Download or read book Confederate Waterloo written by Michael J. McCarthy and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Engrossing . . . A lengthy review of the events of the final days of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and the road to Appomattox” (Mark Silo, author of The 115th New York in the Civil War). The Battle of Five Forks broke the long siege of Petersburg, Virginia, triggered the evacuation of Richmond, precipitated the Appomattox Campaign, and destroyed the careers and reputations of two generals. Michael J. McCarthy’s Confederate Waterloo is the first fully researched and unbiased book-length account of this decisive Union victory and the aftermath fought in the courts and at the bar of public opinion. When Gen. Phil Sheridan’s forces struck at Five Forks on April 1, the attack surprised and collapsed Gen. George Pickett’s Confederate command and turned General Lee’s right flank. An attack along the entire front the following morning broke the siege and forced the Virginia army out of its defenses and, a week later, into Wilmer McLean’s parlor to surrender at Appomattox. Despite this decisive Union success, Five Forks spawned one of the most bitter and divisive controversies in the postwar army when Sheridan relieved Fifth Corps commander Gouverneur K. Warren for perceived failures connected to the battle. McCarthy’s Confederate Waterloo is grounded upon extensive research and a foundation of primary sources, including the meticulous records of a man driven to restore his honor in the eyes of his colleagues, his family, and the American public. The result is a fresh and dispassionate analysis that may cause students of the Civil War to reassess their views about some of the Union’s leading generals. “A detailed, scholarly analysis of one of the final battles of the American Civil War . . . A studious, unbiased account of the entire affair.” —Midwest Book Review
Download or read book Confederate Waterloo written by Michael Joseph McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confederate Waterloo is the first fully researched and unbiased book-length account of the Battle of Five Forks and the aftermath fought in the courts and at the bar of public opinion.
Download or read book Battle of Five Forks written by Edwin C. Bearss and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Forks written by Robert Alexander and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Five Forks was one of the the last battles of the American Civil War. A week later, Lee surrendered. Two weeks later, Lincoln was dead. In this meditation on that battle, Alexander juxtaposes the story of the battle, which he tells through narrative, letters, and journal entries, with his own impressions, viewing the South through Northern eyes. In addition, he views contemporary American society through the story of the Civil War and specifically through the story of Five Forks. If it is true that we meet our past coming to us out of the future, then, Alexander posits, America is still grappling with issues unresolved by the Civil War. Those issues are not just the obvious ones of race and class, or of North vs. South, but also the more ephemeral issues surrounding the mythos Americans live by. Alexander is not a historian, and this is much more a literary work than a battle story. However, the immediacy with which Alexander tells his tale leads the reader to experience Five Forks—the land, the smells, the cries—as if present there in 1865. Thus, he does not just describe a battle; he captures the spirit of all battles, all wars.
Download or read book The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg written by Edwin C. Bearss and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wide-ranging and largely ignored operations around Petersburg, Virginia, were the longest and most extensive of the entire Civil War. The fighting began in June of 1864, when advance elements from the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River and botched a series of attacks against a thinly defended city. The fighting ended nine long months later in the first days of April of 1865. The Five Forks Campaign and the Fall of Petersburg, March 29 – April 2, 1865, includes the final major operation that turned Lee’s right flank, cut his final railroad lifeline, and resulted in the loss of Petersburg and Richmond. In addition to original maps and photos, this book includes a complete chapter on the April 1 VI Corps “Breakthrough” and a special postscript by historian Chris Calkins on the retreat to Appomattox.
Download or read book Five Forks written by Robert Alexander and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Five Forks was one of the the last battles of the American Civil War. A week later, Lee surrendered. Two weeks later, Lincoln was dead. In this meditation on that battle, Alexander juxtaposes the story of the battle, which he tells through narrative, letters, and journal entries, with his own impressions, viewing the South through Northern eyes. Alexander is not a historian, and this is much more a literary work than a battle story. However, the immediacy with which Alexander tells his tale leads the reader to experience Five Forks--the land, the smells, the cries--as if present there in 1865. Thus, he does not just describe a battle; he captures the spirit of all battles, all wars.
