Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Funeral music
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
General Meade's funeral march
Author: Searching for George Gordon Meade
Author: Tom HuntingtonPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811708136
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A historian's investigation of the life and times of Gen. George Gordon Meade to discover why the hero of Gettysburg has failed to achieve the status accorded to other generals of the conflict.
General Meade's Headquarters 1863~1865
Author: Colonel Theodore LymanPublisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
You will be hard-pressed to find a memoir of the American Civil War that is richer in wonderful anecdotes about Grant, Meade, Sheridan, Sherman, and a host of other prominent leaders of the war. Harvard graduate Theodore Lyman was a wealthy man from birth but in 1863, he joined the staff of General Gordon Meade in the service of the Union. It is incredibly fortunate for history that he did because he became the chronicler of the Army of the Potomac. Few men could have brought the intelligence, keen observation, wit, and engaging narrative to the task of recording what he saw around him. This collection of letters were written to his wife, Mimi and so provides a very personal, unique look at the war. You'll see a side of Meade, Grant, Sheridan, Sherman, and others that you've never seen before. "General Meade is in excellent spirits and cracks a great many jokes and tells stories." Ted Lyman was in the thick of every important action from the time he joined Meade. Lyman was a friend and cousin (by marriage) of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, portrayed in the film, "Glory." In one letter he writes, "I saw Sherman, Grant, Meade, and Sheridan, all together. A thing to speak of in after years!" He also met and describes General George Custer among others. Lyman shook hands with Robert E. Lee at his surrender and inquired after Lee's son, with whom Lyman had attended Harvard. After the war, Lyman continued his education, worked with famed scientist, Louis Agassiz, and became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Meade of Gettysburg
Author: Freeman CleavesPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806122984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
General George Gordon Meade is best known to history as the commander of the victorious Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. In his own lifetime meager credit was allotted him for his achievement at Gettysburg, for his long pursuit of General Robert E. Lee into Virginia, and for the furious marches his men were forced into both before and after Gettysburg, until final victory at Appomattox Courthouse. And since his death in 1872, frequent criticism has been meted out to him for not following up the victory his troops accomplished. In this account of Meade and his achievements, the author has attempted to sift the truth from War Office archives and records, from private and public documents, to assess fairly the value of Meade's services.
Gettysburg Wives
Author: Daniel GrossmanPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1678158275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The stories of wives and other women associated with America's greatest battle
A Field Guide to Gettysburg, Second Edition Expanded Ebook
Author: Carol ReardonPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469633353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
This special enhanced ebook edition to the newly updated A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize with the soldiers involved and the local people into whose lives and lands the battle intruded.. Both Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler are themselves experienced guides who understand what visitors to Gettysburg are interested in, but they also bring the unique perspectives of a scholar and a former army officer. Divided into three day-long tours, this newly improved and expanded edition offers important historical background and context for the reader while providing answers to six key questions: What happened here? Who fought here? Who commanded here? Who fell here? Who lived here? And what did the participants have to say about it later? With new stops, maps, soldier vignettes, and illustrations, the enhanced e-book edition of A Field Guide to Gettysburg adds more human stories to an already impressive work that remains the most comprehensive guide to the events and history of this pivotal battle of the Civil War.
Hours with My Lyre
Author: Edwin Rees RushPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funerals, 1921-1969
Author: Billy C. MossmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Funeral rites and ceremonies
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade
Author: George Gordon MeadePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description