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Book The Battle for Morningside Heights

Download or read book The Battle for Morningside Heights written by Roger Kahn and published by New York : W. Morrow. This book was released on 1970 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Battle of Columbia Heights

Download or read book Battle of Columbia Heights written by Charles F. Traynor and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typescript, Sept. 24, 1978, by C.F. Traynor, concerning the Little Steel Strike at Massillon, Ohio, July 1937, by the Steel Workers against Republic Steel Corporation. Contains excerpts of an oral history interview conducted by Traynor with John S. Johns, former Vice-president of the United Steelworkers of America.

Book The Battle of Harlem Heights

Download or read book The Battle of Harlem Heights written by Thomas Addis Emmet and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Acquisition of Temple Heights as a Memorial to Veterans of the Civil War

Download or read book Acquisition of Temple Heights as a Memorial to Veterans of the Civil War written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (79) S.J. Res. 50.

Book Acquisition of Temple Heights as a Memorial to Veterans of the Civil War

Download or read book Acquisition of Temple Heights as a Memorial to Veterans of the Civil War written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Battle of Harlem Heights  September 16  1776

Download or read book The Battle of Harlem Heights September 16 1776 written by Henry P.. Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Battle of Harlem Heights

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry P. Johnston
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-04-25
  • ISBN : 9781546303046
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book The Battle of Harlem Heights written by Henry P. Johnston and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under In connection with the memorial celebration of the battle of Harlem Heights last fall, on the site of the battle, the present grounds of Columbia University, Professor Johnston has published the above careful and scholarly account of the campaign which led up to that skirmish, and of the results of the latter upon the succeeding movements of the British and American armies. This task could not have fallen to a more competent writer. The author had already contributed largely to our knowledge of the campaign of 1776 about New York and Brooklyn,1 and had at his disposal the co-operation of the officials of the New York Historical Society as well as that society's valuable collection of Revolutionary documents. By a comparison of all the available original material, which is printed in full, and occupies just half the volume, Professor Johnston establishes once for all the exact site of the three successive skirmishes which constituted the battle of Harlem Heights, namely, on the present line of the Boulevard and of about 128th, 120th and 108th Streets. Earlier authorities had placed the battle some distance to the east, while Mr. E. C. Benedict had, in 1878, placed it a mile or more to the north of its true location. Mrs. Martha J. Lamb accepted his interpretation, and, in consequence, the error was perpetuated by a tablet commemorative of the battle placed by a patriotic society on the wall of Trinity Cemetery near 153d Street, and which is still there. Beside establishing the site of the battle-field beyond all possibility of doubt, the author shows clearly how the battle of Harlem, though of slight importance considered as a successful engagement of the American with the British outposts, was in reality of great importance in "stimulating the drooping spirits of the American soldier" and "in effectually disturbing the plans of the enemy." After evacuating Boston in March and recuperating some months at Halifax, General Howe appeared with his fleet in New York harbor toward the end of June, 1776. Debarking his army on Staten Island, he crossed the Narrows in August, and brought on the battle of Long Island. Unable to follow up his success at once, because of the skillful withdrawal of the Americans to Manhattan Island, Howe crossed the East River and took possession of the city of New York on September 15, Washington repeating his tactics and withdrawing to the northern end of the island. On the following day the battle of Harlem Heights was fought, the American outposts on the slope to the north of the "Hollow Way," now Manhattan Street, boldly advancing and driving back the British outposts on the heights south of that depression till their further advance was checked by the British reinforcements which hurried to the scene of action. The Americans then retired to the main body of their army. The real importance of this successful skirmish lies in the fact that it evidently raised General Howe's estimate of the fighting powers of the American army, and led him to avoid attacking it in a pitched battle on the northern end of Manhattan Island. He preferred to outflank Washington by moving the larger part of his army up the Sound and landing it near New Rochelle, thereby compelling Washington to withdraw most of his army from Manhattan Island, and to move inland toward White Plains, where the two armies met in battle on October 28. -HRFN, Vol. 3

Book Nineteen Months a Prisoner of War

Download or read book Nineteen Months a Prisoner of War written by Gilbert E. Sabre and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Battle of Harlem Heights

Download or read book The Battle of Harlem Heights written by Herbert Levi Osgood and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Washington   Shaw et Columbia Heights

Download or read book Washington Shaw et Columbia Heights written by Lorette Pierson and published by Ulysse. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Le mini-guide numérique Washington - Shaw et Columbia Heights présente un circuit découverte à travers Shaw et Columbia Heights, à Washington, avec les attraits, restaurants, cafés, boutiques et bars. Ce mini-guide numérique présente un circuit découverte à travers Shaw et Columbia Heights, à Washington, dans le district de Columbia. Tout en couleurs, ce guide indique les attraits à ne pas manquer, les restaurants, les cafés, les belles boutiques, les

Book A Time to Stir

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Cronin
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2018-01-09
  • ISBN : 0231544332
  • Pages : 711 pages

