Download or read book The Illustrated History of American Civil War Relics written by Stephen W. Sylvia and published by North South Trader's Civil War. This book was released on 1978 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Smithsonian Civil War written by Smithsonian Institution and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. From among tens of thousands of Civil War objects in the Smithsonian's collections, curators handpicked 550 items and wrote a unique narrative that begins before the war through the Reconstruction period. The perfect gift book for fathers and history lovers, Smithsonian Civil War combines one-of-a-kind, famous, and previously unseen relics from the war in a truly unique narrative. Smithsonian Civil War takes the reader inside the great collection of Americana housed at twelve national museums and archives and brings historical gems to light. From the National Portrait Gallery come rare early photographs of Stonewall Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant; from the National Museum of American History, secret messages that remained hidden inside Lincoln's gold watch for nearly 150 years; from the National Air and Space Museum, futuristic Civil War-era aircraft designs. Thousands of items were evaluated before those of greatest value and significance were selected for inclusion here. Artfully arranged in 150 entries, they offer a unique, panoramic view of the Civil War.
Download or read book Illustrated History of the Civil War written by Henry Steele Commager and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Illustrated History of the Civil War written by William J. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavish volume includes more than 700 rare photographs, war-correspondent sketches, and original maps showing battles, significant figures, unknown soldiers, and historic artifacts. Special photo essays are included on Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart, William Sherman, mapmaking, field surgeons, the telegraph, refugees, and soldier life.
Download or read book Collecting the Confederacy written by Shannon Pritchard and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Collecting the Confederacy" is the first scholarly photographic study of its kind. Finally, in one book, readers can explore the history behind more than 1,400 different artifacts, relics, weapons, and antiques, each of which played a unique role in the 1861-1865 War Between the States. Veteran collector and historian Shannon Pritchard spent years gathering priceless (and often one-of-a-kind) items to present this stunning display of a culture and society that exists today only in books and movies. "Collecting the Confederacy" is broken down into twenty chapters, each of which focuses on a particular type of artifact, from canteens to belt buckles, flags to uniforms, pistols to swords, and fourteen more! Each of these chapters begins with a fascinating and insightful introduction to the subject matter, followed by photographs accompanied with detailed captions. This lavishly illustrated and meticulously crafted full-color volume will be welcome by historians and collectors around the world. About the Author: Shannon Pritchard has been collecting Civil War memorabilia for nearly 20 years. He is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on Confederate artifacts and antiques. Shannon lives outside Richmond, Virginia.
Download or read book The Unwritten South Cause Progress and Result of the Civil War Relics of Hidden Truth After Forty Years written by J Clarence Stonebraker and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 62 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. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... He remembers almost getting between the lines at the skirmish of Falling Waters, when Lee's army -crossed the Potomac, after the battle of Gettysburg. The horses we had left seemed possessed to follow the troops, and we could only check them by running them into a barn yard as the cavalry passed. One of the most striking reminiscences of the war has been vividly recalled since the issuing of the first edition of this little book, when the writer incidentally met the subject of the same, in the person of Archibald Oden, who now lives near Martinsburg, W. Va. How very short a time it seems since one morning at a country school house all was excitement as the pupils were running to and fro and chatting in an undertone, a very unusual occurrence, of the absence of the teacher. Many of them had rightly guessed that he had joined the confederate army. Oden was such a midget of a man that one would have thought a few months of service would end his life; but a lean dog for a long chase was verified in his ease, as he fought all through the war, with the exception of the short time he taught school. He was captured in one of the early battles of the war, and jumped from the train at Ellicott City, making his way to his cousin, John Breathed, at Breathedsville. Breathed being a staunch Southerner, arranged to get him back into the Southern lines by getting him a school to teach for a wiile, and finally by a pass-word to cross the river. But unfortunately for Oden he was contracting a fever, which fact urged him the more to get back to friends and home, and as he reached the banks of the Potomac he sank beneath a tree, in the chill of the night, where he lay for three days with a raging fever. When he had sufficiently recovered to move on he...
Download or read book Illustrated History of the Civil War written by Henry Steele Commager and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profuse illustrations, paintings, and photographs, many from contemporary sources, accompany a review of slavery in the U.S. and the Civil War.
