Author: Kentucky Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society
Author: Kentucky Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Author: Kentucky Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Register of Kentucky State Historical Society
Author: Kentucky Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky
Author: Kentucky State Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Author: Kentucky Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Historical Documentary Editions 1993
Author: Teacher of Civil War Generals
Author: Allen H. MeschPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476620385
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
From West Point to Fort Donelson, General Charles Ferguson Smith was a soldier's soldier. He served at the U.S. Military Academy from 1829 to 1842 as Instructor of Tactics, Adjutant to the Superintendent and Commandant of Cadets. During his 42-year career he was a teacher, mentor and role model for many cadets who became prominent Civil War generals, and he was admired by such former students as Grant, Halleck, Longstreet and Sherman. Smith set an example for junior officers in the Mexican War, leading his light battalion to victories and earning three field promotions. He served with Albert Sidney Johnston and other future Confederate officers in the Mormon War. He mentored Grant while serving with him during the Civil War, and helped turn the tide at Fort Donelson, which led to Grant's rise to fame. He attained the rank of major general, while refusing political favors and ignoring the press. Drawing on never before published letters and journals, this long overdue biography reveals Smith as a faithful officer, excellent disciplinarian, able commander and modest gentleman.
Historical Documentary Editions
Author: The Guide to Kentucky Archival and Manuscript Repositories
Author: Kentucky. Public Records DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Mr. Polk's Army
Author: Richard Bruce WindersPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585441624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Drawing on numerous diaries, journals, and reminiscences, Richard Bruce Winders presents the daily life of soldiers at war; links the army to the society that produced it; shares his impressions of the soldiers he "met" along the way; and concludes that American participants in the Mexican War shared a common experience, no matter their rank or place of service. Taking a "new" military history approach, Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War examines the cultural, social, and political aspects of the regular and volunteer forces that made up the army of 1846-48, presents the organizational framework of the army, and introduces the different styles of leadership exhibited by Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.