Author: Alonzo Leighton BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
History of the Fourth Regiment of Minnesota Infantry Volunteers During the Great Rebellion, 1861-65
Author: Alonzo L. BrownPublisher:
ISBN: 9780832847011
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
History of the Fourth Regiment of Minnesota Infantry Volunteers During the Great Rebellion
Author: Alonzo Leighton BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Minnesota infantry. 4th reg't
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Bibliotheca Americana, 1893
Author: Clarke, firm, booksellers, CincinnatiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Fight for the Yazoo, August 1862-July 1864
Author: Myron J. Smith, Jr.Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786491108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Following the loss of the CSS Arkansas in early August 1862, Union and Confederate eyes turned to the Yazoo River, which formed the developing northern flank for the South's fortress at Vicksburg, Mississippi. For much of the next year, Federal efforts to capture the citadel focused on possession of that stream. Huge battles and mighty expeditions were launched (Chickasaw Bayou, Yazoo Pass, Steele's Bayou) from that direction, but the city, guarded by stout defenses, swamps, and motivated defenders, could not be turned. Finally, Union troops ran down the Mississippi and came up from the south and the river defenses and the bastion itself were taken from the east. From July 1863 to August 1864, sporadic Confederate resistance necessitated continued Federal attention. This book recounts the whole story.
Genealogical Material and Local Histories in the St. Louis Public Library
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865: History of the organization and services of Minnesota troops. 1st ed.] 1890
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Author: Minnesota. Board of Commissioners on Publication of History of Minnesota in Civil and Indian WarsPublisher:
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Inglorious Passages
Author: Brian Steel WillsPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700625089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died in the Civil War, two-thirds, by some estimates, were felled by disease; untold others were lost to accidents, murder, suicide, sunstroke, and drowning. Meanwhile thousands of civilians in both the north and south perished—in factories, while caught up in battles near their homes, and in other circumstances associated with wartime production and supply. These “inglorious passages,” no less than the deaths of soldiers in combat, devastated the armies in the field and families and communities at home. Inglorious Passages for the first time gives these noncombat deaths due consideration. In letters, diaries, obituaries, and other accounts, eminent Civil War historian Brian Steel Wills finds the powerful and poignant stories of fatal accidents and encounters and collateral civilian deaths that occurred in the factories and fields of the Union and the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. Wills retrieves these stories from obscurity and the cold calculations of statistics to reveal the grave toll these losses exacted on soldiers and civilians, families and society. In its intimate details and its broad scope, his book demonstrates that for those who served and those who supported them, noncombat fatalities were as significant as battle deaths in impressing the full force of the American Civil War on the people called upon to live through it. With the publication of Inglorious Passages, those who paid the supreme sacrifice, regardless of situation or circumstance, will at last be included in the final tabulation of the nation’s bloodiest conflict.
Early Struggles for Vicksburg
Author: Timothy B. SmithPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700633243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
In Early Struggles for Vicksburg, Timothy Smith covers the first phase of the Vicksburg campaign (October 1862–July 1863), involving perhaps the most wide-ranging and complex series of efforts seen in the entire campaign. The operations that took place from late October to the end of December 1862 covered six states, consisted of four intertwined mini-campaigns, and saw the involvement of everything from cavalry raids to naval operations in addition to pitched land battles in Ulysses S. Grant’s first attempts to reach Vicksburg. This fall/winter campaign that marked the first of the major efforts to reach Vicksburg was the epitome of the by-the-book concepts of military theory of the day. But the first major Union attempts to capture Vicksburg late in 1862 were also disjointed, unorganized, and spread out across a wide spectrum. The Confederates were thus able to parry each threat, although Grant, in his newly assumed position as commander of the Department of the Tennessee, learned from his mistakes and revised his methods in later operations, leading eventually to the fall of Vicksburg. It was war done the way academics would want it done, but Grant figured out quickly that the books did not always have the answers, and he adapted his approach thereafter. Smith comprehensively weaves the Mississippi Central, Chickasaw Bayou, Van Dorn Raid, and Forrest Raid operations into a chronological narrative while illustrating the combination of various branches and services such as army movements, naval operations, and cavalry raids. Early Struggles for Vicksburg is accordingly the first comprehensive academic book ever to examine the Mississippi Central/Chickasaw Bayou campaign and is built upon hundreds of soldier-level sources. Massive in research and scope, this book covers everything from the top politicians and generals down to the individual soldiers, as well as civilians and slaves making their way to freedom, while providing analysis of contemporary military theory to explain why the operations took the form they did.
Battle Hymns
Author: Christian McWhirterPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807882623
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Music was everywhere during the Civil War. Tunes could be heard ringing out from parlor pianos, thundering at political rallies, and setting the rhythms of military and domestic life. With literacy still limited, music was an important vehicle for communicating ideas about the war, and it had a lasting impact in the decades that followed. Drawing on an array of published and archival sources, Christian McWhirter analyzes the myriad ways music influenced popular culture in the years surrounding the war and discusses its deep resonance for both whites and blacks, South and North. Though published songs of the time have long been catalogued and appreciated, McWhirter is the first to explore what Americans actually said and did with these pieces. By gauging the popularity of the most prominent songs and examining how Americans used them, McWhirter returns music to its central place in American life during the nation's greatest crisis. The result is a portrait of a war fought to music.
Catalog, 1903
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description