Author: Benjamin Franklin ButlerPublisher:
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler
Author: Benjamin Franklin ButlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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With a Show Through Southern Africa and Personal Reminiscences of the Transvaal War
Author: Charles Du ValPublisher:
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee
Author: John William JonesThe Last Citadel
Author: Noah Andre TrudeauPublisher: Savas Publishing
ISBN: 1940669561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The revised and updated groundbreaking study of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War—from the author of Bloody Roads South. The Petersburg campaign began on June 9, 1864, and ended on April 3, 1865, when Federal troops at last entered the city. It was the longest and most costly siege ever to take place on North American soil, yet it has been overshadowed by other actions that occurred at the same time period, most notably Sherman’s famous “March to the Sea,” and Sheridan’s celebrated Shenandoah Valley campaign. The ten-month Petersburg affair witnessed many more combat actions than the other two combined, and involved an average of 170,000 soldiers, not to mention thousands of civilians who were also caught up in the maelstrom. By its bloody end, the Petersburg campaign would add more than 70,000 casualties to the war’s total. With the same dogged determination that had seen him through the terrible Overland Campaign, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant fixed his sights on the capture of Petersburg. Grant’s opponent, General Robert E. Lee, was equally determined that the “Cockade City” would not fall. Trudeau crafts this dramatic and moving story largely through the words of the men and women who were there, including officers, common soldiers, and the residents of Petersburg. What emerges is an epic account rich in human incident and adventure. Based on exhaustive research into official records and unpublished memoirs, letters, and diaries, as well as published recollections and regimental histories, The Last Citadel also includes twenty-three maps and a choice selection of drawings by on-the-spot combat artists.
The Passing of the Armies
Author: Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainPublisher:
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Category : Appomattox Campaign, 1865
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Personal Reminiscences of General Robert E. Lee
Author: J. William JonesPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765306043
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
When Robert E. Lee passed on without setting pen to paper on his memoirs, both North and South alike were deprived of a classic personal history of the War Between the States worthy to sit on the shelf next to Ulysses S.Grant's Personal Memoirs. The Reverend J. William Jones, Lee's chaplain, compiled this collection of reminiscences in its place as a memorial volume commemorating his death. Filled with correspondence with President Andrew Johnson, General Grant, and C.S.A. Generals Scott, Beauregard, and Longstreet, and personal anecdotes from Lee's wartime contemporaries such as Jubal Early, Jeb Magruder, Jefferson Davis, and Winfield Scott. What comes to light is a personal portrait of Lee as family man, gentleman, scholar, and soldier, as well as an eyewitness account of the war that threatened to tear the United States asunder, as witnessed by the South's greatest military leader. The Reverend J. William Jones, D.D., was the chaplain of the Army of Northern Virginia under the command of General Robert E. Lee and after the Civil War served as chaplain for Washington College in Virginia under Lee's presidency. It was my proud privilege to have known General Lee intimately. I saw him on that day in April, 1861, on which he came to offer his stainless sword to the land that gave him birth. I followed his standard from Harper's Ferry, in 1861, to Appomattox Court-house, in 1865, coming into somewhat frequent contact with him, rejoicing with him at his long series of brilliant victories, and weeping with him when "compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. . . . " This first attempt at authorship is sent forth with a sincere desire that it may prove acceptable to the countless admirer of the great Confederate chieftain, that it may serve to give to all a higher appreciation of his noble character, and that it may prove a blessing to the young men of the country (more especially to those who "wore the gray"), by inducing them to study, in order that they may imitate, his shining virtues.
The Reminiscences of a Marine
Author: John Archer LejeunePublisher:
ISBN: 9780892010479
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages :
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Bayonet! Forward
Author: Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Given in memory of Lt. Charles Britton Hudson, CSA & Sgt. William Henry Harrison Edge, CSA by Eugene Edge III.
Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops
Author: Susie King TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: Louise A. Arnold-FriendPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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