Download or read book Modern History Sourcebook Terms of Lee s Surrender at Appomattox 1865 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Halsall presents the correspondence that determined the terms of surrender by the Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The letters are provided as part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. The surrender hastened the end of the American Civil War.
Download or read book The Surrender of Lee and the Assassination of Lincoln April 1865 written by Rosenbach Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Surrender of Lee and the Assassination of Lincoln, April, 1865: An Exhibition of Historical Documents Commemorating the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary; April and May, 1940 No historical account is as vital and as realistic as that related by the men who made it. In these great documents we read the words written by the most important actors in the scenes they describe, written in times of great exhilaration, of depression, and of horror. This exhibition presents Abraham Lincoln, the great president who in his hour of triumph was assassinated; General Grant, the victorious. Soldier; his kindly and chivalrous opponent, Robert E. Lee; General Sherman, whose march through Georgia is among the most amazing in military annals; and other officials and officers of the Union and the Confederacy. The first item in the exhibition is a letter written by General Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces, to his col league, General Johnston, commanding the army farther south. It gives a valuable picture of the positions and the prospects of the Confederate Army in the last phase of the war. Already the strong strategical position of the Federal Army under Grant and the barely tenable supply routes of the Confederate Army were presaging the end, less than a month off. Lee in this letter, sent March 15, 1 865, from Petersburg, frankly states the disadvantages of his present position, the possibility of the fall of Richmond, and the hope that his line of communication with the South may be kept open. Here we have a picture of the final scene of the Petersburg Campaign, which ended in Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. The manoeuvers of the Federal forces in their attempts to cut Lee's line of supply are clearly set forth in a series of letters which were scrawled in action by General Grant from his field headquarters during the last two weeks of the war. One, written to President Lincoln, tells of Sheridan's great success in the country southwest of Petersburg. During the closing days of the war Lincoln established himself for part of the time at the army head quarters at City Point, Virginia. From there he wrote a letter to Seward, his Secretary of State, forwarding the good news of Sheridan's advances. Under constant pressure Lee gave ground, and Grant was able to whittle down the comparatively small Con federate forces. He writes to General Meade on April zud, the day before Richmond fell, stating that his victories were continu ing. On April 5th he wrote to Sherman that, according to reports from Sheridan, Lee's army retreating to Danville was much de moralized, and ordered him to push on in the south to finish the job. The next day a telegram was sent to Sherman, the original copy which he received being in the collection, reading dramatically: We have Lee's army pressed hard, his men scatter ing and going to their homes by thousands. He is endeavoring to reach Danville where Jeff Davis and his Cabinet have gone. I shall press the pursuit to the end. And the end was coming closer. 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 Surrender at Appomattox written by Andrew Santella and published by . This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1865, a legendary moment in the story of the United States, two great Civil War generals met in a small Virginia village called Appomattox Court House. The nation had been at war for four years. More than 600,000 soldiers had been killed. At last, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was ready to accept defeat. He surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Other Confederate armies remained in the field, but Lee¿s surrender signaled the end of the South¿s attempt to break away from the Union. The war¿s end was finally at hand. This is a book in the We the People series which explores every era of U.S. history, examining key events that have shaped the course of the nation, while clearly defining their place in history. Illustrations.
Download or read book Appomattox 1865 written by Ron Field and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an internationally renowned expert on US history, this highly illustrated title details the curtain-closing campaign of the Civil War in the East. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia faced up to one another one last time, as Lee conducted a desperate series of withdrawals and retreats down the line of Richmond and Danville Railroad. This book, drawing on the detailed visual aid of bird's eye views and maps, tells the full story of the skirmishes and pursuits that led directly to Lee's surrender, as his frantic efforts to extricate his forces from ever more perilous positions became increasingly untenable.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln and His Times written by Thomas J. Ebert and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-08-03 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lincoln's significance in the history of slavery and emancipation, the Union's preservation and the formation of a new national vision is crucial to comprehending the antebellum and Civil War periods in American history. This is a one-of-a-kind hybrid reference work that combines chronology with almost 400 primary source papers to contextualize Lincoln's life within his historical era. These written materials serve as the foundation upon which historians can construct a picture of Lincoln's America. In addition to important chronology and documents, this work includes introductory essays that summarize the topics of each chapter, brief biographies of those referenced in the book, and a source bibliography. Historical records are the heart of this work. Documents illustrate different viewpoints, to provide a full grasp of the time and place, as well as Lincoln's significance during this era.
