Download or read book The Expeditions Against Fort Fisher and Wilmington Classic Reprint written by Edson J. Harkness and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Expeditions Against Fort Fisher and Wilmington An occurrence after the fall of Fort Fisher illustrates the difficulty of blockading. Two English boats arrived at night. Their commanders, unaware of the situation, worked their way through all our fleet and came into the river unobserved. They then announced, by signals, their arrival. A captured contraband understood the signals, and informed General Terry what reply would bring them in. The signal was given, and the officers came in, entirely unconscious they were falling among Federal forces. Even after they entered the fort, they enjoyed conversation for some time before suspecting that Union generals were their hosts. They were finally informed that their vessels and cargoes were prizes. Whoever held the shore north of New Inlet kept the key of this contraband mart. For more than twenty miles above its mouth, Cape Fear River flows nearly parallel with the coast, forming a peninsula twenty-three miles long, but of varying width. Its southeast end is Federal Point, the peninsula one mile northward being a mere beach, less than half a mile from sea to river, and entirely open to bombardment. Three miles northward the breadth is one mile, and the east bank is six feet high. At the fourth mile the width becomes one and a half miles. At the north end the peninsula is cleft by Mason boro Sound, extending sixteen miles south. The area between New Inlet, the river, the sound, and the Atlantic, is sandy; the ground never rises more than fifteen feet above high water, is heavily timbered in dry regions, and abounds in wooded and almost impassable swamps. The148 military essays and recollections. 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 The Capture of Fort Fisher Classic Reprint written by H. C. Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Capture of Fort FisherThe capthre'of Fort Fisher was one of the most brilliant naval and military achievements of the war. This formidable earthwork was situated on Federal Point', N. C., in the depart ment of Virginia and North Carolina, and was built more particularly to guard the entrance of New Inlet, while Fort Caswell served the same purpose in respect to the West Inlet.This department was under, the com mand_ of major-general Benjamin F. Butler.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 The Last of the Blockade and the Fall of Fort Fisher Classic Reprint written by Francis P. B. Sands and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Last of the Blockade and the Fall of Fort Fisher As an acting ensign on that vessel I began my experiences inactive service in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. The need for supplies for the Confederate armies in the Carolinas and Virginia, and the great profit in cotton from the Southern States had brought forward from England a large number of daring spirits, who, for the great gain of the ventures and the excitement attending the traffic, were willing to dare the risks of blockade running; and month by month their numbers increased. Charleston and Wilmington were the principal objective points for such ventures, and as the numbers of the successful trips increased the Federal Government taxed every resource to multiply the number of vessels in front of those seaports, and off the many inlets along the Atlantic coast. 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 Capture of Fort Fisher North Carolina written by Adelbert Ames and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina: Jan; 15, 1865 This is not true, as the official reports show, in any other sense than that Curtis's brigade first reached the fort under my immediate orders with Terry half a mile away. An earlier attempt to make public these facts has been impracticable, as the volume of the war records covering this event was not published till 1894. 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 Washington s Expeditions 1753 1754 And Braddock s Expedition 1755 written by James Hadden and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Washington's Expeditions (1753-1754) And Braddock's Expedition (1755): With History of Tom Fausett, the Slayer of General Edward Braddock More than a century had elapsed after the discovery of this continent by the Cabots before the first English settle ment was established in America, and one hundred and forty years more had rolled away before settlements were at tempted west of the Allegheny moun tains. Thus for two hundred and fifty years after having gained possession by discovery had England been content to colonize only the American seaboard. 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 Classic Collection of Autobiographies Illustrated written by Flavius Josephus and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiographical works can take many forms, from the intimate writings made during life that were not necessarily intended for publication (including letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, and reminiscences) to a formal book-length autobiography. Reading an autobiography can offer a unique insight into a world and experience very different from your own — and these real-life stories are even more entertaining, and stranger, than fiction. Take a glimpse into the lives of some of the world's most inspiring and successful celebrities from ancient times to the present day. 1. The Life of Flavius Josephus 2. “De Bello Gallico” and Other Commentaries by Julius Caesar 3. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine 4. The Autobiography of St. Ignatius by Saint of Loyola Ignatius 5. Letters to His Son, Complete by Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 6. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 7. Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant 8. An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt 9. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie 10. My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla 11. Henry Ford: Highlights of His Life 12. The Autobiography of Goethe by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 13. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo 14. Mohandas K. Gandhi, Autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Download or read book The North Carolina Civil War Atlas written by Mark Moore and published by . This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Carolina Civil War Atlas is a comprehensive full-color study of the impact of the war on the Tar Heel State, incorporating 97 original maps. The only state-level atlas of its kind, the book is a sesquicentennial project of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History. The large format (11" x 17") volume highlights every significant military engagement and analyzes the war's social, economic, and political consequences through tables, charts, and text. Manuscripts, election returns, newspapers, census records, and other sources were used to prepare the narrative and compile the tabulated data. From the capture of Hatteras Island and the Burnside Expedition through the fall of Fort Fisher and the Carolinas Campaign of 1865, the state's Civil War history is examined in a new light. Groundbreaking information includes updated casualty statistics, General Sherman's route of march, and the role of U.S. Colored Troops. Historic road networks are based on wartime maps created by engineer Jeremy F. Gilmer matched against the earliest modern road surveys. A variety of primary manuscript map resources were used from the State Archives and the University of North Carolina. Thanks to GIS technology, wartime places and landmarks, identified with their contemporary spellings, are presented in their correct geospatial orientation. Rare photographs complete the package. The North Carolina Civil War Atlas belongs on the shelves of every serious student of the Civil War in general, and the war in North Carolina in particular. This vital reference work will immediately take its rightful place in libraries alongside other North Carolina studies penned by such scholars as John G. Barrett, Mark Bradley, and Chris Fonvielle.

