Download or read book The Artillery Never Gained More Honour written by Douglas R. Cubbison and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the British artillery forces during the Valcour Island campaign of 1776 and Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Offers a tactical, logistical, and command function assessment of the artillery using primary sources, and highlights the various types of artillery pieces used during the campaigns.
Download or read book Lost Forts of Casper written by Johanna Wickman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three army outposts built before and during the Civil War protected critical routes along the western trails at the North Platte River near what later became Casper. All had been abandoned by 1867, and their dramatic stories are mostly forgotten. The Post at Platte Bridge was a vital outpost on Albert Sidney Johnston's Utah War supply route. Camp Dodge and Platte Bridge Station, also called Fort Caspar, guarded telegraph lines from Native American sabotage. Violent winds, horrendous blizzards and scorching summers made life miserable. Tension reached a fever pitch at the Battle of Platte Bridge when Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho attacked a cavalry detachment led by Caspar Collins. Today, a reconstructed Fort Caspar stands as a vigilant reminder of the struggles at those lonely frontier stations. Local historian Johanna Wickman chronicles military efforts to keep the peace, wage war and merely survive.
Download or read book Poisoned by Lies and Hypocrisy written by Gavin K. Watt and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1775, Americans made their first attempt to invade Canada. When the rebels attacked Quebec City, Carleton's motley army of militia, American loyalists, British regulars, and First Nations successfully managed to repel them, despite the odds.
Download or read book The Battle of Hubbardton written by Bruce M Venter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed history of the Revolutionary War battle that saved the Continental Army and possibly America. British and German troops ran into stubborn rebel resistance at Hubbardton, Vermont, on July 7, 1777. The day would ultimately turn the tide for the Patriot cause. After capturing Fort Ticonderoga, the British, under Lieutenant General John Burgoyne, pursued a retreating Continental army under Major General Arthur St. Clair. In the fields and hills around Hubbardton, a tenacious American rear guard of about 1,200 derailed the British general’s plan for a quick march to Albany. The British won a tactical victory, but they suffered precious losses. Patriots, under Colonel Seth Warner, Colonel Ebenezer Francis and Colonel Nathan Hale, left the British and Germans bloodied while also saving untold casualties from their own army. Burgoyne and his weakened force ultimately surrendered at Saratoga on October 17, 1777, paving the way for a French alliance with the colonies and American independence.
Download or read book Valiant Ambition written by Nathaniel Philbrick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the George Washington Prize A surprising account of the middle years of the American Revolution and the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, from the New York Times bestselling author of In The Heart of the Sea, Mayflower, and In the Hurricane's Eye. "May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age—a volume that turns one of America’s best-known narratives on its head.”—Boston Globe "Clear and insightful, [Valiant Ambition] consolidates Philbrick's reputation as one of America's foremost practitioners of narrative nonfiction."—Wall Street Journal In the second book of his acclaimed American Revolution series, Nathaniel Philbrick turns to the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. In September 1776, the vulnerable Continental army under an unsure George Washington evacuated New York after a devastating defeat by the British army. Three weeks later, one of his favorite generals, Benedict Arnold, miraculously succeeded in postponing the British naval advance down Lake Champlain that might have lost the war. As this book ends, four years later Washington has vanquished his demons, and Arnold has fled to the enemy. America was forced at last to realize that the real threat to its liberties might not come from without but from withinComplex, controversial, and dramatic, Valiant Ambition is a portrait of a people in crisis and the war that gave birth to a nation.
Download or read book The Compleat Victory written by Kevin John Weddle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening Moves -- The First Invasion -- A New British Strategy -- A Question of American Command -- Laying the Groundwork -- The Fall of Fort Ticonderoga -- Defeat, Retreat, Disgrace -- Aftershocks -- Burgoyne Moves South -- The Ordeal of Philip Schuyler -- The Murder of Jane McCrea -- Not to Make a Ticonderoga of It -- Oriskany and Relief -- Cat and Mouse -- Burgoyne's Dilemma -- The Battle of Bennington -- Gates takes Command -- The Battle of Freeman's Farm -- Sir Henry Clinton to the Rescue -- The Battle of Bemis Heights -- Retreat, Pursuit, and Surrender -- British Reassessment -- The Fruits of Victory -- Conclusion: Strategy and Leadership.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Military Science written by G. Kurt Piehler and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 1921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Military Science provides a comprehensive, ready-reference on the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today’s military. Entries in this four-volume work include coverage of the duties, responsibilities, and authority of military personnel and an understanding of strategies and tactics of the modern military and how they interface with political, social, legal, economic, and technological factors. A large component is devoted to issues of leadership, group dynamics, motivation, problem-solving, and decision making in the military context. Finally, this work also covers recent American military history since the end of the Cold War with a special emphasis on peacekeeping and peacemaking operations, the First Persian Gulf War, the events surrounding 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and how the military has been changing in relation to these events.
Download or read book Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research written by Society for Army Historical Research (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Journal of Military History written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book England s Artillerymen written by James Alexander Browne and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Neptune written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarterly journal of maritime history.
Download or read book Uncommon Valor written by Stephen Moore and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncommon Valor is a look into the formation and operation of an advanced Special Forces recon company during the Vietnam War. Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most covert U.S. military unit in its time and contained only volunteers from such elite units as the Army's Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Air Force Air Commandos. SOG warriors operated in small teams, going behind enemy lines in Laos and Cambodia and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, tasked with performing special reconnaissance, sabotaging North Vietnamese Army ammunition, attempting to rescue downed U.S. pilots, and other black ops missions. During that time, Forward Operating Base-2's (FOB-2's) recon company became the most highly decorated unit of the Vietnam War, with five of its men earning the Medal of Honor and eight earning the Distinguished Service Cross-America's second highest military award for valor. Purple Hearts were earned by SOG veterans at a pace unparalleled in American wars of the twentieth century, with casualties at times exceeding 100 percent. One, Bob Howard, was wounded on fourteen different occasions, received eight Purple Hearts, was written up after three different missions for the Medal of Honor, and emerged from Vietnam as the most highly decorated soldier since World War II's Audie Murphy.
Download or read book Deeds of Valor how America s Heroes Won the Medal of Honor written by Walter F. Beyer and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deeds of Valor how America s Heroes Won the Medal of Honor written by Walter Frederick Beyer and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life of Sir Henry Lawrence written by Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Artillery and the Medal of Honor written by David T. Zabecki and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merriam Press Military Monograph Series Number 49 Fifth Edition 2015 A massive work, which includes a brief history of the Medal of Honor including the evolution of American military awards, brevets, Certificate of Merit, Congressional Medals, Roll of Honor, Pyramid of Honor, 1916 Review Board, double winners, Acts of Congress, and more. Each major war or campaign in which an artilleryman won a Medal of Honor (MOH) is covered: Civil War 1861-65, Indian Wars 1861-98, Philippine Insurrection 1899-1913, Vera Cruz 1914, World Wars I and II, Korea 1950-53, and Vietnam 1964-75. Each of these sections contains a brief overview of artillery MOH recipients, followed by detailed info for each individual winner. An appendix details how the author came to the conclusions published in this work, and how all previous sources on the subject have not been as complete as they should have been in crediting many recipients with "artilleryman" status. There are twenty-three detailed tables included, which present facts and figures to put the MOH story into perspective, especially as it relates to artillerymen. Much of this data has never been available in any other published source. 89 photos 23 tables.
Download or read book The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
