Author: Pennsylvania artillery. Philadelphia graysPublisher:
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Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Philadelphia Grays' Collection of Official Reports of Brigadier-General George Cadwalader's Services During the Campaign of 1847, in Mexico
Author: Pennsylvania artillery. Philadelphia graysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Philadelphia Grays' Collection of Official Reports of Brigadier-General George Cadwalader's Services During the Campaign of 1847 in Mexico
Author: Army (United States of America). Artillery. Artillery Corps of Philadelphia GraysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Philadelphia Grays' Collection of Official Reports of Brigadier-General George Cadwalader's Services During the Campaign of 1847, in Mexico
Author: Pennsylvania Artillery PhiladelphiaPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020754418
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This fascinating historical document offers a detailed account of the services rendered by Brigadier-General George Cadwalader during the American campaign in Mexico. Compiled by members of the Pennsylvania Artillery's famed Philadelphia Grays regiment, this collection of official reports offers a firsthand glimpse into the strategy, tactics, and triumphs of one of America's most influential military leaders. A must-read for anyone interested in American military history or the Mexican-American War! 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.
The Mexican War, 1846-1848
Author: Karl Jack BauerPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803261075
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
"Much has been written about the Mexican war, but this . . . is the best military history of that conflict. . . . Leading personalities, civilian and military, Mexican and American, are given incisive and fair evaluations. The coming of war is seen as unavoidable, given American expansion and Mexican resistance to loss of territory, compounded by the fact that neither side understood the other. The events that led to war are described with reference to military strengths and weaknesses, and every military campaign and engagement is explained in clear detail and illustrated with good maps. . . . Problems of large numbers of untrained volunteers, discipline and desertion, logistics, diseases and sanitation, relations with Mexican civilians in occupied territory, and Mexican guerrilla operations are all explained, as are the negotiations which led to war's end and the Mexican cession. . . . This is an outstanding contribution to military history and a model of writing which will be admired and emulated."-Journal of American History. K. Jack Bauer was also the author of Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest (1985) and Other Works. Robert W. Johannsen, who introduces this Bison Books edition of The Mexican War, is a professor of history at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and the author of To the Halls of Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination (1985).
A catalogue of the books belonging to the Library company of Philadelphia
Author: Library company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia: Sciences and arts
Author: A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: The Fires of Philadelphia
Author: Zachary M. SchragPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643137298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A gripping and masterful account of the moment one of America's founding cities turned on itself, giving the nation a preview of the Civil War to come. America is in a state of deep unrest, grappling with xenophobia, racial, and ethnic tension a national scale that feels singular to our time. But it also echoes the earliest anti-immigrant sentiments of the country. In 1844, Philadelphia was set aflame by a group of Protestant ideologues—avowed nativists—who were seeking social and political power rallied by charisma and fear of the immigrant menace. For these men, it was Irish Catholics they claimed would upend morality and murder their neighbors, steal their jobs, and overturn democracy. The nativists burned Catholic churches, chased and beat people through the streets, and exchanged shots with a militia seeking to reinstate order. In the aftermath, the public debated both the militia’s use of force and the actions of the mob. Some of the most prominent nativists continued their rise to political power for a time, even reaching Congress, but they did not attempt to stoke mob violence again. Today, in an America beset by polarization and riven over questions of identity and law enforcement, the 1844 Philadelphia Riots and the circumstances that caused them demand new investigation. At a time many envision America in flames, The Fires of Philadelphia shows us a city—one that embodies the founding of our country—that descended into open warfare and found its way out again.
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