Download or read book 50 Classic Biographies written by Golgotha Press and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 12295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn more about some of the most interesting people to ever live with this anthology of 50 classic biographies. An active table of contents is included to make it easy to quickly find the book you are looking for. Abraham Lincoln by Lord Charnwood The Adventures of Daniel Boone by Uncle Philip Alaska Days with John Muir by Samual Hall Alfred Tennyson by Andrew Lang Andrew Jackson by William Garrott Brown Balzac by Frederick Lawton Bacon by Richard William Church Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse, Jr. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill by William Frederick Charles Darwin by Grant Allen Chaucer by Adolphus William Ward Christopher Columbus by Mildred Stapley Byne Claudius by C. Suetonious Tranquillus Men of Letters: Coleridge by H. D. Traill Daniel Defoe by William Minto Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. Robinson Frederick Douglass by Charles Waddell Chesnutt George Washington by William Roscoe Thayer George Eliot by George Willis Cooke Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Patrick Braybrooke H. G. Wells by J. D. Beresford Hawthorne by Henry James Henry VIII and His Court by Herbert Tree Herbert Hoover by Vernon Kellogg Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur-Leigh John Bunyan by James Anthony Froude John Knox by A. Taylor Innes John Quincy Adams by John. T. Morse Julius Caesar by C. Suetonious Tranquillus Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Herself Life of Charles Dickens by Frank Marzials Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke The Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Rush Rhees Life of John Keats by William Michael Rossetti Life of John Milton by Richard Garnett The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds St. Francis of Assisi by Paul Sabatier Life of Wagner by Louis Nohl A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee Mark Twain by Archibald Henderson Matthew Arnold by G. W. E. Russell Nero by C. Suetonious Tranquillus Patrick Henry by Moses Coit Tyler The Princess Pocahontas by Virginia Watson Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott Rudyard Kipling by John Palmer Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography by William Roscoe Thayer Thomas Jefferson by Henry Childs Merwin DISCLAIMER: There has been concern about the table of contents (or lack thereof) in the ""50 Classic Books"" Series. Golgotha Press has addressed this problem and readers who download the books as of November 2011 can access a functional table of contents by going to the front of the book and paging forward two pages. Because of the size of this book, the ""active"" feature in the conversion is removed. We are trying resolve this problem, but until then, please follow the steps above. If you still experience the problem, please contact us so we can investigate exactly what is happening. Please note, however, that the table of contents does not become active until you purchase the book--preview mode does not currently support active TOC's. We apologize for any confusion or frustration this has caused."

Download or read book Appletons Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Tales and Traditions of the Lower Cape Fear 1661 1896 written by James Sprunt and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Last Citadel written by Noah Andre Trudeau and published by Savas Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised and updated groundbreaking study of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War—from the author of Bloody Roads South. The Petersburg campaign began on June 9, 1864, and ended on April 3, 1865, when Federal troops at last entered the city. It was the longest and most costly siege ever to take place on North American soil, yet it has been overshadowed by other actions that occurred at the same time period, most notably Sherman’s famous “March to the Sea,” and Sheridan’s celebrated Shenandoah Valley campaign. The ten-month Petersburg affair witnessed many more combat actions than the other two combined, and involved an average of 170,000 soldiers, not to mention thousands of civilians who were also caught up in the maelstrom. By its bloody end, the Petersburg campaign would add more than 70,000 casualties to the war’s total. With the same dogged determination that had seen him through the terrible Overland Campaign, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant fixed his sights on the capture of Petersburg. Grant’s opponent, General Robert E. Lee, was equally determined that the “Cockade City” would not fall. Trudeau crafts this dramatic and moving story largely through the words of the men and women who were there, including officers, common soldiers, and the residents of Petersburg. What emerges is an epic account rich in human incident and adventure. Based on exhaustive research into official records and unpublished memoirs, letters, and diaries, as well as published recollections and regimental histories, The Last Citadel also includes twenty-three maps and a choice selection of drawings by on-the-spot combat artists.

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Download or read book Staff Ride Handbook For The Vicksburg Campaign December 1862 July 1863 Illustrated Edition written by Dr. Christopher Gabel and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes over 30 maps and Illustrations The Staff Ride Handbook for the Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863, provides a systematic approach to the analysis of this key Civil War campaign. Part I describes the organization of the Union and Confederate Armies, detailing their weapons, tactics, and logistical, engineer, communications, and medical support. It also includes a description of the U.S. Navy elements that featured so prominently in the campaign. Part II consists of a campaign overview that establishes the context for the individual actions to be studied in the field. Part III consists of a suggested itinerary of sites to visit in order to obtain a concrete view of the campaign in its several phases. For each site, or “stand,” there is a set of travel directions, a discussion of the action that occurred there, and vignettes by participants in the campaign that further explain the action and which also allow the student to sense the human “face of battle.” Part IV provides practical information on conducting a Staff Ride in the Vicksburg area, including sources of assistance and logistical considerations. Appendix A outlines the order of battle for the significant actions in the campaign. Appendix B provides biographical sketches of key participants. Appendix C provides an overview of Medal of Honor conferral in the campaign. An annotated bibliography suggests sources for preliminary study.