Download or read book Surry Light Artillery and Martin s Wright s Coffin s Batteries of Virginia Artillery written by Lee A. Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coffin's Battery was organized in 1862 and was also known as Bethel Artillery. It served as Company D in Ed Gournay's Battalion of Heavy Artillery (also known as 12th Battalion Louisiana Heavy Artillery). This company went with the battalion to Mississippi. It was also known as Captain W. Norris Coffin's Company of the Virginia Heavy Artillery.
Download or read book Under the Stars and Bars written by Benjamin Washington Jones and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confederate Artillery Organizations written by F. Ray Sibley, Jr. and published by Savas Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confederate Artillery Organizations: An Alphabetical Listing of the Officers and Batteries of the Confederacy, 18611865 is a remarkable, immensely useful, and exceedingly rare book containing the names of the officers and every Confederate artillery unit. It is so rare that most scholars in the field dont even know of its existence. It was originally published as simply Confederate Artillery Organizations by the U.S. War Department in 1898, one of Marcus J.Wrights compilation aids to help assemble and organize the massive publication that would appear as the 128-volume The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880-1901), known to researchers and students alike as simply Official Records. Editor Ray Sibley spent more than a decade researching the thousands of entries, correcting mistakes, and adding many artillery units and additional officers unknown to the original compilers more than a century ago. Sibley utilized archival records, manuscripts, letters, diaries, and other sources to verify the original work, correct mistakes, and add further useful information in the form of hundreds of valuable footnotes. This new updated and easy-to-use reference work sets forth the linage of the Confederate artillery. It lists, in alphabetical order, individual batteries to artillery regiments, the names and alternate names for the batteries and the names of the men who led them. Also included are the dates of acceptance into Confederate service for each unit. Most companies have an annotation that includes an alternate name (if there was one), and the date if a unit disbanded or was merged into another organization.The annotations for officers include date of appointment, date of promotion to a higher grade (if any), date of transfers (if any), date dropped from rolls (if any), and date relieved of command (if any). Confederate Artillery Organizations also contains four rare and hard-to-find lists of Confederate artillery officers: Memorandum of Artillery Officers, C. S. A., List of Officers Corps of Artillery, C. S. Army, on U.S. Register of 1861, Superintendents of Armories, and Military Store-Keeper of Ordnance. These lists illustrate the ranking of each officer in his respective grade. The extensive bibliography prepared by Mr. Sibley is an invaluable guide to Civil War historiography. Scholars, researchers, and students of the Civil War will be thankful Ray Sibley turned his considerable talents to this project. His tireless efforts made sure this rare book got back into print (including all digital formats), and turned what was once a valuable rare work into a reference book that is now both widely available and absolutely indispensable.
Download or read book Surry Light Artillery of Virginia written by B. W. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Carlin s Wheeling Battery written by Edward L. Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Carlin's Wheeling Battery - A History of Battery "D" 1st West Virginia Light Artillery," is a presentation official records, documents, rare images and newspaper articles, etc. about this Civil War company, organized in Wheeling, West Virginia. Featured are more than 100 original biographies of the soldiers. - The soldiers were mainly from West Virginia but also came from other states, such as Ohio and Pennsylvania. - This Civil War battery, formed in Wheeling West Virginia, mustered in 20 Aug 1862 and mustered out 27 Jun 1865. - From a perspective of both history and genealogy, this book is an important piece of Wheeling?s history, as well as a valuable record of West Virginia in the Civil War.
Download or read book Under the Stars and Bars written by Benjamin Washington Jones and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Stars and Bars a History of the Surry Light Artillery written by Benjamin Washington Jones and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... LETTER SEVENTH. In Chesterfield--The 2d Section goes to Richmond--Camping around--Point of Rocks--Battle of Seven Pines--All quiet on the burly Appomattox--Note. Point Of Rocks, Va., June 4, 1862. My Dear Friend: --Well, here we are, that is to say, half of the Company is here. The 2d Section, including two guns and half of the men, in charge of Lieut. Hankins, has gone on to Richmond. The detail is only temporary, I suppose, and they are expected to return soon. After our march up here from Smithfield, we made a brief stay in Petersburg, camping in a pine grove in the western confines of the town, and then came over into Chesterfield county, where we have been moving around from place to place for some time. At the present writing, we occupy a place on the Appomattox river, six miles below Petersburg, at the point where Swift Creek flows into that river. It is a high and rocky bluff, rising up and overshadowing the main channel of the river, which, at this place, lies very near the shore. The position is naturally a very strong fortified, it would be for the Appomattox what Drewry's Bluff has so lately become for the James--a defence against which no warships of the present day could cope successfully. But there is nothing here in the line of defences. Not a spadeful of dirt has been turned for earthworks or redoubt, and I doubt if any are ever constructed here. The great preparations now going on before Kichmond will prevent any thought or notice of this place, although it lies naturally along the same line of defences as those of the James river. We are supposed to be here to dispute the advance of Federal vessels up the Appomattox, but, if this be the purpose, we ought to be supplied with far better guns than these we have at present...
