Author: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revoluntionary War
Author: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
A Prayer Book for Soldiers and Sailors
Author: Episcopal Church. Army and Navy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief
Author: Clive EmsleyPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199653712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
The first serious investigation of criminal offending by members of the British armed forces both during and immediately after the two world wars of the twentieth century.
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.
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die
Author: Giles MiltonPublisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1250134927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied – and Axis – forces. An epic battle that involved 156,000 men, 7,000 ships and 20,000 armoured vehicles, D-Day was, above all, a tale of individual heroics – of men who were driven to keep fighting until the German defences were smashed and the precarious beachheads secured. This authentic human story – Allied, German, French – has never fully been told. Giles Milton’s bold new history narrates the events of June 6th, 1944 through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. From the military architects at Supreme Headquarters to the young schoolboy in the Wehrmacht’s bunkers, Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die lays bare the absolute terror of those trapped in the front line of Operation Overlord. It also gives voice to those who have hitherto remained unheard – the French butcher’s daughter, the Panzer Commander’s wife, the chauffeur to the General Staff. This vast canvas of human bravado reveals “the longest day” as never before – less as a masterpiece of strategic planning than a day on which thousands of scared young men found themselves staring death in the face. It is drawn in its entirety from the raw, unvarnished experiences of those who were there.
Rhode Island in the Colonial Wars
Author: Howard M. ChapinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rhode Island
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Union Regiments of Kentucky
Author: Union soldiers and sailors monument association, Louisville, KyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Honoring Their Memory
Author: Lauren R. PaciniPublisher:
ISBN: 9780578480367
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Written in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the dedication of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Honoring their Memory tells the story of the struggles and achievements experienced in the creation of the Monument, designed and constructed by Architect, Sculptor, and Civil War Veteran Levi T. Scofield to honor more than 9,000 from Cuyahoga County who served in the War of the Rebellion. Through contemporary photography and the inclusion of vintage text, the story is told in the context of the architect's life and his broader body of work, as seen through ten extant projects.
Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866
Author: Ohio. Roster commissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Catalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors of the Commonwealth of Virginia To Whom Land Bounty Warrants Were Granted by Virginia for Military Services in The War For Independence
Author: Samuel M. WilsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780788422874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Was your Virginia ancestor a soldier or sailor in the American Revolution? If so, he would have been allotted a land bounty for his military service, as long as he served out his period of enlistment (usually 3 years) or served until the end of the war. T