Download or read book Colonel Henry H Young in the Civil War written by William Arnold Spicer and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colonel Henry H Young in the Civil War written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sheridan s Chief of Scouts Annotated written by William Arnold Spicer and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few today remember the remarkable Civil War career of Colonel Henry H. Young. When General "Little Phil" Sheridan heard of Young's command of a scouting raid, he said, "I want him!"He served out the rest of the war as Sheridan's Chief of Scouts, completing raids like the capture of Confederate irregular cavalry leader, Harry Gilmor. In this exciting and loving tribute, Young's former comrades-in-arms pay tribute to his daring and skill in leadership.Young disappeared mysteriously after the war on his way to Mexico to help expel the French from that country.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.
Download or read book Service in Two Armies written by Fielding Lewis Tyler and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diaries of Confederate Brigadier General Henry Little are likely the only unpublished journals of a Civil War general. The legacy of Gen. Henry Little constitutes a real piece of little-known American history. These 13 small books, written in his own handwriting, provide a fascinating insight into the activities of a soldier who fought in two wars for both the Union and Confederate sides and experienced a wide variety of military activity from Baltimore to Mexico and the expanding American frontier. General Little over time was a dedicated and loyal soldier who expressed a great love for his family on any number of occasions. He liked the military service, except when it separated him from his loving family. He experienced many gut-wrenching experiences in his lengthy career; nevertheless, he managed to survive each challenge. As a combat leader with both the Federal and Confederate Armies, he did not flinch from his duty, and by the end of his life, he had become a seasoned tactical officer who could command a combined force at the division level. Had he survived, he would have been a strong leader at higher organizational levels. Unfortunately, Confederate Brigadier General Henry Little was killed in the Civil War's Battle of Iuka on September 19, 1862. Reverend John Bannon, division chaplain, made the final entry in Gen. Little's diary pertaining to his death. Rev. Bannon probably delivered the diaries to the general's widow. This book, written from information gathered from his diaries, share Henry Little's activities, as well as his attitudes, images, and values. These unpublished journals still remain in the possession of his ancestors. This initial transcription of these diaries combined with background research is intended to support the initiatives of the Tishomingo County Historical & Genealogical Society and The Iuka Battlefield Commission, Incorporated, during the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War.
Download or read book The Unvanquished written by Patrick K. O'Donnell and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America’s modern special operations forces The Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to define it: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, among others. However, as bestselling author Patrick K. O’Donnell reveals in The Unvanquished, a vital shadow war raged amid and away from the major battlefields that was in many ways equally consequential to the conflict’s outcome. At the heart of this groundbreaking narrative is the epic story of Lincoln’s special forces, the Jessie Scouts, told in its entirety for the first time. In a contest fought between irregular units, the Scouts hunted John Singleton Mosby’s Confederate Rangers from the middle of 1863 up to war’s end at Appomattox. With both sides employing pioneering tradecraft, they engaged in dozens of raids and spy missions, often perilously wearing the other’s uniform, risking penalty of death if captured. Clashing violently on horseback, the unconventional units attacked critical supply lines, often capturing or killing high-value targets. North and South deployed special operations that could have changed the war’s direction in 1864, and crucially during the Appomattox Campaign, Jessie Scouts led the Union Army to a final victory. They later engaged in a history-altering proxy war against France in Mexico, earning seven Medals of Honor; many Scouts mysteriously disappeared during that conflict, taking their stories to their graves. An expert on special operations, O’Donnell transports readers into the action, immersing them in vivid battle scenes from previously unpublished firsthand accounts. He introduces indelible characters such as Scout Archibald Rowand; Scout leader Richard Blazer; Mosby, the master of guerrilla warfare; and enslaved spy Thomas Laws. O’Donnell also brings to light the Confederate Secret Service’s covert efforts to deliver the 1864 election to Peace Democrats through ballot fraud, election interference, and attempts to destabilize a population fatigued by a seemingly forever war. Most audaciously, the Secret Service and Mosby’s Rangers planned to kidnap Abraham Lincoln in order to maintain the South’s independence. A little-known chronicle of the shadow war between North and South, rich in action and offering original perspective on history, The Unvanquished is a dynamic and essential addition to the literature of the Civil War.