Download or read book The Historical Archaeology of Virginia from Initial Settlement to the Present written by Clarence R. Geier and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book includes six chapters that cover Virginia history from initial settlement through the 20th century plus one that deals with the important role of underwater archaeology. Written by prominent archaeologists with research experience in their respective topic areas, the chapters consider important issues of Virginia history and consider how the discipline of historic archaeology has addressed them and needs to address them . Changes in research strategy over time are discussed , and recommendations are made concerning the need to recognize the diverse and often differing roles and impacts that characterized the different regions of Virginia over the course of its historic past. Significant issues in Virginia history needing greater study are identified.
Download or read book The Cambridge History of the American Civil War Volume 1 Military Affairs written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume narrates the major battles and campaigns of the conflict, conveying the full military experience during the Civil War. The military encounters between Union and Confederate soldiers and between both armies and irregular combatants and true non-combatants structured the four years of war. These encounters were not solely defined by violence, but military encounters gave the war its central architecture. Chapters explore well-known battles, such as Antietam and Gettysburg, as well as military conflict in more abstract places, defined by political qualities (like the border or the West) or physical ones (such as rivers or seas). Chapters also explore the nature of civil-military relations as Union armies occupied parts of the South and garrison troops took up residence in southern cities and towns, showing that the Civil War was not solely a series of battles but a sustained process that drew people together in more ambiguous settings and outcomes.
Download or read book History of Soyfoods and Soybeans in California 1851 1982 written by William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi and published by Soyinfo Center. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 1475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 526 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.
Download or read book Guns Democracy and the Insurrectionist Idea written by Joshua Horwitz and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea recasts the gun debate by showing its importance to the future of democracy and the modern regulatory state. Until now, gun rights advocates had effectively co-opted the language of liberty and democracy and made it their own. This book is an important first step in demonstrating how reasonable gun control is essential to the survival of democracy and ordered liberty." ---Saul Cornell, Ohio State University When gun enthusiasts talk about constitutional liberties guaranteed by the Second Amendment, they are referring to freedom in a general sense, but they also have something more specific in mind---freedom from government oppression. They argue that the only way to keep federal authority in check is to arm individual citizens who can, if necessary, defend themselves from an aggressive government. In the past decade, this view of the proper relationship between government and individual rights and the insistence on a role for private violence in a democracy has been co-opted by the conservative movement. As a result, it has spread beyond extreme militia groups to influence state and national policy. In Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea, Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson set the record straight. They challenge the proposition that more guns equal more freedom and expose Insurrectionism as a true threat to freedom in the United States today. Joshua Horwitz received a law degree from George Washington University and is currently a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Casey Anderson holds a law degree from Georgetown University and is currently a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D.C.
Download or read book Back East The South written by Steven S Long and published by . This book was released on 1999-12-02 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadlands: The Weird West, Pinnacle's award-winning game of supernatural horror in the Old West continues to roll along. In 2000, new products allow players to take on the role of operatives for the Agency, wrestle with the curses of lycanthropy and vampirism, and learn the secrets of the latest developments in the New Science. This sourcebook details the Confederacy from the front lines of Northern Virginia to the hidden dangers of Florida's Everglades.
Download or read book History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Indiana 1856 2021 written by William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi and published by Soyinfo Center. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 1399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographic index. 268 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.
