Author: Publisher: Gale Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
National Celebration of Union Victories
Author: Publisher: Gale Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Gettysburg Address
Author: Abraham LincolnPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504080246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
The complete text of one of the most important speeches in American history, delivered by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln arrived at the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to remember not only the grim bloodshed that had just occurred there, but also to remember the American ideals that were being put to the ultimate test by the Civil War. A rousing appeal to the nation’s better angels, The Gettysburg Address remains an inspiring vision of the United States as a country “conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
The Vicksburg Campaign
Author: Ulysses S. GrantPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781519428028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In the 19th century, one of the surest ways to rise to prominence in American society was to be a war hero, like Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison. But few would have predicted such a destiny for Hiram Ulysses Grant, who had been a career soldier with little experience in combat and a failed businessman when the Civil War broke out in 1861. However, while all eyes were fixed on the Eastern theater at places like Manassas, Richmond, the Shenandoah Valley and Antietam, Grant went about a steady rise up the ranks through a series of successes in the West. His victory at Fort Donelson, in which his terms to the doomed Confederate garrison earned him the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant, could be considered the first major Union victory of the war, and Grant's fame and rank only grew after that at battlefields like Shiloh and Vicksburg. Along the way, Grant nearly fell prey to military politics and the belief that he was at fault for the near defeat at Shiloh, but President Lincoln famously defended him, remarking, "I can't spare this man. He fights." Lincoln's steadfastness ensured that Grant's victories out West continued to pile up, and after Vicksburg and Chattanooga, Grant had effectively ensured Union control of the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, as well as the entire Mississippi River. At the beginning of 1864, Lincoln put him in charge of all federal armies, and he led the Army of the Potomac against Robert E. Lee in the Overland campaign, the siege of Petersburg, and famously, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox. Although Grant was instrumental in winning the war and eventually parlayed his fame into two terms in the White House, his legacy and accomplishments are still the subjects of heavy debate today. His presidency is remembered mostly due to rampant fraud within his Administration, although he was never personally accused of wrongdoing, and even his victories in the Civil War have been countered by charges that he was a butcher. Like the other American Legends, much of Grant's personal life has been eclipsed by the momentous battles and events in which he participated, from Fort Donelson to the White House.
Lincoln's Greatest Speech
Author: Ronald C. WhitePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743299620
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In the tradition of Wills's "Lincoln at Gettysburg, Lincoln's Greatest Speech" combines impeccable scholarship and lively, engaging writing to reveal the full meaning of one of the greatest speeches in the nation's history.
Reply of Hon. William D. Kelley to George Northrop, Esq
Author: William Darrah KelleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Campaign literature
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Subject Catalogue
Author: United States. War Dept. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: US Army Military History Research CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Special Bibliography - US Army Military History Research Collection
Author: US Army Military History Research CollectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Military Literature in the War Department Library
Author: United States. War Department. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Military Literature in the War Department Library
Author: United States. War Dept. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description