Download or read book Lincoln Raises an Army Classic Reprint written by Don Russell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln Raises an Army Now he was Old Fuss and Feathers but he had written the Regulations for the army and drill manuals for all branches of ser Vice - Scott's Infantry Tactics was still stan dard in He wore his uniform with meticulous correctness, and he insisted upon being properly saluted, yet he issued strin gent orders against physical violence toward enlisted men. 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.
Download or read book Lincoln Raises an Army written by Don Russell and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Lincoln and the First Shot Classic Reprint written by Richard Nelson Current and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln and the First Shot In 1846, having ordered an army into disputed ter ritory along the Rio Grande, James K. Polk asked Con gress for a declaration of war after the troops had been fired upon. War exists, he said, and by the act of Mexico herself. American blood has been shed upon American soil. Polk was the first president to be accused of de liberately bringing about an attack, or the semblance of an attack, in order to rouse the American people and lead them to war. 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.
Download or read book A Lincoln Conscript Classic Reprint written by Homer Greene and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Lincoln Conscript 1863 the Civil War in America was at its height. Late in the preceding month Lee had turned his face northward, and, with an army of a hundred thousand Con federate soldiers at his back, had marched up into Pennsylvania. There was little to hinder his advance. Refraining, by reason of strict orders, from wanton destruction of property, his soldiers nevertheless lived on the rich country through which they passed. York and Carlisle were in their grasp. Harrisburg was but a day's march away, and now, on this second day of July, flushed with fresh victories, they had turned and were giving desperate battle, through the streets and on the hills of. 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.
Download or read book Lincoln Raises an Army written by Don 1899- Russell and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 20 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. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by U. S. Military Order of the Loya Legion and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania; Memorial Meeting, February 12, 1908 I did not see President Lincoln again until after the Atlanta campaign. While I was convalescing from wounds received at Atlanta, General Grant invited me to visit him at City Point. It was at a time when everything around Petersburg looked blue. The desertions from our army were about equal to the enlistments, and there was a general demand that Grant should move. I spent two weeks looking at the Army of the Potomac, the finest and best equipped army I ever saw. I visited all the commands of the Armies of the James and Potomac as they surrounded Petersburg and held the north side of the James River, and became acquainted with most of its army and corps commanders. Evenings we would sit around the camp fire at City Point, and General Grant in that comprehensive and conversational way he had of describing any event, when he felt at liberty to talk freely, which is shown so plainly in his Memoirs, told me of his campaign from the Wilderness to City Point, of many of his plans that failed to materialize for various reasons that he gave. After listening several evenings to the discussion of these matters I asked General Grant very innocently and naturally who was responsible for the failure of these plans, and looking at me in that humorous way which was in his disposition he replied: That, General, has not yet been determined. While at City Point I visited the Army of the James, then commanded by General Butler, when he attempted to break through the enemy's lines on the north side of the James, and saw the attack and failure. I was greatly im pressed as I saw the troops move up to the attack, and stand so steadily, and receive the destructive fire of the enemy without taking cover. In the West, under similar conditions, our men would have gone to cover when they saw there was no possibility of carrying the works before them, but here they seemed to wait for an order, and my anxiety for them was such that I could not help expressing my surprise that they did not either charge or cover, but they stood there taking a murderous fire until the command to retire was given. In the West while they stood there our whole line would have found shelter behind trees, or buried themselves. As I was leaving City Point Gen eral Grant suggested I should call on' President Lincoln as I returned to my command in the Army of the Tennessee. General Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac, and Major - General Burk, of the British Army, who commanded in Canada, were on the headquarters boat that took me to Washington. When I arrived I went immediately to the White House. In the ante-room I met Senator Harlan of Iowa, who took me imo mediately to President Lincoln. He had a room full of callers, and asked me to sit down until he disposed of the waiting crowd. I sat there and watched President Lincoln dispose of one after another, always in a kindly way. After waiting a long time I felt that, perhaps, he had disposed of me in the same way he had the others, and I took occasion to say to him that I had only called to pay my respects, and unless he desired me to wait longer, I would bid him good-bye. He immediately asked me to wait, saying he desired to see me if I had the time to spare. After the crowd had gone the doors were closed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
Download or read book The Suppressed Truth about the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln written by Burke McCarty and published by Health Research Books. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1922 Written & Compiled by Burke McCarty, Ex-Romanist. the author spent years in public and private libraries gathering facts from books, magazines, newspapers and court records to compile all the information into this book. it is Mr. McCarty's view t.
