Author: Stephen F. BlandingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Louisiana (U.S. Gunboat)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Recollections of a Sailor Boy
Author: Stephen F. BlandingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Louisiana (U.S. Gunboat)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Union Jacks
Author: Michael J. BennettPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807863246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Historians have given a great deal of attention to the lives and experiences of Civil War soldiers, but surprisingly little is known about navy sailors who participated in the conflict. Michael J. Bennett remedies the longstanding neglect of Civil War seamen in this comprehensive assessment of the experience of common Union sailors from 1861 to 1865. To resurrect the voices of the "Union Jacks," Bennett combed sailors' diaries, letters, and journals. He finds that the sailors differed from their counterparts in the army in many ways. They tended to be a rougher bunch of men than the regular soldiers, drinking and fighting excessively. Those who were not foreign-born, escaped slaves, or unemployed at the time they enlisted often hailed from the urban working class rather than from rural farms and towns. In addition, most sailors enlisted for pragmatic rather than ideological reasons. Bennett's examination provides a look into the everyday lives of sailors and illuminates where they came from, why they enlisted, and how their origins shaped their service. By showing how these Union sailors lived and fought on the sea, Bennett brings an important new perspective to our understanding of the Civil War.
Wandering Recollections of a somewhat busy life. An autobiography
Author: John NEAL (of Portland, Maine.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life
Author: John NealPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Recollections of Forty Years' Service
Author: Sir Alexander Bruce TullochPublisher: Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Recollections of a Long Life
Author: John StoughtonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752428686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Recollections of a Long Life by John Stoughton
America's Naval Heritage
Author: Thomas Truxtun MoebsPublisher: Department of the Navy
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
From the Preface--Established in 1800 with a small collection of books that served the Secretary of the Navy, the [Navy Department Library] holds the most comprehensive collection of U.S. navy literature. For the past two hundred years, it has collected the books, documents, journals, and manuscripts the record the Navy's achievement in combat, international diplomacy, exploration, technological development, medicine, education, and social reform. This literature described in the catalog chronicles the more significant events, customs and traditions, organizations, and personalities in navel history, providing insight into the origins and development of Navy doctrine.
The Publisher
Author: Catalogue
Author: Cadmus Book ShopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
America's naval heritage: A Catalog of Early Imprints From the Navy Department Library
Author: Thomas Truxtun MoebsPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160873126
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
From the Preface--Established in 1800 with a small collection of books that served the Secretary of the Navy, the [Navy Department Library] holds the most comprehensive collection of U.S. navy literature. For the past two hundred years, it has collected the books, documents, journals, and manuscripts the record the Navy's achievement in combat, international diplomacy, exploration, technological development, medicine, education, and social reform. This literature described in the catalog chronicles the more significant events, customs and traditions, organizations, and personalities in navel history, providing insight into the origins and development of Navy doctrine.