Author: Frederick Milnes EdgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
An Englishman's View of the Battle Between the Alabama and the Kearsarge
Author: Frederick Milnes EdgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
An Englishman's View of the Battle Between the Alabama and the Kearsarge
Author: Frederick Milnes EdgePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484814119
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Excerpt from An Englishman's View of the Battle Between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel on Sunday, June 19th, 1864 U. S. S. S. Kearsarge, off dover, July 13, 18645. M. Edge, esq., london, M y Dear Sir I have read the proof Sheets of your pamphlet entitled The Alabama and the Kearsarge - An Account Of the Naval Engage ment in the British Channel on Sunday, June 19, 1864. I can fully endorse the pamphlet as giving a fair, unvarnished statement of all the facts, both prior and subsequent to the engagement. With my best Wishes, I remain, With feelings of obligation. 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.
The Alabama and the Kearsarge
Author: William MarvelPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807866903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
On June 19, 1864, the Confederate cruiser Alabama and the USS Kearsarge faced off in the English Channel outside the French port of Cherbourg. About an hour after the Alabama fired the first shot, it began to sink, and its crew was forced to wave the white flag of surrender. Working with personal papers and diaries and contemporary reports, historian William Marvel interweaves the stories of these two celebrated Civil War warships, from their construction to their climactic encounter off Cherbourg. Just as importantly, he illuminates the day-to-day experiences of their crews. From cabin boys to officers, sailors have been one of the most ignored groups of the Civil War. The sailors' lot was one of constant discomfort and monotony, interspersed with riotous frolics ashore and, occasionally, a few minutes of intense excitement and danger. Housed in damp, crowded quarters, their wartime mortality rate did not reach that of their army counterparts, but service-connected diseases shortened their postwar lives disproportionately. Most of the crewmen ended their lives in nameless obscurity, and their story has remained unwritten until now.
Kidnapped at Sea
Author: Andrew SillenPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421449528
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The true story of David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor enslaved on the high seas during the Civil War, whose life story was falsely and intentionally appropriated to advance the Lost Cause trope of a contented slave, happy and safe in servility. David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama on October 9, 1862, from the Philadelphia-based packet ship Tonawanda. White remained captive on the Alabama for over 600 days, until he drowned during the Battle of Cherbourg on June 19, 1864. In a best-selling postwar memoir, Semmes falsely described White as a contented slave who remained loyal to the Confederacy. In Kidnapped at Sea, archaeologist Andrew Sillen uses a forensic approach to describe White's enslavement and demise and illustrates how White's actual life belies the Lost Cause narrative his captors sought to construct. Kidnapped at Sea is the first book to focus on White's actual life, rather than relying on Semmes and other secondary sources. Until now, Semmes's appropriation of White's life has escaped scrutiny, thereby demonstrating the challenges faced by disempowered, illiterate people—and how well-crafted, racist fabrications have become part of Civil War memory.
British Comment on the United States
Author: Ada NisbetPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520915824
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
This bibliography of more than three thousand entries, often extensively annotated, lists books and pamphlets that illuminate evolving British views on the United States during a period of great change on both sides of the Atlantic. Subjects addressed in various decades include slavery and abolitionism, women's rights, the Civil War, organized labor, economic, cultural, and social behavior, political and religious movements, and the "American" character in general.
Naval History. Civil War, 1861-65
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
An Englishman's View of the Battle Between the Alabama and the Kearsarge An Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel, on Sunday June 19th, 1864
Author: Frederick Milnes EdgeAn Englishman's View of the Battle Between the Alabama and the Kearsarge an Account of the Naval Engagement in the British Channel, on Sunday June 19th, 1864
Author: Edge Frederick MilnesPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781318008032
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Writings on American History
Author: Performing Disunion
Author: Lawrence T. McDonnellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 131688497X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
This book traces how and why the secession of the South during the American Civil War was accomplished at ground level through the actions of ordinary men. Adopting a micro-historical approach, Lawrence T. McDonnell works to connect small events in new ways - he places one company of the secessionist Minutemen in historical context, exploring the political and cultural dynamics of their choices. Every chapter presents little-known characters whose lives and decisions were crucial to the history of Southern disunion. McDonnell asks readers to consider the past with fresh eyes, analyzing the structure and dynamics of social networks and social movements. He presents the dissolution of the Union through new events, actors, issues, and ideas, illuminating the social contradictions that cast the South's most conservative city as the radical heart of Dixie.