Author: United States. Army. Department of the SouthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Report of Major General Meade's Military Operations and Administration of Civil Affairs in the Third Military District and Dep't of the South, for the Year 1868, with Accompanying Documents
Author: United States. Army. Department of the SouthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Senate Documents
Author: United States SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Searching for George Gordon Meade
Author: Tom HuntingtonPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811708136
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A historian's investigation of the life and times of Gen. George Gordon Meade to discover why the hero of Gettysburg has failed to achieve the status accorded to other generals of the conflict.
John Brown Gordon
Author: Ralph Lowell EckertPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 080716495X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
John Brown Gordon’s career of prominent public service spanned four of America’s most turbulent decades. Born in Upson County, Georgia, in 1832, Gordon practiced law in Atlanta and, in the years immediately preceding the Civil War, developed coal mines in northwest Georgia. In 1861, he responded to the Confederate call to arms by raising a company of volunteers. His subsequent rise from captain to corps commander was unmatched in the Army of Northern Virginia. He emerged from the Civil War as one of the South’s most respected generals, and the reputation that Gordon earned while “wearing the gray” significantly influenced almost every aspect of his life during the next forty years. After the Civil War, Gordon drifted into politics. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2873 and quickly established himself as a spokesman for Georgia and for the South as a whole. He eloquently defended the integrity of southern whites while fighting to restore home rule. In addition to safeguarding and promoting southern interests, Gordon strove to replace sectional antagonisms with a commitment to building a stronger, more unified nation. His efforts throughout his post-war career contributed significantly to the process of national reconciliation. Even in the wake of charges of corruption that surrounded his resignation from the Senate in 1880, Gordon remained an extremely popular man in the South. He engaged in a variety of speculative business ventures, served as governor of Georgia, and returned for another term in the Senate before he retired permanently from public office. He devoted his final years to lecture tours, to serving as commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and to writing his memoirs, Reminiscences of the Civil War. Utilizing newspapers, scattered manuscript collections, and official records, Ralph Eckert presents a critical biography of Gordon that analyzes all areas of his career. As one of the few Confederates to command a corps without the benefit of previous military training, Gordon provides a fascinating example of a Civil War citizen-soldier. Equally interesting, however, were Gordon’s postwar activities and the often conflicting responsibilities that he felt as a southerner and an American. The contributions that Gordon made to Georgia, to the South, and to the United States during this period are arguably as important as any of his career.
Atlanta, Cradle of the New South
Author: William A. LinkPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146960776X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath
Report of Major General Meade's
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781331328384
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Excerpt from Report of Major General Meade's: Military Operations and Administration of Civil Affairs in the Third Military District and Dep't of the South, for the Year 1868, With Accompanying Documents General: - I herewith transmit, for the information of the General-in-Chief, a brief abstract of the operations under my command, whilst in charge of the late Third Military District, and subsequently in command of the Department of the South. War Department, General Orders, No. 104, of date December 28, 1867, assigned me to the command of the Third Military District, and on the 6th of January, 1868, I assumed the command with the Headquarters in this city. The Third Military District at that time, consisted of the States of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. The condition of affairs was simply as follows: In the State of Georgia, a Convention elected under the Reconstruction Laws, was in session in Atlanta, but hampered and embarrassed for want of funds. In Alabama, a Convention had met, framed a Constitution, nominated a ticket for State officers, and adjourned. In Florida an election had been held for members of a Convention, but the body did not meet, under the orders of my predecessor, till the 20th of January. It is impossible in a report of this kind to give all the various questions and their details, which arose and were adjusted by my action; but as by the provisions of the Reconstruction Laws, from whence my authority emanated, the power of disapproving my acts was vested in the General-in-Chief of the Army, I from the first, before taking action in any important matter, laid before that officer my views and proposed course. I have therefore deemed it best to append to this report, as part of it, a full file of the telegrams between the Headquarters of the Army and myself; and it is with great pride and satisfaction I refer to the same, as they will show that it was rarely that the General-in-Chief was called on to overrule my judgment. I shall confine myself in this report to the briefest allusion to the special points to which I wish to incite particular attention. One of the first questions that presented itself to my action, was the financial difficulty in the Georgia Convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
REPORT OF MAJOR GENERAL MEADES
Author: George Gordon 1815-1872 MeadePublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781371568948
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
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Report of Major General Meade's Military Operations and Administration of Civil Affairs in the Third Military District and Dep't of the South, for the Year 1868, with Accompanying Documents
Author: United States Army Dept of the SouthPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781341514913
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.
Documents Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States with Other Countries During the Years from 1809 to 1898
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
A collected set of congressional documents of the 11th to the 55th Congress, messages of the Presidents of the United States, and correspondence of the State Dept. Many of these pamphlets have been catalogued separately under their respective headings.