Author: Publisher:
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Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee
Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee
Author: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee
Author: Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Documents on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Microfilm Resources for Research
Author: United States. National Archives and Records AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Documents on microfilm
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher: National Archives & Records Administration
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Describes the kinds of population, immigration, military, and land records found in the National Archives, and shows how to use them for genealogical research.
List of National Archives Microfilm Publications, 1961
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
National Archives Microfilm Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Selected groups of our nation's records that have high research value.
For Cause and Country
Author: Eric A. JacobsonPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 194066909X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
“An up-to-date, accurate, comprehensive and lively treatment of . . . arguably one of the bloodiest five hours during the American Civil War.” —The Civil War Gazette The battles at Spring Hill and Franklin, Tennessee, in the late autumn of 1864 were watershed moments in the American Civil War. Thousands of hardened veterans and a number of recruits, as well as former West Point classmates, found themselves moving through Middle Tennessee in the last great campaign of a long and bitter war. Replete with bravery, dedication, bloodshed, and controversy, these battles led directly to the conclusion of action in the Western Theater. Spring Hill and Franklin, which were once long ignored and seldom understood, have slowly been regaining their place on the national stage. They remain one of the most compelling episodes of the Civil War. Through exhaustive research and the use of sources never before published, the stories of both battles come vividly to life in For Cause & For Country. Over 100 pages of material have been added to this new edition, including new maps and photos. The genesis and early stages of the Tennessee Campaign play out in clear and readable fashion. The lost opportunity at Spring Hill is evaluated in great detail, and the truth of what happened there is finally shown based on evidence rather than conjecture. The intricate dynamics of the Confederate high command, and especially the roles of General John Bell Hood and General Frank Cheatham, are given special attention. For Cause & For Country is “a highly complex but skillfully organized, easy-to-follow campaign narrative written in stirring fashion” (Civil War Books and Authors).
The Confederate Resurgence of 1864
Author: William MarvelPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807183040
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
William Marvel’s The Confederate Resurgence of 1864 examines a dozen understudied Confederate and Union military operations carried out during the spring of 1864 that, taken cumulatively, greatly revived white southerners’ hopes for independence. Among the pivotal moments during this period were the sinking of the USS Housatonic by the CSS Hunley; Nathan Bedford Forrest’s defeat of William Sooy Smith’s cavalry raid; and the Confederate army’s victory at Olustee, Florida. The repulse of Union advances on Dalton, Georgia; botched Union raids on Richmond; and the capture of the Union garrison in Plymouth, North Carolina, likewise suggested that the tide of fighting had turned toward the Confederate cause. These events boosted the morale of southern troops and citizens, and caused grave concerns about the war effort in the North and in the mind of Abraham Lincoln. In late 1863 and early 1864, dejection and despair prevailed in the South: Union soldiers had vanquished Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, the Confederate nation had been cut in two, Tennessee was lost, and Braxton Bragg’s army had been utterly routed at Chattanooga. Defeatism loomed in the South during the first weeks of 1864, and the ease with which William T. Sherman rampaged across Mississippi illustrated the dominance of Union forces, while Confederates’ ineffectual assault on New Bern accentuated their weakness. Yet between February 20 and April 30, southern troops enjoyed an unbroken string of successes that included turning back a concerted Union offensive during the Red River campaign as well as Forrest’s triumphant incursions into Union City, Paducah, and Fort Pillow. Aided by flawed strategy implemented by Union army officers, the achievements of Confederate forces restored hope and confidence in camp and on the southern home front. The Confederacy’s battlefield successes during the early months of 1864 remained almost unnoticed by Civil War scholars until recently and have never been investigated in detail until now. The victories invigorated southern combatants, demonstrating how abruptly the most dismal military prospects could be reversed. Without that experience, Marvel argues, the Confederates who faced Sherman and Grant in the spring of that year would certainly have displayed less ferocity and likely would have succumbed more quickly to the demoralization that ultimately led to the collapse of Confederate resistance.