Gettysburg its turning point, then the climax of the climax, the central moment of our history, must be Pickett's Charge. But as Carol Reardon notes, the Civil War saw many other daring assaults and stout defenses. Why, then, is it Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg--and not, for example, Richardson's Charge at Antietam or Humphreys's Assault at Fredericksburg--that looms so large in the popular imagination? As this innovative study reveals, by examining the events of 3 July 1863 through the selective and evocative lens of 'memory' we can learn much about why Pickett's Charge endures so strongly in the American imagination. Over the years, soldiers, journalists, veterans, politicians, orators, artists, poets, and educators, Northerners and Southerners alike, shaped, revised, and even sacrificed the 'history' of the charge to create 'memories' that met ever-shifting needs and deeply felt values. Reardon shows that the story told today of Pickett's Charge is really an amalgam of history and memory. The evolution of that mix, she concludes, tells us much about how we come to understand our nation's past.
Download or read book This is Camp Pickett written by Camp Pickett, (Va.). Public Relations Office and published by . This book was released on 1943* with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Last in Their Class written by James Robbins and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s Goat, the celebrated West Point cadet finishing at the bottom of his class, carries on a long and storied tradition. George Custer’s contemporaries at the Academy believed that the same spirit of adventure that led him to “blow post” at night to carouse at local taverns also motivated his dramatic cavalry attacks in the Civil War and afterwards. And the same willingness to stoically accept punishment for his hijinks at the Academy also sent George Pickett marching into the teeth of the Union guns at Gettysburg. The story James S. Robbins tells goes from the beginnings of West Point through the carnage of the Civil War to the grassy bluffs over the Little Big Horn. The Goats he profiles tell us much about the soul of the American solider, his daring, imagination and desire to prove himself against high odds.
Download or read book A Short History of the Civil War written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the fascinating history of America’s bloodiest ever conflict. Combining expert historical insight with the eyewitness accounts of soldiers and civilians, A Short History of the Civil War offers a brilliant summary of the key events and wider context of the hostilities between North and South. Profiles of influential military and political leaders, and thought-provoking features on themes and experiences, from the evils of slavery to the treatment of wounded soldiers, bring the story dramatically to life. This book also features clear timelines that give an instant overview of the developments during the tumultuous war. Richly illustrated with a wealth of original artifacts, weaponry, and equipment, photography, and maps, this unique combination of imagery provides the most accessible, episode-by-episode account ever.
Download or read book The Pig War written by Mike Vouri and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Mike Vouri has selected nearly 200 historical images to illustrate the history of the Pig War on San Juan Island in Washington state. Each image has a descriptive caption.
Download or read book A Short History of the United States written by John Spencer Bassett and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Short History of the United States 1492 1920 written by John Spencer Bassett and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Short History of the Civil War written by Fletcher Pratt and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best one-volume history brings the events, figures, and battles of monumental conflict vividly to life. Absorbing details of military campaigns, battlefield strategies, and personalities revealed in an audacious style that carries readers breathlessly along from the day of Lincoln's inauguration to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Download or read book A Brief Statement of History and Genealogy of Seven Generations of the Pickett Family written by Fred L. Pickett and published by . This book was released on 1936* with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the 313th Infantry in World War II written by Sterling A. Wood and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Out of the Desert written by Merlin Tryon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merlin Oscar Tryon was born in Bryce, Arizona on August 21, 1910, the oldest of 12 children in a Mormon family of Arizona pioneers. He graduated from Thatcher Union High School, served a two-year mission in Mississippi, and attended Arizona State University where he received a degree in business administration. While at Arizona State he joined the Arizona National Guard. He taught business subjects at the high school level for two years, when his National Guard unit was activated at the start of World WarII. His saw action under General Patton in North Africa, Sicily and finally in Italy at Anzio Beachhead, where he was severely wounded. During his rehabilitation he decided to pursue a career in the Army. In 1965 he retired at the rank of full Colonel after a distinguished career of 32 years, during which he attended many of the most prestigious Army schools, and served overseas in China, Japan, Germany and Korea. In retirement he owned a hardware store, played golf and enjoyed his grandchildren and great grandchildren. His death on July 29, 1999 was mourned by his many family and friends.