Download or read book The Battles of Gravelly Run Dinwiddie Court house and Five Forks VA 1865 Argument on Behalf of Lieut Gen Philip H Sheridan U S A Respondent written by Asa Bird Gardiner and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Download or read book The Battles of Gravelly Run Dinwiddie Court house and Five Forks Va 1865 written by Asa Bird Gardiner and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blue Gray Magazine s History and Tour Guide of the Battle of Five Forks written by Chris Calkins and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Killing Abraham Lincoln written by Festus Ogunbitan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-02-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This epideictic oratory is dedicated to,Thespis of Icaria, the inventor of acting, the first actor, playwright, director, and producer in the worlds theater. My project is a classic drama style of political theater started in Greece thousands of years ago by Thespis of Icaria on the stage for demonstrating the political views of the Greek civilization. This revolution was passed on to the Romans in the Basilica and Supreme Court where Roman politicians communicate their political views to fellow Romans and Countrymen. Later, the revolution surfaced in England when John Milton, Christopher Marlow, and William Shakespeare started the classic British theater. In the contemporary period, America has carried on this tradition on the Senate Floor, and the House of RepresentativesCongress. The country has also generated talk show hosts, comedians, and moviemakers to carry on this tradition of political theater. I came across this idea while studying Masters of Arts in Liberal Arts at Sacramento State University in Sacramento California. Since then, I have been adapting history of the Greeks, Romans, Americans and other nations, into Greek style epideictic drama, distinctively reflecting the identities and political views of each nation through classic drama. Hoping to permanently retell the history of America, I have decided to use Aristotles theory of catharsis to rewrite Americas history through the locus of all presidents to have a permanent knowledge of Americas history. All the plays shall incorporate the principles of American politics, focusing on the values and virtues of the Conservatives and the Liberals.
Download or read book Union General Gouverneur Warren written by Donald R. Jermann and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Union Major General Gouverneur Warren participated in almost every major battle in the Civil War's Eastern Theater, from Big Bethel to Five Forks. He was held in such high esteem that he was often looked upon as the Union general most responsible for the victory at Gettysburg, and was considered the logical replacement for George Gordon Meade as commanding general of the Army of the Potomac. However, within days of the war's end he was relieved in disgrace on the battlefield by General Phil Sheridan. Warren spent the next fifteen years seeking the activation of a Court of Inquiry that he believed would vindicate his conduct. This book is the story of that court.
Download or read book Great Battles of the Civil War written by John Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines great battles of the American Civil War, from the first battle at Bull Run in 1861 to the Battle of the Five Forks in 1865.
Download or read book Five Forks written by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Five Forks: A Paper Read Before The Militry Order Of The Loyal Legion, Commandery Of Maine, May 2, 1901 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Maine Lefavor-Tower Company, 1902 Five Forks (Va.), Battle of, 1865; Five Forks, Battle of, Va., 1865; Five Forks, Va., Battle of, 1865
Download or read book An Account of the Operations of the Fifth Army Corps Commanded by Maj Gen G K Warren at the Battle of Five Forks April 1 1865 and the Battles and Movements Preliminary to It written by Gouverneur Kemble Warren and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Forks Waterloo of the Confederacy written by Robert Alexander and published by White Pine Press (NY). This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Forks is a splendid and intriguing study of the South's Waterloo.
Download or read book Great Battles of the Civil War written by John Macdonald and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines great battles of the American Civil War, from the first battle at Bull Run in 1861 to the Battle of the Five Forks in 1865.
Download or read book Illustrated Life Campaigns and Public Services of Philip H Sheridan written by C. W. Denison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrated Life, Campaigns and Public Services of Philip H. Sheridan: The Hero of the "Shenandoah Valley," "Battle of Five Forks," Etc The accompanying pages have been compiled from authentic materials. It is the object of the writer to do justice to the distinguished American general, whose signal services in the field have awakened such enthusiasm among our countrymen. To accomplish this, the strictest care has been observed with reference to authorities. No statement is made in this volume that is not in every. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
