Download or read book Record of the Organizations Engaged in the Campaign Siege and Defense of Vicksburg written by John S. Kountz and published by Univ Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2011-10-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large numbers of Civil War veterans remembered and reminisced about their war experiences, but only a relative few dedicated the rest of their lives to the task of commemorating their long-ago deeds. John S. Kountz was one of this latter group. Kountz joined the Thirty-seventh Ohio Infantry in September 1861 as a fifteen-year-old drummer boy and later, under General William T. Sherman, endured the long siege at Vicksburg before helping to win control of the city in July 1863. In 1899 the War Department appointed Kountz as the official historian at the newly designated Vicksburg National Military Park. As part of his duties, he produced two major works, an organizational chronicle of the armies that fought at Vicksburg and an unpublished narrative of the campaign and siege. This welcome volume presents both of these extremely rare documents together for the first time, providing a valuable resource for a new generation of scholars and enthusiasts. Record of the Organizations Engaged in the Campaign, Siege, and Defense of Vicksburg was published in a limited edition by the Government Printing Office in 1901 and offered visitors and historians a detailed examination of the various commands that fought at Vicksburg. The record has long been an essential but hard-to-find source for historians. Kountz’s impressive 116-page campaign overview is rarer still. Because of turnover at the park and Kountz’s death in 1909, the manuscript never saw publication and has, until now, lain buried in the archives at Vicksburg. Offering an unbiased account of both sides of the battle, it delves into the minds of the commanders, examines their decision-making processes, and articulates several opinions that have sparked debate ever since. With a new introduction by noted historian Timothy B. Smith, this significant work makes widely available an important history by a participant in the action and opens a fascinating window into the history of Civil War scholarship.
Download or read book Record of the Organizations Engaged in the Campaign Siege and Defense of Vicksburg written by John S. Kountz and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Record of the Organizations Engaged in the Campaign Siege and Defense of Vicksburg Compiled from the Official Records by John S Kountz written by United States. Vicksburg National Military Park Commission and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Record Of The Organizations Engaged In The Campaign Siege And Defense Of Vicksburg written by United States Vicksburg National Milita and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-24 with total page 80 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. 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 Record of the Organizations Engaged in the Campaign Siege and Defense of Vicksburg written by United States. Vicksburg National Military Park Commission and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Vicksburg written by William Titus Rigby and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book General Stephen D Lee written by Herman Hattaway and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1976 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical portrait of an exceptional Confederate military figure
Download or read book Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789 1909 written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Champion Hill written by Timothy B. Smith and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mississippi battle between Grant’s and Pemberton’s forces that sealed Vicksburg’s fate. The Battle of Champion Hill was the decisive land engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign. The fighting on May 16, 1863, took place just twenty miles east of the river city, where the advance of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s Federal army attacked Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton’s hastily gathered Confederates. The bloody fighting seesawed back and forth until superior Union leadership broke apart the Southern line, sending Pemberton’s army into headlong retreat. The victory on Mississippi’s wooded hills sealed the fate of both Vicksburg and her large field army, propelled Grant into the national spotlight, and earned him the command of the entire US armed forces. Timothy Smith, a historian for the National Park Service, has written the definitive account of this long-overlooked battle. This book, winner of a nonfiction prize from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters, is grounded upon years of primary research, rich in analysis and strategic and tactical action, and a compelling read.
Download or read book Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789 1909 written by and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 1748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789 1909 Lists of congressional and departmental publications written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Original Vicksburg National Military Park and Vicinity written by David B. Dumas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vicksburg National Military Park as it exists today is about two-thirds the size of the original park. The book describes the park as it was when the park was created. The book contains the name and location of markers and monuments that are currently located in the park. The book contains a brief history of the park, early photographs, descriptions, and styles of state markers and monuments. There are early maps of the park showing all the trenches and approaches. This book will give the park visitor far more insight as to the locations of all the markers that were associated with the park.
Download or read book Department Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume contains the biennial reports of the Attorney General, State Treasurer, and various other state departments and agencies.
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Download or read book Bulletin written by Galesburg Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
