Author: Whitelaw ReidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
Ohio in the War: The history of her regiments, and other military organizations
Author: Whitelaw ReidThe history of her regiments, and other military organizations
Author: Whitelaw ReidThe history of her regiments, and other military organizations
Author: Whitelaw ReidHistory of her regiments and other military organizations
Author: Whitelaw ReidAll for the Regiment
Author: Gerald J. ProkopowiczPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Despite its important role in the early years of the Civil War, the Army of the Ohio remains one of the least studied of all Union commands. With All for the Regiment, Gerald Prokopowicz deftly fills this surprising gap. He offers an engaging history of the army from its formation in 1861 to its costly triumph at Shiloh and its failure at Perryville in 1862. Prokopowicz shows how the amateur soldiers who formed the Army of the Ohio organized themselves into individual regiments of remarkable strength and cohesion. Successive commanders Robert Anderson, William T. Sherman, and Don Carlos Buell all failed to integrate those regiments into an effective organization, however. The result was a decentralized and elastic army that was easily disrupted and difficult to command--but also nearly impossible to destroy in combat. Exploring the army's behavior at minor engagements such as Rowlett's Station and Logan's Cross Roads, as well as major battles such as Shiloh and Perryville, Prokopowicz reveals how its regiment-oriented culture prevented the army from experiencing decisive results--either complete victory or catastrophic defeat--on the battlefield. Regimental solidarity was at once the Army of the Ohio's greatest strength, he argues, and its most dangerous vulnerability.
Military Literature in the War Department Library
Author: United States. War Dept. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Military Literature in the War Department Library
Author: United States. War Department. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
U.S. Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Cavalry
Author: Edwin W. BeschPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476627371
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Wilson's Wharf was the first major clash between U.S. Colored Troops and the Army of Northern Virginia. The 1st and 10th USCT infantry regiments, supported by two cannon and two U.S. Navy gunboats, faced 11 detachments of veteran Confederate cavalry who were under orders to "kill every man." Union commander General Edward Wild, a one-armed abolitionist, refused General Fitzhugh Lee's demand for surrender, telling Lee to "go to Hell." The battle resulted in a victory for the mainly black Union force. This book describes the action in detail and in the larger context of the history of black U.S. servicemen, including the British recruitment of runaway slaves during the Revolutionary War, the black Colonial Marines who joined the British in torching Washington in the War of 1812, and the South's attempts to enlist slaves in the final months of the Civil War.
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Author: United States. War Dept. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh ...
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1510
Book Description