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Book Lost Causes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bradley R. Clampitt
  • Publisher : LSU Press
  • Release : 2022-06
  • ISBN : 0807177652
  • Pages : 323 pages

Download or read book Lost Causes written by Bradley R. Clampitt and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking analysis of Confederate demobilization examines the state of mind of Confederate soldiers in the immediate aftermath of war. Having survived severe psychological as well as physical trauma, they now faced the unknown as they headed back home in defeat. Lost Causes analyzes the interlude between soldier and veteran, suggesting that defeat and demobilization actually reinforced Confederate identity as well as public memory of the war and southern resistance to African American civil rights. Intense material shortages and images of the war’s devastation confronted the defeated soldiers-turned-veterans as they returned home to a revolutionized society. Their thoughts upon homecoming turned to immediate economic survival, a radically altered relationship with freedpeople, and life under Yankee rule—all against the backdrop of fearful uncertainty. Bradley R. Clampitt argues that the experiences of returning soldiers helped establish the ideological underpinnings of the Lost Cause and create an identity based upon shared suffering and sacrifice, a pervasive commitment to white supremacy, and an aversion to Federal rule and all things northern. As Lost Causes reveals, most Confederate veterans remained diehard Rebels despite demobilization and the demise of the Confederate States of America.

Book Angels of the Battlefield

Download or read book Angels of the Battlefield written by George Barton and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors

Download or read book Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivors written by Chester D. Berry and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kennesaw Mountain

Download or read book Kennesaw Mountain written by Earl J. Hess and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While fighting his way toward Atlanta, William T. Sherman encountered his biggest roadblock at Kennesaw Mountain, where Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee held a heavily fortified position. The opposing armies confronted each other from June 19 to July 3, 1864. Hess explains how this battle, with its combination of maneuver and combat, severely tried the patience and endurance of the common soldier and why Johnston's strategy might have been the Confederates' best chance to halt the Federal drive toward Atlanta.

Book American Prisoners of the Revolution

Download or read book American Prisoners of the Revolution written by Danske Dandridge and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1911 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Book With Sabre and Scalpel

Download or read book With Sabre and Scalpel written by John Allan Wyeth and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Record of the Service of the Forty Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in North Carolina  August 1862 to May 1863

Download or read book Record of the Service of the Forty Fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in North Carolina August 1862 to May 1863 written by James Brown Gardner and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Marines In The Revolution

Download or read book Marines In The Revolution written by Charles Richard Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marines In The Revolution by Charles Richard Smith; Charles H Waterhouse "Traces the activities of one special group of Marines; the successes and failures of the group as a whole, and the fundamental aspects of modern Marine amphibious doctrine which grew out of Continental Marine experience during the eight-year fight for American independence."

Book Charles R  Woods

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1941
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 4 pages

Download or read book Charles R Woods written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Colonial and Revolutionary History of Upper South Carolina

Download or read book Colonial and Revolutionary History of Upper South Carolina written by John Belton O'Neall Landrum and published by Pantianos Classics. This book was released on 1897 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with local stories and dramatic scenes of fighting from across many decades, J. B. O. Landrum's chronicle of South Carolina is a treasure of the past. The author is enthusiastic in presenting accounts which encapsulate the local Carolina spirit; tales of hardship amid an unforgiving wilderness, of brutal combat between the Native Americans and the white settlers, and of everyday living in the villages and townships of the various counties. War stories and dramatic events are commonly taken from recollections of descendants and written anecdotes; such sources make for a lively and thoroughly engaging history of how South Carolina came to be. By the time he wrote this history in 1897, J. B. O. Landrum was already respected as a writer and chronicler of the past. Locals in and around the Carolinas would, from time to time, send him pertinent material. This edition includes the original publication's maps of the locality, so that readers can understand where settlements stood in the grand scheme of things, and how troops moved around during the conflicts. For its unique storytelling and knowledge, this history retains much value for modern day readers.

Book King s Mountain and Its Heroes

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:

Book The Costs of War

    Book Details:
  • Author : John V. Denson
  • Publisher : Transaction Publishers
  • Release : 1997-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781412820462
  • Pages : 494 pages

Download or read book The Costs of War written by John V. Denson and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest accomplishment of Western civilization is arguably the achievement of individual liberty through limits on the power of the state. In the war-torn twentieth century, we rarely hear that one of the main costs of armed conflict is long-term loss of liberty to winners and losers alike. Beyond the obvious and direct costs of dead and wounded soldiers, there is the lifetime struggle of veterans to live with their nightmares and their injuries; the hidden economic costs of inflation, debts, and taxes; and more generally the damages caused to our culture, our morality, and to civilization at large. The new edition is now available in paperback, with a number of new essays. It represents a large-scale collective effort to pierce the veils of myth and propaganda to reveal the true costs of war, above all, the cost to liberty. Central to this volume are the views of Ludwig von Mises on war and foreign policy. Mises argued that war, along with colonialism and imperialism, is the greatest enemy of freedom and prosperity, and that peace throughout the world cannot be achieved until the central governments of the major nations become limited in scope and power. In the spirit of these theorems by Mises, the contributors to this volume consider the costs of war generally and assess specific corrosive effects of major American wars since the Revolution. The first section includes chapters on the theoretical and institutional dimensions of the relationship between war and society, including conscription, infringements on freedom, the military as an engine of social change, war and literature, and the right of citizens to bear arms. The second group includes reconsiderations of Lincoln and Churchill, an analysis of the anti-interventionist idea in American politics, a discussion of the meaning of the "just war," an assessment of how World War I changed the course of Western civilization, and finally two eyewitness accounts of the true horrors of actual combat by veterans of World War II. The Costs of War is unique in its combination of historical scope and timeliness for current debates about foreign policy and military intervention. It will be of interest to historians, political scientists, economists, and sociologists.

Book The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County  Connecticut  1709 1909

Download or read book The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County Connecticut 1709 1909 written by Dwight Canfield Kilbourn and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rifles and Rifle Practice

Download or read book Rifles and Rifle Practice written by Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Conrad Clan

    Book Details:
  • Author : Floyd Wilmer Coffman
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1939
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 426 pages

Download or read book The Conrad Clan written by Floyd Wilmer Coffman and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book God s Gold

Download or read book God s Gold written by John T. Flynn and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 1932 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Technics and Civilization

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lewis Mumford
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2010-10-30
  • ISBN : 0226550273
  • Pages : 524 pages

Download or read book Technics and Civilization written by Lewis Mumford and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technics and Civilization first presented its compelling history of the machine and critical study of its effects on civilization in 1934—before television, the personal computer, and the Internet even appeared on our periphery. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, Lewis Mumford explained the origin of the machine age and traced its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution. Mumford sagely argued that it was the moral, economic, and political choices we made, not the machines that we used, that determined our then industrially driven economy. Equal parts powerful history and polemic criticism, Technics and Civilization was the first comprehensive attempt in English to portray the development of the machine age over the last thousand years—and to predict the pull the technological still holds over us today. “The questions posed in the first paragraph of Technics and Civilization still deserve our attention, nearly three quarters of a century after they were written.”—Journal of Technology and Culture