Download or read book Dr J G M Ramsey written by James Gettys McGready Ramsey and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1796, James Gettys McGready Ramsey was a man of broad talents who left a permanent imprint on Tennessee. He was a physician, public servant, religious leader, banker, railroad advocate, and tireless scholar of early Tennessee history. A states-rights Democrat, he enthusiastically supported secession in 1861 and later served the Confederacy as a treasury agent and field surgeon. But East Tennessee was deeply divided over the war, and many in his native Knoxville vilified Ramsey for his secessionist stance. He fled Tennessee in 1863, living in virtual exile in Georgia and North Carolina before returning to Knoxville in 1872. Written in the 1870s and originally published by the Tennessee Historical Commission in 1954, Ramsey's autobiography focuses mainly on the home front during the war years. Although Ramsey left Knoxville before Union troops arrived, his wife and daughters remained there for some time, reporting to him on life under the occupation. After the war, Ramsey remained largely unreconstructed politically. Still devoted to his state, he continued his work with the East Tennessee Historical Society, which he had founded in 1834, and served as president of the Tennessee Historical Society from 1874 until his death in 1884. The book includes selected letters from both before and after the Civil War. These shed light on several aspects of Tennessee history, including the coming of the railroad (a project in which Ramsey was instrumental), as well as on Ramsey's personal conviction that slavery was a beneficial institution that lay at the heart of the secession crisis. The Editor: William B. Hesseltine (1902-1963) was a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin. His books included The Rise and Fall of Third Parties, Civil War Prisons, and Ulysses S. Grant, Politician. Robert Tracy McKenzie is associate professor of history at the University of Washington. He is author of One South or Many?: Plantation Belt and Upcountry in Civil War-Era Tennessee.
Download or read book Ordeal by Fire written by James M. McPherson and published by Knopf. This book was released on 1982 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, tragic, and transitional event in American history. The third edition incorporates recent scholarship and addresses renewed areas of interest in the Civil War/Reconstruction era including the motivations and experiences of common soldiers and the role of women in the war effort.
Download or read book Patterns for College Writing written by Laurie G. Kirszner and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, authors with nearly thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a knack for picking just the right readings. In Patterns for College Writing, they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections that balance classic and contemporary essays. Along with more examples of student writing than any other reader, Patterns has the most comprehensive coverage of active reading, research, and the writing process, with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; and the most thorough apparatus of any rhetorical reader, all reasons why Patterns for College Writing is the best-selling reader in the country. And the new edition includes exciting new readings and expanded coverage of critical reading, working with sources, and research. It is now available as an interactive Bedford e-book and in a variety of other e-book formats that can be downloaded to a computer, tablet, or e-reader. Read the preface.
Download or read book 100 Native Americans Who Shaped American History written by Bonnie Juettner and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about the fascinating lives and tremendous impact of 100 extraordinary Native Americans with this fact-filled biography collection for kids. Educational and engaging, 100 Native Americans Who Shaped American History features: Simple, easy-to-read text that has been freshly updated and now includes brand-new additions of John Herrington and Deb Haaland Illustrated portraits of each figure Fascinating facts about famous and lesser-known Native American heroes A timeline, trivia questions, project ideas and more! From Squanto to Sacagawea, Sitting Bull to Crazy Horse, Ramona Bennett to Louise Erdrich and many more, readers will be introduced to artists, activists, scientists, and icons throughout history. Organized chronologically, 100 Native Americans Who Shaped American History offers a look at the prominent role these men and women played and how their talents, ideas, and expertise have influenced the country from its very beginnings all the way through the present day.
Download or read book What Really Happened The Lincoln Assassination written by Robert J. Hutchinson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think You Know Everything about the Lincoln Assassination? Think Again. After 150 years, many unsolved mysteries and enduring urban legends still surround the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the popular stage actor John Wilkes Booth. In a new look at the case, award-winning history author Robert J. Hutchinson (The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible) explores what we know, and don’t know, about what really happened at Ford’s Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865. In addition, he argues that the deep-seated political hatreds that roiled Washington, D.C., in the final weeks of the Civil War are particularly relevant to our own polarized age. Among the tantalizing questions Hutchinson explores are: * Did the Confederacy have a hand in the assassination plot? * Who were Booth’s secret accomplices, and why did he change the plan from kidnapping to assassination? * Why was it so easy for Booth to walk into the president’s box to shoot him? Where were the guards? * How did Booth evade the largest manhunt in U.S. history for nearly two weeks despite being unable to walk? * Who gave the order to shoot Booth in the Garrett barn—and what happened to his body? Drawing upon both primary sources and the best recent historical research, What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination separates established facts from mere conjectures—and is the one book to own if you want to know “what really happened.”
Download or read book Racecraft The Soul of Inequality in American Life written by Karen Fields and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
