Download or read book William Smith Captain written by Donald L. Hafner and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-08 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1786, Abigail Adams wrote this about her brother, William Smith: "Let all remembrance of his connection with this family cease, by a total silence upon the subject. ... My friends will do me a kindness by strictly adhering to this request." William Smith and his older sister Abigail were born into a minister's family in a Massachusetts town south of Boston. When the American Revolution began on April 19, 1775, Abigail was married to John Adams, whose statesmanship during the American Revolution would eventually win him election as the second President of the United States. In April 1775, William Smith and his family occupied one of the largest farms in Lincoln, Massachusetts, west of Boston. Even though he had no military experience and had moved to Lincoln only a year or so earlier, William was elected Captain of the town's minute men. On April 19th, Captain William Smith and his soldiers joined the day-long battle with British troops that began at the North Bridge in Concord. As the Patriot army stood overlooking the North Bridge, wracked with indecision, William Smith's offer to have his minute men attack the British galvanized the resolve of those around him, and the Patriot army marched toward the Bridge. William Smith then joined the Siege of Boston as a Captain in the new Continental Army. Yet within two months, he would be absent from the battlefield as his soldiers fought at Bunker Hill. Within thirty months, he would be a British prisoner of war, having been captured during an ill-fated venture as a privateer. Within a dozen years, William would be dead, far from family and fame. The manner in which William Smith became Captain of a minute man company at the age of 28 and a participant in the most important day in American history, only to die in poverty, disgrace, and estrangement from his wife and family at the age of 40, is a tangled tale. The tale is told here in an engaging style, tracing the lives of William Smith, his wife and six children, his slave Cato, and their relationships with William's famous sister, Abigail Adams. While telling William's tale, this book also explores the life of American soldier's in camp during the Siege of Boston, the rewards and hazards of privateering during the Revolutionary War, the treatment of American prisoners of war by the British, and the social and economic challenges faced by New England families during and after the War.
Download or read book Captain William Smith Diary written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typed transcript of a diary kept by Captain William Smith from Madison, Wisconsin, mobilized into service July 15, 1917 in Company G, 127th Infantry Regiment of the 32nd Division, sent to Waco, Texas for training, then Camp Merritt, New Jersey to embark for France. Entries summarize troop movements and actions, illnesses, and casualties until November 15, 1918 when preparing to march into Germany.
Download or read book Captain William Smith 1742 1820 Salem County New Jersey and Some of His Discendants written by Josephine Jaquett and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Memoirs of William Smith 1778 1783 written by William Smith and published by Ayer Publishing. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Confederate General William Extra Billy Smith written by Scott L. Mingus and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning biography of one of the Confederacy’s most colorful and controversial generals. Winner of the 2013 Nathan Bedford Forrest History Book Award for Southern History Nominated for the 2014 Virginia Book Award for Nonfiction Despite a life full of drama, politics, and adventure, little has been written about William “Extra Billy” Smith—aside from a rather biased account by his brother-in-law back in the nineteenth century. As the oldest and one of the most controversial Confederate generals on the field at Gettysburg, Smith was also one of the most charismatic characters of the Civil War and the antebellum Old South. Known nationally as “Extra Billy” because of his prewar penchant for finding loopholes in government postal contracts to gain extra money for his stagecoach lines, Smith served as Virginia’s governor during both the war with Mexico and the Civil War; served five terms in the US Congress; and was one of Virginia’s leading spokesmen for slavery and states’ rights. Extra Billy’s extra-long speeches and wry sense of humor were legendary among his peers. A lawyer during the heady Gold Rush days, he made a fortune in California—and, as with his income earned from stagecoaches, quickly lost it. Despite his advanced age, Smith took to the field and fought well at First Manassas, was wounded at Seven Pines and again at Sharpsburg, and marched with Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania. There, on the first day at Gettysburg, Smith’s frantic messages about a possible Union flanking attack remain a matter of controversy to this day. Did his aging eyes see distant fence-lines that he interpreted as approaching enemy soldiers—mere phantoms of his imagination? Or did his prompt action stave off a looming Confederate disaster? This biography draws upon a wide array of newspapers, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts to paint a portrait of one of the South’s most interesting leaders, complete with original maps and photos.
Download or read book Captain William Smith 1742 1820 written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Captain John Smith written by Karen Ordahl Kupperman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain John Smith was one of the most insightful and colorful writers to visit America in the colonial period. While his first venture was in Virginia, some of his most important work concerned New England and the colonial enterprise as a whole. The publication in 1986 of Philip Barbour's three-volume edition of Smith's works made available the complete Smith opus. In Karen Ordahl Kupperman's new edition her intelligent and imaginative selection and thematic arrangement of Smith's most important writings will make Smith accessible to scholars, students, and general readers alike. Kupperman's introductory material and notes clarify Smith's meaning and the context in which he wrote, while the selections are large enough to allow Captain Smith to speak for himself. As a reasonably priced distillation of the best of John Smith, Kupperman's edition will allow a wide audience to discover what a remarkable thinker and writer he was.
Download or read book Severall Letters of Great Importance and Good Successe written by and published by . This book was released on 1643 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Captain William Smith 1742 1820 written by Josephine Jaquett and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Captain William Smith House written by U. S. Department of the Interior National Park Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year in which the Captain William Smith House was built remains unknown. However, the archival research suggests that 1692 is the most likely date. Architecturally, the house has undergone four major changes to its exterior: circa 1742- 58; circa 1825; circa 1900- 10; and circa 1956. Despite these physical changes, the house retains much of its original fabric, and represents a fine example of late 17th- century architecture in New England.
Download or read book Historical Memoirs of William Smith From 16 March 1763 to 9 July 1776 written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Memoirs of William Smith From 12 July 1776 to 25 July 1778 written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Trial of Captain William Smith of the Hon the East India Company s Battalion of Artillery for Criminal Conversation with Mrs Mary Bond Wife of Lieutenant Charles John Bond of the Same Corps written by William Smith (Captain of Artillery.) and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Falling from the Sky written by Captain Will Smith and published by William Smith. This book was released on 2018-11-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Will Smith was a successful self-made man and loving father who worked his way through flight school to become a well-respected pilot. When a detective came to his door to announce he was being accused of rape, a shocked and confused Will hired legal help and was sent on a journey no innocent man should have to endure.
Download or read book Titanic Captain written by G. J. Cooper and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commander Edward John Smith's career had been a remarkable example of how a man from a humble background could get far in the world. Born to a working-class family in the landlocked Staffordshire Potteries, he went to sea at the age of 17 and rose rapidly through the ranks of the merchant navy, serving first in sailing vessels and later in the new steamships of the White Star Line. By 1912, he as White Star's senior commander and regarded by many in the shipping world as the 'millionaire's captain'. In 1912, Smith was given command of the new RMS Titanic for her maiden voyage, but what should have been among the crowning moments of his long career at sea turned rapidly into a nightmare following Titanic's collision with an iceberg. In a matter of hours the supposedly unsinkable ship sank, taking over 1,500 people with her, including Captain Smith.
Download or read book Historical Memoirs written by William Smith and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: