Author: Illinois artillery. 1st reg't. 1861-1865. Battery B.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belmont (Mo.), Battle of, 1861
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Reunions of Taylor's Battery
Author: Illinois artillery. 1st reg't. 1861-1865. Battery B.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belmont (Mo.), Battle of, 1861
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Reunions of Taylor's Battery, 18th Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Donelson, February 14, 1880
Author: Illinois Artillery 1st Reg't 1861-18Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021491589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is a detailed account of the reunions of Taylor's Battery, held in commemoration of the 18th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Donelson. Including speeches, letters, and reminiscences from those who fought in the famous battle, the book provides a fascinating glimpse into the experiences of these courageous soldiers. Whether you're interested in military history, American history, or simply the stories of the men who fought for their country, this book is an essential resource. 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 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. 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.
Reunions of Taylor's Battery, 18th Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Donelson, February 14, 1880
Author: United States. Army. Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Battery B.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belmont, Battle of, Belmont, Mo., 1861
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Chicago's Battery Boys
Author: Richard Brady WilliamsPublisher: Grub Street Publishers
ISBN: 1611210062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
The history of an artillery unit and its role in the Civil War, at Vicksburg and beyond, with photos, maps, and illustrations. The celebrated Chicago Mercantile Battery was organized by the Mercantile Association, a group of prominent Chicago merchants, and mustered into service in August of 1862. The Chicagoans would serve in many of the Western theater’s most prominent engagements until the war ended in the spring of 1865. The battery accompanied Gen. William T. Sherman during his operations against Vicksburg as part of the XIII Corps under Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith. The artillerists performed well throughout the campaign at such places as Chickasaw Bluff, Port Gibson, Champion Hill, Big Black River, and the siege operations of Vicksburg. Ancillary operations included the reduction of Arkansas Post, Fort Hindman, Milliken’s Bend, Jackson, and many others. After reporting to Gen. Nathaniel Banks, commander of the Department of the Gulf, the Chicago battery transferred to New Orleans and ended up taking part in Banks’s disastrous Red River Campaign in Louisiana. The battery was almost wiped out at Sabine Crossroads, where it was overrun after hand-to-hand fighting. Almost two dozen battery men ended up in Southern prisons. Additional operations included expeditions against railroads and other military targets. Chicago’s Battery Boys is based upon many years of primary research and extensive travel by the author through Illinois, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Richard Williams skillfully weaves contemporary accounts by the artillerists themselves into a rich and powerful narrative that is sure to please the most discriminating Civil War reader. “Measures up to the standard of excellence set for this genre by the late John P. Pullen back in 1957 when he authored The Twentieth Maine: A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War.” —Edwin C. Bearss, from the Foreword
The Battle of Belmont
Author: Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr.Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807866814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The battle of Belmont was the first battle in the western theater of the Civil War and, more importantly, the first battle of the war fought by Ulysses S. Grant. It set a pattern for warfare not only in the Mississippi Valley but at Fort Donelson and Shiloh as well. Grant's 7 November 1861 strike against the Southern forces at Belmont, in southeastern Missouri on the Mississippi River, made use of the newly outfitted Yankee timberclads and all the infantry available at the staging area in Cairo, Illinois. The Confederates, led by Leonidas Polk and Gideon Pillow, had the advantages of position and superior numbers. They hoped to smash Grant's expeditionary force on the Missouri shore and cut off the escape of the Illinois and Iowa troops from their boats. The confrontation was a bloody, all-day fight that a veteran of a dozen major battles would later call "frightful to contemplate." At first successful, the Federals were eventually driven from the field and withdrew up the Mississippi to safety. The battle cost some twenty percent of his troops, but as a result of this engagement Grant became known as an audacious fighting general. Using diaries and letters of participants, official documents, and contemporary newspaper accounts, Nathaniel Hughes provides the only full-length tactical study of the battle that catapulted Grant into prominence. Throughout the narrative, Hughes draws sketches of the lives and fates of individual soldiers who fought on both sides, especially of the colorful and enormously dissimilar principal actors, Grant and Polk.
War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War College Division, General Staff
Author: To Rescue My Native Land
Author: William T. ShepherdPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572334427
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
"In his new capacity as a rear-area soldier, Shepherd had the opportunity to interact with local civilians. Because of these experiences, Shepherd came to view the South's citizens as more than battlefield abstractions, and his understanding of the occupied South grew increasingly nuanced."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography of State Participation in the Civil War 1861-1866 ...
Author: United States. War Department. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
Book Description
Military Literature in the War Department Library Relating Chiefly to the Participation of the Individual States in the War for the Union
Author: United States. War Department. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Life and Wars of Gideon J. Pillow
Author: Nathaniel Cheairs HughesPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807821077
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Commonly portrayed in Civil War literature as a bungling general who disgraced himself at Fort Donelson, Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806-78) is one of the most controversial military figures of nineteenth-century America. In this first full-length biography,