Download or read book Fort Warren written by Jay Schmidt and published by Ubt Pressunified Business Technologies Press (Ubt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort Warren was started in 1833 on Georges Island to protect the City of Boston. It was first occupied by Union Soldiers at the start of the Civil War. The government soon utilized the fort as a prison for Confederate military and political prisoners. It achieved its place in history because of many famous Confederate prisoners incarcerated within its walls. During WWI and WWII the fort, armed with huge artillery, became a mine control center for Boston Harbor. The book includes stories about the Trent Affair, the writing of the John Brown song, escapes, executions and the famous Legend of the Ghost of the Lady in Black. The print edition contains numerous photos-many published for the first time.
Download or read book Historic Fort Warren written by Edward Rowe Snow and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands written by Christopher Klein and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands is an indispensable guide to help you plan your island adventures.Explore military installations that protected Boston during wartimeincluding Civil War era Fort Warren. Visit Boston Light on Little Brewster, site of the nations oldest lighthouse. Kayak into the coves where pirates and bootleggers hid. Wander the woodlands and meadows that were the seasonal camps of Native Americans and the sites of Revolutionary skirmishes. Sail to the outer islands, find the best year-round fishing spots, and discover why the islands are a birders paradise. Take in a jazz concert, an antique baseball game, or simply hop from one island to the next to experience the stunning natural beauty of this most storied national park area.
Download or read book Fort Warren written by Gerald W. Butler and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Helps to the History of Fort Warren Its Garrisons and Prisoners from 1861 1866 written by George S. P. Bradford and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of events at Fort Warren during the Civil War with special emphasis on the prisoners in the fort.
Download or read book History and Master Plan Georges Island and Fort Warren Boston Harbor written by Shurcliff and Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book James Murray Mason and John Slidell in Fort Warren Boston Harbor with Other Matter Relating to the War of the Rebellion written by Samuel Abbott Green and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Becoming American Under Fire written by Christian G. Samito and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Becoming American under Fire, Christian G. Samito provides a rich account of how African American and Irish American soldiers influenced the modern vision of national citizenship that developed during the Civil War era. By bearing arms for the Union, African Americans and Irish Americans exhibited their loyalty to the United States and their capacity to act as citizens; they strengthened their American identity in the process. Members of both groups also helped to redefine the legal meaning and political practices of American citizenship. For African American soldiers, proving manhood in combat was only one aspect to their quest for acceptance as citizens. As Samito reveals, by participating in courts-martial and protesting against unequal treatment, African Americans gained access to legal and political processes from which they had previously been excluded. The experience of African Americans in the military helped shape a postwar political movement that successfully called for rights and protections regardless of race. For Irish Americans, soldiering in the Civil War was part of a larger affirmation of republican government and it forged a bond between their American citizenship and their Irish nationalism. The wartime experiences of Irish Americans helped bring about recognition of their full citizenship through naturalization and also caused the United States to pressure Britain to abandon its centuries-old policy of refusing to recognize the naturalization of British subjects abroad. As Samito makes clear, the experiences of African Americans and Irish Americans differed substantially—and at times both groups even found themselves violently opposed—but they had in common that they aspired to full citizenship and inclusion in the American polity. Both communities were key participants in the fight to expand the definition of citizenship that became enshrined in constitutional amendments and legislation that changed the nation.
Download or read book Historic Powder Houses of New England written by Matthew E. Thomas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the turbulent history of colonial New England, more than two hundred powder houses were built to store gunpowder, guns and armaments. Even the spark from a metal shoe nail could ignite their contents, so they often sat in remote sections of town. These volatile storehouses played a vital role in earning and preserving American independence. It was, after all, to a powder house in Concord, Massachusetts, that the British army marched in April 1775 to seize colonists' gunpowder. The British were thwarted, and the colonists' defense of the powder house ignited the Revolutionary War. Add to this the duels, murders, public hangings and tragic explosions that checkered the history of these structures, and the reader will discover a fascinating and forgotten aspect of our New England heritage. Using meticulous research, Matthew Thomas narrates the colorful histories of New England's powder houses as he resurrects their historical significance in early American history.
Download or read book Recollections of Alexander H Stephens written by Alexander Hamilton Stephens and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mother May You Never See the Sights I Have Seen written by Warren Wilkinson and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative of the day-to-day existence of a single Federal regiment in the final year of the Civil war. With extensive passages from the diaries and letters of the men who were there.
Download or read book History of Warren Massachusetts written by Olney Irman Darling and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book James Murray Mason and John Slidell in Fort Warren Boston Harbor with Other Matter Relating to the War of the Rebellion War College Series written by Samuel Abbott Green and published by War College Series. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.
Download or read book Worlds the Shawnees Made written by Stephen Warren and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worlds the Shawnees Made: Migration and Violence in Early America
Download or read book Civil War Boston written by Thomas H. O'Connor and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging volume, Thomas H. O'Connor examines the unique role that Boston and its inhabitants played in the Civil War and discusses the impact of the turbulent war years on the city's civilian population. His captivating narrative follows the experiences of four distinctive and significant groups of people who formed antebellum BostonÑbusinessmen, Irish Catholic immigrants, African Americans, and women. Interweaving vivid portraits of the Boston community with major political and military events of the Civil War, O'Connor relates how the war forever changed lives, disrupted homes, altered work habits, reshaped political allegiances, and transformed ideas. Rich with colorful anecdotes about local figures, both renowned and long-forgotten, this is a fascinating account that will appeal to Civil War buffs, historians, and general readers alike.
Download or read book James Murray Mason and John Slidell in Fort Warren Boston Harbor written by Samuel Abbott Green and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from James Murray Mason and John Slidell in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor: With Other Matter Relating to the War of the Rebellion Agreeably to the suggestion of Mr. Adams that I Should give at this meeting my recollections of Messrs. James Murray Mason and John Slidell, and other prisoners confined at Fort Warren, near the beginning of the War of the Rebellion, I will try to do so, though they are dimmed by the mists Of time. These reminiscences, in the main sifted through the lapse Of half a century, are both few and faint, but certain incidents were impressed in detail so deep in my memory that a life time is not long enough to forget them. 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.
