Author: John Lovell CunninghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Three Years with the Adirondack Regiment
Author: John Lovell CunninghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Three Years with the Adirondack Regiment
Author: John Lovell CunninghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Three Years With the Adirondack Regiment
Author: John Lovell 1840- CunninghamPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781013369490
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Three Years with the Adirondack Regiment
Author: John L. CunninghamPublisher:
ISBN: 9780740446740
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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118th New York Infantry.
Three Years with the Adirondack Regiment; 118th New York Volunteers Infantry
Author: John Lovell CunninghamPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230732565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... practice. While in the trenches a Company D man accidentally discharged his gun and killed a comrade, James Hews, the first death from gun-shot in our regiment and a sad case. December 8O. Out on picket on the Leesburg Pike. Lieutenant Riggs and myself called again this evening on the "Man and the Maid in the Mansion." It was a pleasant couple of hours for all of us; for they seemed as happy as we. Before the war the mansion had housed gay parties of distinguished people. In spite of their hospitable cheerfulness, trembling voices and dimming eyes were observable as they mentioned incidents of their former social life -- and no wonder! We admired and pitied them. We brought with us sugar and coffee, for which they were grateful. December 31. Am to-day ending the year in command of the vidette picket and scout station at Langley's. Thus varied were the days of our life, weather having most to do with the question of whether the service was pleasant or otherwise. Rain or snow or cold was trying, especially on picket. In camp most of our tents had sheet iron stoves or small open fires. Captain Livingston and I tented together and we had a comfortable tent with an open fire, and during the long evenings had plenty of visitors. Captain Livingston was a college man, a lawyer, an editor, a well read and entertaining gentleman. He could repeat Shakespeare, Byron and other poets and literary men; had a large knowledge of history and an excellent memory. So it was, that sitting by our fire with calling officer-friends, many an evening was delightfully spent in just enough conversation to keep the Captain, who was naturally reticent and modest, entertaining us. He was a dear, lovable man; honest, sincere and patriotic. His white hair and beard and...
A Condensed History of the 143d Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, of the Civil War, 1861-1865
Author: United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 143rd (1862-1865)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association
Author: New York State Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A Campaign of Giants--The Battle for Petersburg
Author: A. Wilson GreenePublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469638584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
Grinding, bloody, and ultimately decisive, the Petersburg Campaign was the Civil War's longest and among its most complex. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee squared off for more than nine months in their struggle for Petersburg, the key to the Confederate capital at Richmond. Featuring some of the war's most notorious battles, the campaign played out against a backdrop of political drama and crucial fighting elsewhere, with massive costs for soldiers and civilians alike. After failing to bull his way into Petersburg, Grant concentrated on isolating the city from its communications with the rest of the surviving Confederacy, stretching Lee's defenses to the breaking point. When Lee's desperate breakout attempt failed in March 1865, Grant launched his final offensives that forced the Confederates to abandon the city on April 2, 1865. A week later, Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House. Here A. Wilson Greene opens his sweeping new three-volume history of the Petersburg Campaign, taking readers from Grant's crossing of the James in mid-June 1864 to the fateful Battle of the Crater on July 30. Full of fresh insights drawn from military, political, and social history, A Campaign of Giants is destined to be the definitive account of the campaign. With new perspectives on operational and tactical choices by commanders, the experiences of common soldiers and civilians, and the significant role of the United States Colored Troops in the fighting, this book offers essential reading for all those interested in the history of the Civil War.
Blacks in the Adirondacks
Author: Sally E. SvensonPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815654219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History tells the story of the many African Americans who settled in or passed through this rural, mountainous region of northeastern New York State. In the area for a variety of reasons, some were lifetime residents, while others were there for a few years or months—as summer employees, tuberculosis patients, or in connection with full- or part-time occupations in railroading, the performing arts, and baseball. From blacks who settled on land gifted to them by Gerrit Smith, a prosperous landowner and fervent abolitionist, to those who worked as waiters in resort hotels, Svenson chronicles their rich and varied experiences, with an emphasis on the 100 years between 1850 and 1950. Many experienced racism and isolation in their separation from larger black populations; some found a sense of community in the scattered black settlements of the region. In this first definitive history, Svenson gives voice to the many blacks who spent time in the Adirondacks and sheds light on their challenges and successes in this remote region.
Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association
Author: New York State Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description