Download or read book The Battle of Petersburg June 15 18 1864 written by Sean Michael Chick and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Petersburg was the culmination of the Virginia Overland campaign, which pitted the Army of the Potomac, led by Ulysses S. Grant and George Gordon Meade, against Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. In spite of having outmaneuvered Lee, after three days of battle in which the Confederates at Petersburg were severely outnumbered, Union forces failed to take the city, and their final, futile attack on the fourth day only added to already staggering casualties. By holding Petersburg against great odds, the Confederacy arguably won its last great strategic victory of the Civil War. In The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864, Sean Michael Chick takes an in-depth look at an important battle often overlooked by historians and offers a new perspective on why the Army of the Potomac's leadership, from Grant down to his corps commanders, could not win a battle in which they held colossal advantages. He also discusses the battle's wider context, including politics, memory, and battlefield preservation. Highlights include the role played by African American soldiers on the first day and a detailed retelling of the famed attack of the First Maine Heavy Artillery, which lost more men than any other Civil War regiment in a single battle. In addition, the book has a fresh and nuanced interpretation of the generalships of Grant, Meade, Lee, P. G. T. Beauregard, and William Farrar Smith during this critical battle.
Download or read book The Nottoway Artillery and Barr s Battery Virginia Light Artillery written by Jeffrey C. Weaver and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nottoway Artillery was organized in Nottoway County in 1861 and was under the command of Captain William Calvin Jeffress for the whole war.
Download or read book Records of the 24th Independent Battery N Y written by Julian Whedon Merrill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Records of the 24th Independent Battery, N. Y: Light Artillery, U. S, V No County in the United States was more loyal than Wyoming County - none more enthusiastic, none more generous, when they started the boys Off to the wars. No County has better reasons for being proud of its representatives in the 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 In Memoriam written by Virginia Artillery, Light. 13th Battalion (C.S.A.). Company A. and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Battle for Petersburg written by William Glenn Robertson and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nearly ten-month struggle for Petersburg, Virginia, is well known to students of the Civil War. Surprisingly few readers, however, are aware that Petersburg’s citizens felt war’s hard hand nearly a week before the armies of Grant and Lee arrived on their doorstep in the middle of June 1864. Distinguished historian William Glenn Robertson rectifies this oversight with the publication of The First Battle for Petersburg in a special revised Sesquicentennial edition. During his ill-fated Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler in late May took note of the “Cockade City’s” position astride Richmond’s railroad lifeline and its minuscule garrison. When two attempts to seize the city and destroy the bridges over the Appomattox River failed, Butler mounted an expedition to Petersburg on June 9. Led by Maj. Gen. Quincy Gillmore and Brig. Gen. August Kautz, the Federal force of 3,300 infantry and 1,300 cavalry appeared large enough to overwhelm Brig. Gen. Henry Wise’s paltry 1,200 Confederate defenders, one-quarter of which were reserves that included several companies of elderly men and teenagers. The attack on the critical logistical center, and how the Confederates managed to hold the city, is the subject of Robertson’s groundbreaking study. Ironically, Butler’s effort resulted in Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard’s decision to slightly enlarge Petersburg’s garrison—troops that may have provided the razor-thin margin of difference when the head of the Army of the Potomac appeared in strength six days later. The First Battle for Petersburg describes the strategy, tactics, and generalship of the Battle of June 9 in full detail, as well as the impact on the city’s citizens, both in and out of the ranks. Robertson’s study is grounded in extensive primary sources supported by original maps and photos and illustrations. It remains the most comprehensive analysis of the June 9 engagement of Petersburg’s “old men and young boys.” Petersburg itself has never forgotten the sacrifices of its citizens on that summer day 150 years ago, and continues to honor their service with an annual commemoration. Once you read Dr. Robertson’s The First Battle for Petersburg: The Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864, you will understand why.
Download or read book The History of Battery A First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the War to Preserve the Union 1861 1865 written by Thomas M. Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lowry s Bryan s and Chapman s Batteries of Virginia Artillery written by J. L. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sumter Flying Artillery written by James L. Speicher and published by Pelican Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the lives of the soldiers who bravely fought for the Sumter Flying Artillery Battery during the Civil War. The original unit, which mostly consisted of men from Georgia, began as a single battery, but grew into a five-battery battalion that served under General Robert E. Lee. Details the battles that took place from 1861 through 1865, and notes the conditions that the soldiers faced while serving in the Confederate Army. Soldier letters, newspaper articles, and personal photographs offer insight into their lives both, on and off, the battlefield.
Download or read book The History of Battery A First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the War to Preserve the Union 1861 1865 written by Thomas M. Aldrich and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV Fro.m Harper's Ferry To Fair Oaks N the 28th we crossed the Potomac on a pontoon hridge just above the abutments of the railroad bridge (that structure having been burned), and entered the town at the Government Armory, passing the engine house captured and occupied by John Brown on his memorable foray into Virginia, Oct. 16, 1859. The loopholes made in the building, which he used as a fort still remained. Going up the hill through the village towards Boliver Heights we were quartered in some brick buildings belonging to the Government, which were used for tenements for people who worked in the armory. We here beheld a very peculiar sight; every garden in the village was fenced with musket stocks, with butts up, crossed like an old-fashioned Virginia fence. It was a very odd fence but did not last long after the soldiers took possession of the place. We remained here until March 7th, having a good chance to look around. It was a grand and impressive view which greeted our vision in every direction whichever way we looked, either up the Shenandoah or Loudon Valley or down the Potomac River, the Maryland Heights or Loudon Heights. The writer of the "Life and Letters of John Brown" says: "Harper's Ferry was named for Robert Harper, an English millwright, who obtained a grant of it in 1748 from Lord Fairfax, the friend of Washington. The first survey of this tract was made by Washington, who is said to have selected the Ferry in 1794 as the site of a national armory. The scenery has been described by Jefferson in his 'Notes on Virginia, ' written shortly before the death of Robert Harper in 1782, presenting the view from Jefferson's rock, above the village. He said: "'You stand on a very high point of land; on your right comes up...
Download or read book The Staunton Artillery McClanahan s Battery written by Robert J. Driver and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