Download or read book Lincoln s Men written by William C. Davis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-07-14 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I sit down to write you (a Soldier's Friend!)...My kind Friend of Friends you have the power to help me a grate deal...I have great Confidence in our Good President hoe has dun a grate deal for us poor Soldiers... So wrote Private Joe Hass to Abraham Lincoln, February 20, 1864. Like an extraordinary number of his fellow Union soldiers, he loved Lincoln as a father. Lincoln inspired feelings unlike those instilled by any previous commander-in-chief in America. In Lincoln's Men, William C. Davis draws on thousands of unpublished letters and diaries to tell the hidden story of how a new and untested president could become "Father Abraham" throughout both the army and the North as a whole. How did the Army of the Potomac, yearning for the grandeur of McClellan, turn instead to the comfort of Old Abe, and how was this change of loyalty crucial to final victory? How did Lincoln inspire the faith and courage of so many shattered men, wandering the inferno of Shiloh or entrenched in the siege of Vicksburg? Why did soldiers visiting Washington feel free to stroll into the White House and sit down to relax, as if it were their own home? Davis removes layers of mythmaking to recapture the moods and feelings of an army facing one of history's bloodiest conflicts. Tracing the popular fate of decisions to invoke conscription, to fire McClellan, and to free the slaves, Lincoln's Men casts a new light on our most famous president -- the light, that is, of the peculiar mass medium that was the Union Army. A motley band of talkers and letter writers, the soldiers spread news of Lincoln's appearances like wildfire, chortling at his ungainly posture in the saddle, rushing up to shake his hand and talk to him. The volunteers knew they could approach "Old Abe," "Honest Abe," "Uncle Abe," and "Father Abraham," and they cheered him thunderously. "The men could not be restrained from so honoring him," said Private Rice Bull. "He really was the ideal of the Army." The story of the making of Father Abraham is the story of America's second revolution, its rebirth. As one Union soldier and journalist put it, "Washington taught the world to know us, Lincoln taught us to know ourselves. The first won for us our independence, the last wrought out our manhood and self-respect."
Download or read book Lincoln As Commander In Chief Classic Reprint written by Alexander Kelly McClure and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief Ate commanders is indeed painful. The Confederate officers who started out as military leaders in the beginning of the war, as a rule were its Chieftains at the close. The Johnstons, Cooper, Lee, Beau regard, Jackson, Longstreet, Hill, Kirby Smith, Ewell, Early, Bragg, Hood, Fitz Hugh Lee, Stuart, and others, either fellin the flame of battle, leading high commands, or emerged from the war with the highest distinction. On the other side, not one of the men who cameout of the war with the grateful plaudits of the country as chief tains of the Union, was known to military fame when Sumter was fired upon. One by one Lincoln's commanders fell by the wayside, and he was constantly perplexed with the sense of the fearful responsibility he was compelled to assume in the assign ment of commanders to the different ar mies. This necessity naturally called for the employment of his supreme powers, and compelled him to exercise the sound est discretion time and again, as failure followed failure in his great work of over throwing the rebellion. Lincoln had learned the painful lesson of Scott's in ability to perform the duties expected of him by the country, and on the 29th of June, 1861, he called the first council of war, which embraced his cabinet, Scott, and other military men. It was there that mcdowell's plan for the advance on Ma nassas was decided upon. Lincoln did not advise, but assented to it, and Scott gave a reluctant assent only when he learned that it was a public necessity for the army to advance, as the term of the three months' men would soon expire. The history of that battle is known in all its details to experienced military men. 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.
Download or read book Tried by War written by James M. McPherson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "James M. McPherson’s Tried by War is a perfect primer . . . for anyone who wishes to understand the evolution of the president’s role as commander in chief. Few historians write as well as McPherson, and none evoke the sound of battle with greater clarity." —The New York Times Book Review The Pulitzer Prize–winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight and will to fight changed the course of the war and saved the Union.
