Author: Charles H. KirkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Author: Charles H. KirkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental histories
Author: Frederick Henry DyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
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Three Years in the Bloody Eleventh
Author: Joseph GibbsPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271021669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
A Look Inside The trials & tribulations of one of the Civil War's most battle-tested units.
History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865
Author: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Legends, Labors & Loves: William Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909
Author: Publisher: Pikes Peak Library District
ISBN: 1567352626
Category : Colorado Springs (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Everyone in Colorado Springs knows General William Jackson Palmer?ask any child and they?ll tell you "he?s the man on the horse!" Ask an adult and they may add that city streets, a park and a school are named after him. But who was he? Perhaps more knowledgeable citizens would tell you, "General Palmer was the founder of Colorado Springs," or "He was the president of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad," and others would declare, "He was a decorated Union soldier.""Who was he?," or "who was she," is frequently answered by recounting the individual?s accomplishments in life. Some people have long r?sum?s listing their incredible successes. Others are well known for their failures. There are some residents of the Pikes Peak Region who know William Jackson Palmer as a husband to Queen Mellen Palmer; a father to Elsie, Dorothy and Marjory; and a friend to everyone in the community. Still others would tell you that he was an environmentalist, a pacifist, and an entrepreneur. The second annual Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, William Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909: Legends, Labors & Loves, endeavored to answer the question, "Who was William Jackson Palmer?" The day-long symposium on June 4, 2005, compared the man of myth with his life?s undertakings, as well as with what is known about his personal relationships. More complex questions come about when reconciling Palmer as a Union army soldier and spy with his Quaker upbringing; reconciling the massive manpower required to build Palmer?s western railroad and mining empires with his reputation as man of benevolence; and reconciling Palmer?s love for Colorado Springs with his intercontinental romance with his wife Mary Lincoln Mellen "Queen" Palmer. This "Palmer Paradox" intrigued Chris Nicholl, historian in Special Collections at Pikes Peak Library District, who cochairs the Symposium Planning Committee with Calvin P. Otto. Chris and Cal assembled many research talents of the region to attempt to reveal this man of Glen Eyrie. This book, Legends, Labors & Loves: William Jackson Palmer, 1836-1909, contains the keys to the many doors in Palmer?s own castle?his personal life. However, there still are rooms, private and concealed, which no one can ever enter. This "unauthorized biography" of a truly remarkable and modest man will open every reader?s eyes to a new view of William Jackson Palmer. There is no scandal, nor is there deception. However, in these pages you will not only find integrity, leadership, and compassion, but you will also witness Palmer?s tenacious conviction, strength, and shrewdness?just how one imagines a true "founding father."
History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5
Author: Samuel Penniman BatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 1354
Book Description
The Little Regiment
Author: Stephen CraneArmor-cavalry: Army National Guard
Author: Mary Lee StubbsThe Young Volunteer
Author: Joseph Edgar CrowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions
Author: Eric J. WittenbergPublisher: Grub Street Publishers
ISBN: 1611210712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
An award-winning historical study of the important role played by Union and Confederate horse soldiers on the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. The Union army’s victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863, is widely considered to have been the turning point in America’s War between the States. But the valuable contributions of the mounted troops, both Northern and Rebel, in the decisive three-day conflict have gone largely unrecognized. Acclaimed Civil War historian Eric J. Wittenberg now gives the cavalries their proper due. In Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions, Wittenberg explores three important mounted engagements undertaken during the battle and how they influenced the final outcome. The courageous but doomed response by Brig. Gen. Elon J. Farnsworth’s cavalry brigade in the wake of Pickett’s Charge is recreated in fascinating detail, revealing the fatal flaws in the general’s plan to lead his riders against entrenched Confederate infantry and artillery. The tenacious assault led by Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt on South Cavalry Field is also examined, as is the strategic victory at Fairfield by Southern troops that nearly destroyed the Sixth US Cavalry and left Hagerstown Road open, enabling General Lee’s eventual retreat. Winner of the prestigious Bachelder-Coddington Award for historical works concerning the Battle of Gettysburg, Eric J. Wittenberg’s Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions rights a long-standing wrong by lifting these all-important engagements out of obscurity. A must-read for Civil War buffs everywhere, it completes the story of the battle that changed American history forever.