Download or read book Memoirs of the Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion written by Robert J. Trout and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The "History of Hart's Battery," as told by Maj. James F. Hart, Dr. Levi C. Stephens, Louis Sherfesee, and Charles H. Schwing, is, as Trout puts it, "a cannon of a different caliber." It recounts in broader terms the battery's history from its inception before the war to its surrender as the last horse artillery in the field. The authors offer rare glimpses into the development of tactics learned from the "school of the battlefield.""
Download or read book The Cavalry at Appomattox written by Edward G. Longacre and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final campaign of the American Civil War in the eastern theatre witnessed the zenith of American cavalry warfare, the salient aspect of the operation. The Appomattox Campaign not only determined whether the conflict would continue, but also which army had better assimilated the intricate, difficult lessons of mounted service. The outcome indicated why the Union troopers emerged victorious: They displayed greater tactical versatility -- the ability to fight mounted and afoot -- whereas the Confederate horsemen considered the outdated 'saber charge' the essence of mounted battle.
Download or read book First Fifth Biennial Report of the Historical Department of Iowa Made to the Trustees of the State Library written by Iowa. Historical, Memorial, and Art Dept and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plot to Perpetuate Slavery written by Phil Roycraft and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-08-09 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the September 1862 Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln issued the most significant presidential decree in American history, the Emancipation Proclamation, which would forever free all slaves in territory not under Union control. Nevertheless, his chief military commander in the field, Major General George B. McClellan, was outraged. Within days, two former Union officers nefariously crossed the lines into rebeldom, an initiative resulting in an elaborate subterfuge to scam Lincoln into withdrawing the Proclamation in return for nebulous promises of peace. This book tells the story, obscured in a veil of secrecy for 150 years, of the cloak and dagger chess match between Union detectives and Southern operatives in the months before emancipation become effective. Despite an ominous warning by author Herman Melville five years before, the scheme to perpetuate slavery almost succeeded, for it was engineered by a man the National Police Gazette once declared the "King of the Confidence Men."
Download or read book Report written by Iowa. State Department of History and Archives and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Reports of Officers Boards and Institutions of the Commonwealth of Virginia written by Virginia and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the State Library Board to which is Appended the Report of the State Librarian written by Virginia State Library and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special reports and monographs are issued as part of some of the Reports.
Download or read book The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat written by Earl J. Hess and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment of the rifle musket's actual performance on the battlefield and its impact on the course of the Civil War. Many contemporaries were impressed with the new weapon's increased range of 500 yards, compared to the smoothbore musket's range of 100 yards, and assumed that the rifle was a major factor in prolonging the Civil War. Historians have also assumed that the weapon dramatically increased casualty rates, made decisive victories rare, and relegated cavalry and artillery to far lesser roles than they played in smoothbore battles. Hess presents a completely new assessment of the rifle musket, contending that its impact was much more limited than previously supposed and was confined primarily to marginal operations such as skirmishing and sniping. He argues further that its potential to alter battle line operations was virtually nullified by inadequate training, soldiers' preference for short-range firing, and the difficulty of seeing the enemy at a distance. He notes that bullets fired from the new musket followed a parabolic trajectory unlike those fired from smoothbores; at mid-range, those rifle balls flew well above the enemy, creating two killing zones between which troops could operate untouched. He also presents the most complete discussion to date of the development of skirmishing and sniping in the Civil War. Drawing upon the observations and reflections of the soldiers themselves, Hess offers the most compelling argument yet made regarding the actual use of the rifle musket and its influence on Civil War combat. Engagingly written and meticulously researched, his book will be of special interest to Civil War scholars, buffs, re-enactors, and gun enthusiasts alike.
Download or read book Legislative Documents Submitted to the General Assembly of the State of Iowa written by Iowa. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biennial Report written by Iowa. State Dept. of History and Archives and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mountaineers in Gray written by John D. Fowler and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 26, 1865, on a farm just outside Durham, North Carolina, General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the remnants of the Army of Tennessee to his longtime foe, General William T. Sherman. Johnston's surrender ended the unrelenting Federal drive through the Carolinas and dashed any hope for Southern independence. Among the thirty thousand or so ragged Confederates who soon received their paroles were seventy-eight men from the Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Originally consisting of over one thousand men, the unit had--through four years of sickness, injury, desertion, and death--been reduced to a tiny fraction of its former strength. Organized from volunteer companies from the upper and lower portions of East Tennessee, the men of the Nineteenth represented an anomaly--Confederates in the midst of the largest Unionist stronghold of the South. Why these East Tennesseans chose to defy their neighbors, risking their lives and fortunes in pursuit of Southern independence, lacks a simple answer. John D. Fowler finds that a significant number of the Nineteenth's members belonged to their region's local elite--old, established families engaged in commercial farming or professional occupations. The influence of this elite, along with community pressure, kinship ties, fear of invasion, and a desire to protect republican liberty, generated Confederate sympathy amongst East Tennessee secessionists, including the members of the Nineteenth. Utilizing an exhaustive exploration of primary source materials, the author creates a new model for future regimental histories--a model that goes beyond "bugles and bullets" to probe the motivations for enlistment, the socioeconomic backgrounds, the wartime experiences, and the postwar world of these unique Confederates. The Nineteenth served from the beginning of the conflict to its conclusion, marching and fighting in every major engagement of the Army of Tennessee except Perryville. Fowler uses this extensive service to explore the soldiers' effectiveness as fighting men, the thrill and fear of combat, the harsh and often appalling conditions of camp life, the relentless attrition through disease, desertion, and death in battle, and the specter of defeat that haunted the Confederate forces in the West. This study also provides insight into the larger issues of Confederate leadership, strategy and tactics, medical care, prison life, the erosion of Confederate morale, and Southern class relations. The resulting picture of the war is gritty, real, and all too personal. If the Civil War is indeed a mosaic of "little wars," this, then, is the Nineteenth's war. John D. Fowler is assistant professor of history at Kennesaw State University. He is the recipient of the Mrs. Simon Baruch University Award for the best manuscript in Civil War History (2002).
Download or read book Religion and American Culture written by David G. Hackett and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and American Culture challenges the religion's traditional emphasis on older European, American, male, middle-class, Protestant, northeastern narratives concerned primarily with churches and theology. Breaking through the field with multicultural tales of Native American, African Americans and other groups that cut across boundaries of gender, class, religion and region, David Hackett's anthology offers an illuminating and comprehensive overview of the most exciting work currently underway in this field.
Download or read book Union List of Serials in Libraries of the United States and Canada written by Gabrielle Ernits Malikoff and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minutes of the Annual Re union of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans in written by United Sons of Confederate Veterans. Reunion and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Genealogical Material and Local Histories in the St Louis Public Library written by St. Louis Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legislative Documents written by Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium.