Download or read book Book Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life and Hardships of Henry H Meacham in the Union Army written by Henry Meacham and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: READERS, in writing this book, I do not intend to bring before you a work of ability; but simply to describe a few of the many scenes that I passed through while in the Army of the Potomac and in the hospital. It is true, that I did not suffer as some of our soldiers did; but having lost my right arm, which excludes me from most kinds of work, I have taken this method of gaining a living. I have myself and wife to care for, and my wife's health being poor, makes it still harder for me to get along; and thus, by writing this book, I hope to place myself and wife in comfortable circumstances. With these few remarks, I throw myself upon the generosity of the public, thanking them for the kindness I have already received, and assuring them that I shall always be grateful for their aid in the support of myself and wife.
Download or read book Scouts and Spies of the Civil War written by William Gilmore Beymer and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War was the backdrop for the formation of numerous secret service organizations and the theater for a host of characters involved in espionage from both the North and the South. The pool of spies and scouts comprised diverse individuals, ranging from eager young volunteers signing up for ?extra dangerous duty? for their respective armies to society ladies spying for both the Union and the Confederacy. ø At the turn of the nineteenth century, William Gilmore Beymer went in search of the stories of these first spies and recorded his findings in Scouts and Spies of the Civil War. Beymer?s endeavor was one of the first attempts to move the study of Civil War scouts and spies away from the realm of ?cloak and dagger? romance stories to historical research grounded in factual details. Included in this dynamic collection are personal narratives told to Beymer by a few surviving secret service operatives; stories pieced together from diaries, journals, letters, and archival research; and the remembrances of family and friends that tell of the mothers, daughters, fathers, and sons who risked their lives for their cause.
Download or read book Boy Colonel of the Confederacy written by Archie K. Davis and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boy Colonel of the Confederacy: The Life and Times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.
Download or read book Military Bibliography of the Civil War Northern States pt 1 Illinois written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regimental Publications Personal Narratives of the Civil War Northern States pt 7 Index of names written by Charles Emil Dornbusch and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Normal Instructor and Teachers World written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports Presented to the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations written by Rhode Island and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 1574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Volume 6 written by Peter Cozzens and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sifting carefully through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, Peter Cozzens' Volume 6 brings readers more of the best first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the conflict. Alongside the experiences of lower-ranking officers and enlisted men are accounts from key personalities including General John Gibbon, General John C. Lee, and seven prominent generals from both sides offering views on "why the Confederacy failed." This volume includes one hundred and twenty illustrations, including sixteen previously uncollected maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications.
Download or read book Civil War in the Southwest written by Jerry Thompson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1861 and 1862, in the vast deserts and rugged mountains of the Southwest, eighteen hundred miles from Washington and Richmond, the Civil War raged in a struggle that could have decided the fate of the nation. In the summer and fall of 1861, Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley raised a brigade of young and zealous Texans to invade New Mexico Territory as a step toward the conquest of Colorado and California and the creation of a Confederate empire in the Southwest. Of the Sibley Brigade's sixteen major battles during the war, their most excruciating experiences came during the ill-fated New Mexico Campaign. Civil War in the Southwest tells the dramatic story of that campaign in the words of some of the actual participants. Noted Civil War scholar Jerry Thompson has edited and annotated eighteen episodes written by William Lott "Old Bill" Davidson and six other members of Sibley's Brigade that were originally published in a small East Texas newspaper, the Overton Sharp Shooter, in 1887-88. Written "to set the record straight," these veterans' stories provide colorful accounts of the bloody battles of Valverde, Glorieta, and Peralta, as well as details of the soldiers' tragic and painful retreat back to Texas in the summer of 1862. With his extensive knowledge of Sibley's campaign, Thompson has provided context for the eyewitness accounts-and corrections where needed-to produce a campaign history that is intimate and passionate, yet accurate in the smallest detail. History readers will find much to ponder in these unique first-person recollections of a campaign that, had it succeeded, would have radically altered the history of the Southern Confederacy and the United States.
Download or read book Journal of the Annual Encampment of the Department of Rhode Island Grand Army of the Republic written by Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Rhode Island and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Begun and Holden at Providence Within and for the Said State written by Rhode Island and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
