Author: Alfred RomanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865
Author: Alfred RomanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
The Military Operations of General Beauregard in the War Between the States, 1861 to 1865
Author: Alfred RomanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Southern Hero
Author: Samuel J. MartinPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811753573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
As a member of a distinguished South Carolina family, Matthew Calbraith Butler led a most interesting life. His cavalry service during the Civil War saw him rise from regimental captain to major general in command of a division. He began the war with Jeb Stuart and participated in all of his early campaigns. Butler was wounded in the battle at Brandy Station and lost his foot as a result, but he returned to duty and the battles outside of Richmond in 1864, then hurried South to resist Sherman's advance into South Carolina. Unlike many other Confederate generals, Butler remained influential after the War. He served in the U.S. Senate for eighteen years, oversaw the end of Reconstruction in South Carolina, and was a major general during the Spanish-American War.
Chinese Gordon, a Succinct Record of His Life
Author: Archibald ForbesEngineering in the Confederate Heartland
Author: Larry J. DanielPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807178314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
While engineers played a critical role in the performance of both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, few historians have examined their experiences or impact. Larry J. Daniel’s Engineering in the Confederate Heartland fills a gap in that historiography by analyzing the accomplishments of these individuals working for the Confederacy in the vast region between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, commonly referred to as the Western Theater. Though few in number, the members of the western engineer corps were vital in implementing Confederate strategy and tactics. Most Confederate engineers possessed little to no military training, transitioning from the civilian tasks of water drainage, railroad construction, and land surveys to overseeing highly technical war-related projects. Their goal was simple in mission but complex in implementation: utilize their specialized skills to defeat, or at least slow, the Union juggernaut. The geographical diversity of the Heartland further complicated their charge. The expansive area featured elevations reaching over six thousand feet, sandstone bluffs cut by running valleys on the Cumberland Plateau, the Nashville basin’s thick cedar glades and rolling farmland, and the wind-blown silt soil of the Loess Plains of the Mississippi Valley. Regardless of the topography, engineers encountered persistent flooding in all sectors. Daniel’s study challenges the long-held thesis that the area lacked adept professionals. Engineers’ expertise and labor, especially in the construction of small bridges and the laying of pontoons, often proved pivotal. Lacking sophisticated equipment and technical instruments, they nonetheless achieved numerous successes: the Union army never breached the defenses at Vicksburg or Atlanta, and by late 1864, the Army of Tennessee boasted a pontoon train sufficient to span the Tennessee River. Daniel uncovers these and other essential contributions to the war effort made by the Confederacy’s western engineers.
Democratic Government
Author: Albert StickneyPublisher: New York : Harper
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Biennial Report of the Librarian of the State Library for the Fiscal Years Ending October 31 ... and ..., and ... Biennial Supplement to the General Catalogue
Author: Indiana State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The Nation
Author: The Civil War in Louisiana
Author: John D. WintersPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807117255
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
This comprehensive history fills an important gap in the story of the Civil War. Too often the war waged west of the Mississippi River has been given short shrift by historians and scholars, who have tended to focus their attention on the great battles east of the river. This book looks in detail at the military operations that occurred in Louisiana—most of them minor skirmishes, but some of them battles and campaigns of major importance. The Civil War in Louisiana begins with the first talk of secession in the state and ends with the last tragic days of the war. John D. Winters describes with great fervor and detail such events as the fall of Confederate New Orleans and the burning of Alexandria. In addition to military action, Winters discusses the political, economic, and social aspects of the war in Louisiana. His accounts of battles and the men who waged them provide a fuller story of Louisiana in the Civil War than has ever before been told.
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