Download or read book Lincoln s in Town Classic Reprint written by C. C. Tisler and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln's in TownHe served for the duration of the war, and was mustered out on July 10, 1832, at White Water, on the Rock river in Wisconsin. With a friend he made his way back to Sangamon county on foot and by canoe, for his horse had been lost in service.These are the brief facts of Lincoln's only service in the armed forces of the United States, except when he commanded the armies and navy of the United States in the Civil war.He looked deep into the heart of the American volunteer in those three brief months of service from April to July 1832. He learned their thoughts, learned their habits, learned to command them, learned to work and march and fight with them, these men who have always been the backbone of American armed forces. The knowledge was priceless when it came to commanding hundreds of thousands of the sons and grandsons of these same types of volunteers in the Civil war.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief: Ability as Commander-in-Chief Lincoln's words the style' is as unmistakable as the feet of Hercules. One conversation occurred with a. Committee from Cheever's Church, in this city, whose object was to urge the raising of a negro army under Gen. Fremont. Mr. Lincoln told this committee that he was fixed in the policy of availing himself of any aid which could be obtained from emanei pated slaves; but. Acknowledged that be was ems barrage-cd in carrying this policy out. He con fessed to a partial failure in the endeavors which had been made to recruit colored soldiers both North and South. In. Regaid to a. Command ion. Gen. Fremont, the President said (possible. Not; without a little sarcasm) that he would 0? Course expect a department; and thereupon Mr. Lincoln regaled the committee with an anecdote about a. Young rake who being advised to take c-wife, asked in wife shall I take He said he thought the negroes would have to take and hold the region around Vicksburg, but. Bluntly owned that whenever be tried1 to explain his views to various oflicers of high rank, as he said, he always ran afoul of somebody's dignity l After this amusing confession, the Preeident'fiir. Ther indicated his perplexity by saying that. He would like anybody to undertake the work who could - that he would like Protocol: to do it - and at another interview he told the committee that if they had the entire ten thousand troops they promised 1aised, he would give General Fremont a department that very morning. 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.
Download or read book How President Lincoln Won the Battle written by J. J. Sims and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-18 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How President Lincoln Won the Battle: With, a Sketch of His Life, and a Pertinent Inquiry for to-Day: Why Is Victory Delayed? But how was it General Lee lost this decisive and crucial battle of the war The answer is: By a military blunder so great that his Generals besought him not to make, it. Lee was the ablest strategist of the war. He outclassed all the Northern Generals, including m'lellan and Grant, but at the battle of Gettysburg he ordered an advance that was so sure of failure that we cannot but recognize the hand of God and the answer to Lincoln's prayer. 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.
Download or read book Lincoln Day Address Classic Reprint written by Daniel W. Lawler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln Day Address Lincoln Day Address delivered by Daniel W. Lawler at a meeting held under the auspices of St. Paul Camp No.1, Sons of Veterans, at Assembly Hall, Old State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota, February 12th, 1907. On being introduced by the Presiding Officer, Mr. Lawler spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman, Members of St. Paul Camp No.1, Sons of Veterans, Ladies and Gentlemen: Honored as we are tonight by it he presence of so many of the veteran soldiers of the Union Army, I feel that much I may say during the lime that has been allotted to me, may seem trite and elementary. At a meeting held, however, under the auspices of the Sons of Veterans it may not be inappropriate for us to first review some of the conditions which confronted the generation to which belonged the man whose memory we honor tonight. It is difficult for us of this generation to fully appreciate the political conditions which existed in this country and the dangers that confronted the Republic when Fort Sumter was fired upon. Living, as we are today, in the full enjoyment of the blessings which the victory of the Union arms won for us and all the generations to come, we are perhaps too apt to take for granted that the principles of government which exist today were those of our predecessors; we are too apt to forget that the political doctrines which we hold relating to the dignity of humanity, the rights of men, the powers of government, which were won for us as a precious legacy by the men who fought for the cause of the Union were not accepted by the entire people of this country in 1861. Slavery was, of course, the provoking cause of the war. Its immediate cause was the vexed question of the extension of slavery. 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.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln written by William H. Lambert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, of the United States; Annual Oration Delivered Before the Society of the Army of the Potomac, at Pittsburg October 11 1899 R. James F. Hope, President of The Union League, introduced the speaker of the evening, Major William H. Lambert, in the following language. 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.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln Vol 10 written by John G. Nicolay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 10: A History Eager as Sherman was to march southward, ar little as he cared for what damage Hood might in the rear, he was for a long time uncertain wh. Course he should pursue in reference to him. C the 17th of October he had said to Thomas th. Hood would not dare to go into Tennessee. If 1 wants to, let him go; and then we can all turn him and he cannot escape; and on the 26th, aft. His reconnaissance to Gadsden had revealed tl fact that the rebel army had gone, he again sa to Thomas, If it turns up at Guntersville I will] after it; but if it goes, as I believe, to Decatur ar beyond, I must leave it to you at present, and pus for the heart of Georgia. Even after he was se isfied that Hood had gone towards Decatur, he to' Halleck that he would wait a few days to he What headway Hood was making and that he mig. Yet turn to Tennessee, though it would be a gre pity to take a step backward. I think, he adc' with his humorous coolness, it would be bett even to let him ravage the State Of Tennessee, pr vided he does not gobble up too many of o troops. 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.
