Download or read book Before They Were Heroes at King s Mountain Virginia Edition written by Randell Jones and published by . This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the campaign, fighting, and aftermath connected to the Battle of King's Mountain and the British Southern Campaign during the American Revolution.
Download or read book King s Mountain and Its Heroes written by Lyman Copeland Draper and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of Kings Mountain Eyewitness Accounts written by Robert M. Dunkerly and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pivotal moment in American history, as told by our forefathers On October 7, 1780, American Patriot and Loyalist soldiers battled each other at Kings Mountain, near the border of North and South Carolina. With over one hundred eyewitness accounts, this collection of participant statements from men of both sides includes letters and statements in their original form - the soldiers' own words - unedited and unabridged. Rife with previously unpublished details of this historic turning point in the American Revolution, described as the war's "largest all-American fight," these accounts expose the dramatic happenings of the battle, including new perspectives on the debate over Patriot Colonel William Campbell's bravery during the fight. Robert M. Dunkerley's work is an invaluable resource to historians studying the flow of combat, genealogists tracing their ancestors and anyone interested in Kings Mountain and the Southern Campaign.
Download or read book The King s Mountain Men written by Katherine Keogh White and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The King's Mountain Men: The Story of the Battle, With Sketches of the American Soldiers Who Took Part The list in this book, of the heroes who won the battle of King's Mountain, does not assume to be complete. So far as I am aware, no rosters are in existence. Historians are not agreed as to the number of the Americans who were in the expedition. The general Opinion is that it was between one thousand and twelve hundred. I had this number in mind when I began a search for the names of the individual soldiers, and an authentic record in each instance of the soldier's service, in the war of the Revolu tion. While investigating county records, land grants, pension statements, and other sources of information, I came upon many stories of their lives, especially in the records of Washington county, Tennessee, in 1777-1780. These stories, so full of human interest, often begin before the date of the battle. The narratives introduce us to a life of tragedy as well as romance, on the inland frontier of Virginia and the Carolinas, wild savages and ferocious beasts menacing them at all times. Nowhere else in the American States were the souls of men more nearly strained to the breaking-point. Without official permis sion and without assurance of reward, these heroes of the frontier came together as brothers and neighbors, and formed a volunteer army to protect their families and their country. In this book I aim to bring out the human interest which is so overlooked in the admirable histories of the American Revolution. Thus I present, without change, the letters written to Lyman Draper by James Sevier, Gil bert Christian, John Sevier, and William Martin. Not only do these letters afford proof of military service by some of the frontiersmen, but they throw direct light on the expedition itself and on other combats with their enemy. 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.
Download or read book King s Mountain and its Heroes History of the Battle of King s Mountain October 7th 1780 and the Events which led to it written by Lyman Copeland Draper and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-03 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Download or read book Appalachia written by John Alexander Williams and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-04-03 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region as both the essence of America and a place apart. Williams begins his story in the colonial era and describes the half-century of bloody warfare as migrants from Europe and their American-born offspring fought and eventually displaced Appalachia's Native American inhabitants. He depicts the evolution of a backwoods farm-and-forest society, its divided and unhappy fate during the Civil War, and the emergence of a new industrial order as railroads, towns, and extractive industries penetrated deeper and deeper into the mountains. Finally, he considers Appalachia's fate in the twentieth century, when it became the first American region to suffer widespread deindustrialization, and examines the partial renewal created by federal intervention and a small but significant wave of in-migration. Throughout the book, a wide range of Appalachian voices enlivens the analysis and reminds us of the importance of storytelling in the ways the people of Appalachia define themselves and their region.
Download or read book Seedtime on the Cumberland written by Harriette Simpson Arnow and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harriette Arnow’s roots ran deep into the Cumberland River country of Kentucky and Tennessee, and out of her closeness to that land and its people comes this remarkable history. The first of two companion volumes, Seedtime on the Cumberland captures the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life on the frontier, a place where the land both promised and demanded much. In the years between 1780 and 1803, this part of the country presented tremendous opportunity to those who endeavored to make a new life there. Drawing on an extensive body of primary sources—including family journals, court records, and personal inventories—Arnow paints a stirring portrait of these intrepid people. Like the midden at some ancient archaeological site, these accumulated items become a treasure awaiting the insight and organization of an interpreter. Arnow also draws on a medium she believed in unerringly—oral history, the rich tradition that shaped so much of her own family and regional experience. A classic study of the Old Southwest, Seedtime on the Cumberland documents with stirring perceptiveness the opening of the Appalachian frontier, the intersection of settlers and Native Americans, and the harsh conditions of life in the borderlands.
Download or read book John Sevier written by Gordon T. Belt and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds new light on John Sevier, founding father of the state of Tennessee. A celebrated soldier, admired politician and founding father of the state of Tennessee, John Sevier led an adventurous life. He commanded a frontier militia into battle against British Loyalists at Kings Mountain. He waged a relentless war against the Cherokees in his effort to claim America's first frontier. He forged the state of Franklin from the western lands of North Carolina and later became Tennessee's first governor. Following his death, Sevier's accomplishments faded from public memory, but years later, writers resurrected his image through romanticized accounts of his exploits, relying heavily on folk tales and recollections from aging pioneers. Thus, life and legend intertwined. Join authors Gordon T. Belt and Traci Nichols-Belt as they examine John Sevier's extraordinary life through the lens of history and memory, shedding new light on this remarkable Tennessee figure.
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Download or read book Women in the American Revolution written by Sudie Doggett Wike and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without the support of American women, victory in the Revolutionary War would not have been possible. They followed the Continental Army, handling a range of jobs that were usually performed by men. On the orders of General Washington, some were hired as nurses for $2 per month and one full ration per day--disease was rampant and nurse mortality was high. A few served with artillery units or masqueraded as men to fight in the ranks. The author focuses on the many key roles women filled in the struggle for independence, from farming to making saltpeter to spying.
Download or read book Guide to the Draper Manuscripts written by Josephine L. Harper and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-nineteenth century the Wisconsin Historical Society's first director, Lyman C. Draper, gathered outstanding materials such as the Daniel Boone papers, which include Draper's interviews with Boone's son, and the papers of Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark. These two collections alone are of vast significance to frontier history before 1830, but the full collection comprises nearly five hundred volumes of records, including military and government records, interviews, Draper's own research notes, and rare personal letters. For scholars, genealogists, and local historians, the Draper papers offer a wealth of information on the social, economic, and cultural conditions experienced by our frontier forebears. The 180-page index lists thousands of names and is an indispensable guide for all who wish to use the collection, which is available in libraries across the country on microfilm.
Download or read book Cowpens National Battleground Site Piscateway National Park John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway Gulf Islands National Seashore and Wof Trap Farm Park written by United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Legacy of the de Lacy Lacey Lacy Family 1066 1994 written by and published by Gerry Lacey. This book was released on 1994 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter de Lasci is one of the earliest known progenitors of the De Lacy family. He accompanied William the Conquerer to England. One of his descendants, Gilbert de Lacy, helped with the Norman invasion of Ireland. The De Lacy family was a powerful family in Anglo-Irish politics. One of the numerous De Lacy descendants, James Lacy (b. 1828) immigrated to America in 1847. His descendants live in the United States. There are descendants of the original De Lasci who live throughout the world.
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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