Download or read book Illustrated History of the Civil War written by Outlet and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1988-07-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Illustrated History of the Civil War written by David E. Roth and published by Smithmark Pub. This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original photographs, arranged chronologically, present a visual history of the Civl War from the North's perspective
Download or read book Confederate Odyssey written by Gordon L. Jones and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his life, Atlanta resident George W. Wray Jr. (1936–2004) built a collection of more than six hundred of the rarest Confederate artifacts including not just firearms and edged weapons but also flags, uniforms, and accoutrements. Today, Wray’s collection forms an integral part of the Atlanta History Center’s holdings of some eleven thousand Civil War artifacts. Confederate Odyssey tells the story of the Civil War through the Wray Collection. Analyzing the collection as material evidence, Gordon L. Jones demonstrates how a slave-based economy on the cusp of industrialization attempted to fight an industrial war. The broad range of the collection includes many rare or one-of-a-kind objects, such as a patent model and early inventions by gun maker George W. Morse, the bloodstained coat of a seventeen-year-old South Carolina soldier, battle flags made of cloth imported from England, and arms made in Georgia, the heart of the Confederacy’s burgeoning military-industrial complex. As Civil War history, Confederate Odyssey benefits from the study of material remains as it bridges the domains of professional scholars and amateur collectors such as Wray. The book tells of the stories, significance, and context of these artifacts to general readers and Civil War buffs alike. The Wray Collection is more than a gathering of relics; it is a tale of historical truths revealed in small details.
Download or read book Groundbreakers written by Stephen Sylvia and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Groundbreakers" is an extensive compilation of artifacts recovered by members of the Northern Virginia Relic Hunters Association, America's oldest club of its kind. Founded in 1972, the organization has elevated metal detecting to far more than a hobby for the history-minded; the club has been and continues to be in the vanguard of bringing to light, researching, and disseminating information about the tangible evidence of America's past. The extensive book contains thousands of crisp, full-color images and informative text that illuminates the roles the artifacts played in our nation's history. This trailblazing work takes the reader on an exciting journey not only through the club's impressive history but that of America in both war and peace. Excavated artifacts featured, described, and placed in their historical context include but are not limited to accoutrement plates, artillery shells, swords, bayonets, buttons, bullets, camp gear, coins, fobs, glass vessels, horse gear, identification discs, insignia, jewelry, knives, longarms, medical equipment, musical instruments, pistols, pottery, seals, sutler tokens, tobacciana, and tools. It's a must-have for everyone who studies or collects America's material culture.
Download or read book The Illustrated Directory of Uniforms Weapons and Equipment of the Civil War written by David Miller and published by Salamander Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging display of artifacts from the Civil War will be an essential reference for collectors of military paraphernalia, wargamers, and anyone interested in military history. Weapons and uniforms of both the North and South have been photographed in vivid color for this book. Experts at West Point Military Academy and other military history establishments approved the carefully researched and specially commissioned artwork of uniformed figures that appear in this directory. Find superb photos of rifles, muskets, and handguns, ammunition, swords, bayonets, artillery pieces and shells, as well as badges of rank, medals, belt buckles and uniforms.
Download or read book Relics of War written by Jennifer Raab and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a single haunting image tells a story about violence, mourning, and memory In 1865, Clara Barton traveled to the site of the notorious Confederate prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, where she endeavored to name the missing and the dead. The future founder of the American Red Cross also collected their relics—whittled spoons, woven reed plates, a piece from the prison’s “dead line,” a tattered Bible—and brought them back to her Missing Soldiers Office in Washington, DC, presenting them to politicians, journalists, and veterans’ families before having them photographed together in an altar-like arrangement. Relics of War reveals how this powerful image, produced by Mathew Brady, opens a window into the volatile relationship between suffering, martyrdom, and justice in the wake of the Civil War. Jennifer Raab shows how this photograph was a crucial part of Barton’s efforts to address the staggering losses of a war in which nearly half of the dead were unnamed and from which bodies were rarely returned home for burial. The Andersonville relics gave form to these absent bodies, offered a sacred site for grief and devotion, mounted an appeal on behalf of the women and children left behind, and testified to the crimes of war. The story of the photograph illuminates how military sacrifice was racialized as political reconciliation began, and how the stories of Black soldiers and communities were silenced. Richly illustrated, Relics of War vividly demonstrates how one photograph can capture a precarious moment in history, serving as witness, advocate, evidence, and memory.
Download or read book Herbert s Illustrated History of the Civil War in America written by George B. Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frank Leslie s Illustrated History of the Civil War written by Frank Leslie and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 600 pictures ... reproduced from the original cuts made by Frank Leslie's war artists.
Download or read book Identification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War written by Larry B. Maier and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-10-24 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an iconic symbol of the American GI, the dog tag has gained considerable cultural recognition. This book returns to the origins of the dog tag with an in-depth look at all 49 styles of Civil War era Union identification discs, including detailed photographs and histories for individual discs as well as a general history of the origin and production of identification discs. This work also provides a general guide to the authentication of identification discs for use by collectors.
Download or read book Civil War Artifacts written by Howard R. Crouch and published by North South Trader's Civil War. This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
