Download or read book Your Affectionate Father Charles F Smith written by Allen Mesch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From December 1855 to March 1860, Lieutenant Colonel Smith served with the Tenth Infantry Regiment in the Minnesota Territory where he led an expedition to the Red River of the North and then in the Utah Territory as an officer in the Mormon Expedition. During this period, Charles F. Smith began to correspond with his daughter Fanny Mactier Smith. The letters contain unblemished observations about Charles's experiences and fatherly advice to Fanny. These letters provide an intimate view of antebellum life in a military family.

Download or read book Teacher of Civil War Generals written by Allen H. Mesch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From West Point to Fort Donelson, General Charles Ferguson Smith was a soldier's soldier. He served at the U.S. Military Academy from 1829 to 1842 as Instructor of Tactics, Adjutant to the Superintendent and Commandant of Cadets. During his 42-year career he was a teacher, mentor and role model for many cadets who became prominent Civil War generals, and he was admired by such former students as Grant, Halleck, Longstreet and Sherman. Smith set an example for junior officers in the Mexican War, leading his light battalion to victories and earning three field promotions. He served with Albert Sidney Johnston and other future Confederate officers in the Mormon War. He mentored Grant while serving with him during the Civil War, and helped turn the tide at Fort Donelson, which led to Grant's rise to fame. He attained the rank of major general, while refusing political favors and ignoring the press. Drawing on never before published letters and journals, this long overdue biography reveals Smith as a faithful officer, excellent disciplinarian, able commander and modest gentleman.

Download or read book Charles Smith Diary written by Charles Smith and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handwritten diary kept in the Pitman style of shorthand. A typewritten transcript of the diary from 1 March to 31 December 1860 is also included. The rest of the journal is available only in shorthand. Smith writes about his daily activities including attending Mormon Church meetings, courting "Emma," and his relationship with his family. On 1 July: "Went and walked with Emma after meeting. I offended her unconsciously. Went home with her and obtained her forgiveness for my transgression." For 2 July he wrote: "My father is my greatest enemy." "My mother says 'my being a Latter-day Saint' is the only thing she has against me."

Download or read book At Sword s Point Part 2 written by William P. MacKinnon and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Utah War—an unprecedented armed confrontation between Mormon-controlled Utah Territory and the U.S. government—was the most extensive American military action between the U.S.-Mexican and Civil Wars. Drawing on author-editor William P. MacKinnon’s half-century of research and a wealth of carefully selected new material, At Sword’s Point presents the first full history of the conflict through the voices of participants—leaders, soldiers, and civilians from both sides. MacKinnon’s lively narrative, continued in this second volume, links and explains these firsthand accounts to produce the most detailed, in-depth, and balanced view of the war to date. At Sword’s Point, Part 2 carries the story of the Utah War from the end of 1857 to the conclusion of hostilities in June 1858, when Brigham Young was replaced as territorial governor and almost one-third of the U.S. Army occupied Utah. Through the testimony of Mormon and federal leaders, combatants, emissaries, and onlookers, this second volume describes the war’s final months and uneasy resolution. President James Buchanan and his secretary of war, John B. Floyd, worked to break a political-military stalemate in Utah, while Mormon leaders prepared defensive and aggressive countermeasures ranging from an attack on Forts Bridger and Laramie to the “Sebastopol Strategy” of evacuating and torching Salt Lake City and sending 30,000 Mormon refugees on a mass exodus and fighting retreat toward Mexican Sonora. Thomas L. Kane, self-appointed intermediary and Philadelphia humanitarian, sought a peaceful conclusion to the conflict, which ended with the arrival in Utah of President Buchanan’s two official peace commissioners, the president’s blanket pardon for Utah’s population, and the army’s peaceful march into the Salt Lake Valley. MacKinnon’s narrative weaves a panoramic yet intimate view of a turning point in western, Mormon, and American history far bloodier than previously understood. With its sophisticated documentary analysis and insight, this work will stand as the definitive history of the complex, consequential, and still-debated Utah War.

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Download or read book Sketches from the Life of the Rev Charles Smith Bird M A F L S written by Claude Smith Bird and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Sketches from the Life of the Rev Charles Smith Bird Including letters and portions of an autobiography With a portrait written by Claude Smith BIRD and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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