Author: James Kendall EwerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts Cavalry. 3d Regiment. 1862-1865
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
The Third Massachusetts Cavalry in the War for the Union
Author: James Kendall EwerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts Cavalry. 3d Regiment. 1862-1865
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War College Division, General Staff
Author: The Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War
Author: Steven M. LaBarrePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476623422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In January 1863, a long-anticipated military order arrived on the desk of Massachusetts Governor John Andrew. President Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, had granted the governor authority to raise regiments of black soldiers. Two units--the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry--were soon mustered and in December, Andrew issued General Order No. 44, announcing "a Regiment of Cavalry Volunteers, to be composed of men of color...is now in the process of recruitment in the Commonwealth." Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and official reports, this book provides the first full-length regimental history of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry--its organization, participation in the Petersburg campaign and the guarding of prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland, and its triumphant ride into Richmond. Accounts of the postwar lives of many of the men are included.
A History of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Cavalry Volunteers
Author: Benjamin William CrowninshieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
History of the Twenty-first Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the War for the Preservation of the Union, 1861-1865
Author: Charles Folsom WalcottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Armor-cavalry: Army National Guard
Author: Mary Lee StubbsToward Combined Arms Warfare
Author: Jonathan Mallory HousePublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915834
Category : Armies
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
The Union Cavalry in the Civil War
Author: Stephen Z. StarrPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807132918
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
In the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, Stephen Z. Starr covers in three volumes the dramatic story of the Union cavalry. In this first volume he presents briefly the story of the United States cavalry prior to the Civil War, describing how the Union cavalry was raised, organized, equipped, and trained, and offering detailed descriptions of the campaigns and battles in which the cavalry engaged -- the Peninsula, Shenandoah Valley/Second Bull Run, Lee's invasion of Maryland, Kelly's Ford, Stoneman's May 1863 Raid, Brandy Station (Fleetwood), Aldie-Middleburg-Upperville, and Gettysburg. Starr focuses on the officers and men of the Union cavalry -- who they were; how they lived, fought, behaved; what they thought. Starr tells their story -- drawn from regimental records and histories, memoirs, letters, diaries, and reminiscences -- whenever possible in the words of the troopers themselves.
Armor-Cavalry Part I
Author: Mary Lee StubbsPublisher: Wildside Press
ISBN: 9781434458124
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Mary Lee Stubbs (Chief of the Organizational History Branch of the O.S. Office of the Chief of Military History) and Stanley Russell Connor (Deputy Chief of the U.S. Organizational History Branch, OCMH) wrote the 1968 Armor-Cavalry Part I: Regular Army and Army Reserve, part of the Army Lineage Series, which was "designed to foster the esprit de corps of United States Army units."
Thunder at the Gates
Author: Douglas R EgertonPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465096654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
An intimate, authoritative history of the first black soldiers to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage-southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the necessary courage. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, long the center of abolitionist fervor, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the Gates, Douglas Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry-regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery. He argues that the most important battles of all were won on the field of public opinion, for in fighting with distinction the regiments realized the long-derided idea of full and equal citizenship for blacks. A stirring evocation of this transformative episode, Thunder at the Gates offers a riveting new perspective on the Civil War and its legacy.