Author: Edward Parsons TobiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865
Author: Edward Parsons TobiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1272
Book Description
History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865
Author: Edward Parsons TobiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Eight companies of the First D.C. Cavalry were recruited in Maine and later incorporated with the First Maine Cavalry.
History of the First - Tenth - Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment
Author: John Mead GouldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Recruited as the 1st Maine infantry in the spring of 1861; reorganized as the 10th infantry, Oct. 1861 for two and three-year terms. "The two-years men were mustered out ... May ... 1863 and the remaining men consolidated into a battalion (10th) ... transferred to the 29th Maine vols. Nov. 1, '63"--Official army register of volunteers. v. 1, p. 29. Not actually consolidated til May 1864.
Maine at Gettysburg
Author: Maine. Gettysburg CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
"It will be found to contain principally an account of the monuments erected by the State of Maine on the Gettysburg Battlefield ... ; a full description of each monument, accompanied with half-tone pictures; the exercises attending their dedication; a statement of the part taken by each of the fifteen regiments, battalions, batteries, or other commands of Maine troops, illustrated with maps and diagrams; a list of participants in each command, with casualties in the same; a list of Maine generals, and staff and other officers additional to Maine organizations; a historical sketch of each command; and a brief summary of the work of the committee"--Preface.
Cavalry Tactics; Or Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movements of the Cavalry of the Army and Volunteers of the United States
Author: Philip St. George CookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bugle calls
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Maine Bugle
Author: My Recollections of the War of the Rebellion
Author: William Berry LaphamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Thirty-second Maine Regiment Of Infantry Volunteers
Author: Henry Clarence Houston (1847-)Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016635431
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865
Author: Edward Parsons TobiePublisher:
ISBN: 9781462209125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 887
Book Description
Hardcover reprint of the original 1887 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Tobie, Edward P. (Edward Parsons) . History Of The First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Tobie, Edward P. (Edward Parsons) . History Of The First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865, . Boston, Press Of Emery & Hughes, 1887. Subject: United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st 1861865
For Cause and Comrades
Author: James M. McPhersonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199741050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, over and over again, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful years ? Why did the conventional wisdom -- that soldiers become increasingly cynical and disillusioned as war progresses -- not hold true in the Civil War? It is to this question--why did they fight--that James McPherson, America's preeminent Civil War historian, now turns his attention. He shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. Motivated by duty and honor, and often by religious faith, these men wrote frequently of their firm belief in the cause for which they fought: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. Soldiers on both sides harkened back to the Founding Fathers, and the ideals of the American Revolution. They fought to defend their country, either the Union--"the best Government ever made"--or the Confederate states, where their very homes and families were under siege. And they fought to defend their honor and manhood. "I should not lik to go home with the name of a couhard," one Massachusetts private wrote, and another private from Ohio said, "My wife would sooner hear of my death than my disgrace." Even after three years of bloody battles, more than half of the Union soldiers reenlisted voluntarily. "While duty calls me here and my country demands my services I should be willing to make the sacrifice," one man wrote to his protesting parents. And another soldier said simply, "I still love my country." McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also uncensored by military authorities, and are uniquely frank in their criticism and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between officers and men, political debates, and morale. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war. Battle Cry of Freedom, McPherson's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." For Cause and Comrades deserves similar accolades, as McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words combine to create both an important book on an often-overlooked aspect of our bloody Civil War, and a powerfully moving account of the men who fought it.