Download or read book A Time to Stir written by Paul Cronin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For seven days in April 1968, students occupied five buildings on the campus of Columbia University to protest a planned gymnasium in a nearby Harlem park, links between the university and the Vietnam War, and what they saw as the university’s unresponsive attitude toward their concerns. Exhilarating to some and deeply troubling to others, the student protests paralyzed the university, grabbed the world’s attention, and inspired other uprisings. Fifty years after the events, A Time to Stir captures the reflections of those who participated in and witnessed the Columbia rebellion. With more than sixty essays from members of the Columbia chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, the Students’ Afro-American Society, faculty, undergraduates who opposed the protests, “outside agitators,” and members of the New York Police Department, A Time to Stir sheds light on the politics, passions, and ideals of the 1960s. Moving beyond accounts from the student movement’s white leadership, this book presents the perspectives of black students, who were grappling with their uneasy integration into a supposedly liberal campus, as well as the views of women, who began to question their second-class status within the protest movement and society at large. A Time to Stir also speaks to the complicated legacy of the uprising. For many, the events at Columbia inspired a lifelong dedication to social causes, while for others they signaled the beginning of the chaos that would soon engulf the left. Taken together, these reflections present a nuanced and moving portrait that reflects the sense of possibility and excess that characterized the 1960s.

Book Chancellorsville Staff Ride  Briefing Book  Illustrated Edition

Download or read book Chancellorsville Staff Ride Briefing Book Illustrated Edition written by Ted Ballard and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains more than 20 maps, diagrams and illustrations Although "Fighting Joe" Hooker skillfully executes a well-conceived plan and out-flanks his adversary, months of offensive planning are shelved as he suddenly orders his army on the defensive. Lee seizes the initiative and achieves what has often been called his most brilliant victory. How could this happen when Hooker's army outnumbers that of Lee 2 to 1 and is far superior in artillery and logistics? Answers to these and other questions concerning leadership, communications, use of terrain, and the psychology of men in battle, are often found by personal reconnaissance of the battlefield. This book offers a staff ride briefing of Chancellorsville. Since 1906 staff rides have been used to in the education of U.S. Army officers to narrow the gap between peacetime training and war.

Book What the Yankees Did to Us

Download or read book What the Yankees Did to Us written by Stephen Davis and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Chicago from Mrs. O'Leary's cow, or San Francisco from the earthquake of 1906, Atlanta has earned distinction as one of the most burned cities in American history. During the Civil War, Atlanta was wrecked, but not by burning alone. Longtime Atlantan Stephen Davis tells the story of what the Yankees did to his city. General William T. Sherman's Union forces had invested the city by late July 1864. Northern artillerymen, on Sherman's direct orders, began shelling the interior of Atlanta on 20 July, knowing that civilians still lived there and continued despite their knowledge that women and children were being killed and wounded. Countless buildings were damaged by Northern missiles and the fires they caused. Davis provides the most extensive account of the Federal shelling of Atlanta, relying on contemporary newspaper accounts more than any previous scholar. The Yankees took Atlanta in early September by cutting its last railroad, which caused Confederate forces to evacuate and allowed Sherman's troops to march in the next day. The Federal army's two and a half-month occupation of the city is rarely covered in books on the Atlanta campaign. Davis makes a point that Sherman's "wrecking" continued during the occupation when Northern soldiers stripped houses and tore other structures down for wood to build their shanties and huts. Before setting out on his "march to the sea," Sherman directed his engineers to demolish the city's railroad complex and what remained of its industrial plant. He cautioned them not to use fire until the day before the army was to set out on its march. Yet fires began the night of 11 November--deliberate arson committed against orders by Northern soldiers. Davis details the "burning" of Atlanta, and studies those accounts that attempt to estimate the extent of destruction in the city.

Book The Battle of South Mountain

Download or read book The Battle of South Mountain written by John David Koptak and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A thorough account of the fighting . . . Not only appealingly written but a worthwhile addition to Maryland Campaign literature.” —Historynet.com In September 1862, Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia north of the Potomac River for the time as part of his Northern invasion, seeking a quick end to the war. Lee divided his army in three, sending General James Longstreet north to Hagerstown and Stonewall Jackson south to Harper’s Ferry. It was at three mountain passes, referred to as South Mountain, that Lee’s army met the Federal forces commanded by General George B. McClellan on September 14. In a fierce day-long battle spread out across miles of rugged, mountainous terrain, McClellan defeated Lee but the Confederates did tie up the Federals long enough to allow Jackson’s conquest of Harper’s Ferry. Join historian John Hoptak as he narrates the critical Battle of South Mountain, long overshadowed by the Battle of Antietam. “A remarkable work . . . The marches of both armies to South Mountain are presented with close attention to the men in the ranks. The combat is fully covered at each of the gaps in South Mountain.” —Civil War Librarian “A crisp, concise but comprehensive account of the battles at the four passes or ‘gaps’ across South Mountain on September 14, 1862 . . . A truly scholarly effort that will satisfy both serious Civil War students and the general reading public. For Maryland Campaign aficionados, it is a must have addition to your library and is now the definitive account of the battle.” —South from the North Woods

Book New York Court of Appeals  Records and Briefs

Download or read book New York Court of Appeals Records and Briefs written by New York (State). Court of Appeals. and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume contains: 240 NY 623 (People v. Mayo) 240 NY 616 (Powell v. United Ass'n of Plumbers & Steamfitters)