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Book Frederick A  Slocum  February 24  1904     Ordered to be Printed

Download or read book Frederick A Slocum February 24 1904 Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Frederick A  Slocum  February 9  1904     Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and Ordered to be Printed

Download or read book Frederick A Slocum February 9 1904 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Invalid Pensions and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Frederick A  Slocum  April 7  1902     Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and Ordered to be Printed

Download or read book Frederick A Slocum April 7 1902 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Invalid Pensions and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mexican Expedition 1916 1917

Download or read book The Mexican Expedition 1916 1917 written by Julie Irene Prieto and published by St. John's Press. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 9 March 1916, the forces of Doroteo Arango, better known as Francisco "Pancho" Villa, attacked the small border town of Columbus, New Mexico. In response to the raid, President Woodrow Wilson authorized Brig. Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing to organize an expedition into Chihuahua, Mexico, in order to kill or capture Villa and those responsible for the assault. By 15 March, 4,800 Regular Army soldiers had assembled in Columbus and Camp Furlong, the Army garrison just outside of the town's center. These men fanned out into the Mexican countryside on horseback in small, highly mobile cavalry detachments-sometimes led by local guides or by the Army's Apache scouts-that could cover large swaths of sparsely populated and rough terrain. Cavalrymen employed skills and strategies developed in the preceding decades on frontier campaigns in the West and in warfare against irregular, guerrilla forces in the Philippines. The Mexican Expedition, popularly called the "Punitive Expedition," was to be one of the last operations to employ these methods of warfare and one of the first to rely extensively on trucks. It also provided a testing ground for another new technology-the airplane. During the eleven months that Pershing's expedition was in Chihuahua, U.S. troops failed to kill, capture, or even spot Pancho Villa, but the impact of the expedition reached far beyond the deserts of northern Mexico. The approximately 10,000 regulars that served in the Punitive Expedition gained experience in large, multiunit field operations at a time when small-unit actions were the norm. The Mexican Expedition, 1916-1917, by Julie Irene Prieto, examines the operation, led by General John Pershing, to search for, capture, and destroy Francisco "Pancho" Villa and his revolutionary army in northern Mexico in the year prior to the United States' entry into World War I. This campaign marked one of the final times cavalry was used on a large scale, and it was one of the first to use trucks and airplanes in the field. While Pershing's troops failed to capture Villa, both Regular Army troops and National Guardsmen stationed on the border gained valuable experience in these new technologies.

Book Hoosiers and the American Story

Download or read book Hoosiers and the American Story written by Madison, James H. and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.

Book Ship Ablaze

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ed O'Donnell
  • Publisher : Crown
  • Release : 2008-12-30
  • ISBN : 0307490874
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Ship Ablaze written by Ed O'Donnell and published by Crown. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of one of the greatest tragedies in New York history On June 15, 1904, the steamship General Slocum was heading from Manhattan to Long Island Sound when a fire erupted in one of the storage rooms. Faced with an untrained crew, crumbling life jackets, and inaccessible lifeboats, hundreds of terrified passengers--few of which were experienced swimmers--fled into the water. By the time the captain found a safe shore for landing, more than 1000 people had perished. It was New York’s deadliest tragedy prior to September 11, 2001. The only book available on this compelling chapter in the city’s history, Ship Ablaze draws on firsthand accounts to examine why the death toll was so high, how the city responded, and why this event failed to achieve the infamy of the Titanic’s 1912 demise or the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Masterfully capturing both the horror of the event and heroism of men, women, and children aboard the ship as the inferno spread, historian Edward T. O’Donnell brings to life a bygone community while honoring the victims of that forgotten day.

Book The Continental Army

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert K. Wright
  • Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army
  • Release : 1983
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 476 pages

Download or read book The Continental Army written by Robert K. Wright and published by Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, United States Army. This book was released on 1983 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative analysis of the complex evolution of the Continental Army, with the lineages of the 177 individual units that comprised the Army, and fourteen charts depicting regimental organization.

Book A History of the Rectangular Survey System

Download or read book A History of the Rectangular Survey System written by C. Albert White and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot   apostle to the Indians   1598 1905

Download or read book Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot apostle to the Indians 1598 1905 written by Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chicago Daily News Almanac and Political Register

Download or read book Chicago Daily News Almanac and Political Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biographic Register of the Department of State

Download or read book Biographic Register of the Department of State written by United States Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for

Download or read book The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for

Download or read book The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Register of the Department of State

Download or read book Register of the Department of State written by United States. Dept. of State and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biographic Register of the Department of State

Download or read book Biographic Register of the Department of State written by United States. Dept. of State and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: