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My Greatest Quarrel with Fortune
Major General Lew Wallace in the West, 1861-1862
Inbunden, 2015
511 kr
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Who was Lew Wallace's true foe - the Confederacy, General Halleck, General Grant, or himself? Lew Wallace of Indiana was a self-taught extraordinary military talent. With boldness and celerity, he advanced in less than a year from the rank of colonel of the 11th Indiana to that of major general …
Phantoms of the South Fork
Captain McNeill and His Rangers
Av Steve French
Inbunden, 2017
527 kr
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At 3 a.m. on February 21, 1865, a band of 65 Confederate horsemen slowly made its way down Greene Street in Cumberland, Maryland. Thinking the riders were disguised Union scouts, the few Union soldiers out that bitterly cold morning paid little attention to them. In the meantime, over 3,500 Yankee …
At the Forefront of Lee's Invasion
Retribution, Plunder, and Clashing Cultures on Richard S. Ewell's Road to Gettysburg
Inbunden, 2018
581 kr
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After clearing Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley of Federal troops, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s bold invasion into the North reached the Maryland shore of the Potomac River on June 15, 1863. A week later, the Confederate infantry crossed into lower Pennsylvania, where they had their first sustained …
James Riley Weaver’s Civil War
The Diary of a Union Cavalry Officer and Prisoner of War, 1863–1865
Av John T. Schlotterbeck, Wesley W. Wilson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
656 kr
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Captured on October 11, 1863, James Riley Weaver, a Union cavalry officer, spent nearly seventeen months in Confederate prisons. Remarkably, Weaver kept a diary that documents 666 consecutive days of his experience, including his cavalry duties, life in a series of prisons throughout the South, and …
Blue-Blooded Cavalryman
Captain William Brooke Rawle in the Army of the Potomac, May 1863–August 1865
Av J. Gregory Acken, J. Gregory Acken m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
599 kr
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In May 1863, eighteen-year-old William Brooke Rawle graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and traded a genteel, cultured life of privilege for service as a cavalry officer. Travelling from his home in Philadelphia to Virginia, he joined the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry and soon found himself …
No Place for Glory
Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate Defeat at Gettysburg
Inbunden, 2021
639 kr
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A scrupulous analysis of Rodes's conduct during the Battle of Gettysburg Over the years, many top historians have cited Major General Robert E. Rodes as the best division commander in Robert E. Lee's vaunted army. Despite those accolades, Rodes faltered badly at Gettysburg, which stands as the only …
Phantoms of the South Fork
Captain McNeill and His Rangers
Av Steve French
Häftad, 2023
261 kr
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At 3 a.m. on February 21, 1865, a band of 65 Confederate horsemen slowly made its way down Greene Street in Cumberland, Maryland. Thinking the riders were disguised Union scouts, the few Union soldiers out that bitterly cold morning paid little attention to them. In the meantime, over 3,500 Yankee …
From the Wilderness to Appomattox
The Fifteenth New York Heavy Artillery in the Civil War
Häftad, 2023
452 kr
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An in-depth look at of a vitally important but little-known heavy artillery regiment of the Civil WarIn early 1864, many heavy artillery regiments in the Civil War were garrisoning the Washington defenses, including the Fifteenth New York. At the same time, newly minted Union general in chief …
Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America
Häftad, 2024
449 kr
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The remarkable life of a noteworthy—yet overlooked—Union general turned Reconstruction-era politician A central figure in Reconstruction-era politics, Adelbert Ames and his contributions during a significant and uncertain time in American history are the focus of Michael J. Megelsh's fascinating …
Work for Giants
The Campaign and Battle of Tupelo/Harrisburg, Mississippi, June-July 1864
Häftad, 2024
337 kr
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Fighting Nathan Bedford Forrest in North Mississippi During the summer of 1864, a Union column commanded by Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith set out from Tennessee with a goal that had proven impossible in all prior attempts—to find and defeat the cavalry under the command of Confederate major …
Forgotten Battles of the Chancellorsville Campaign
Fredericksburg, Salem Church, and Banks' Ford in Spring 1863
Häftad, 2024
449 kr
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Military operations in Fredericksburg, Virginia, were a significant part of the Chancellorsville Campaign, but they are overshadowed by what occurred in the wilderness of Spotsylvania County, where Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson’s forces overwhelmed a hapless Union army. To demonstrate how a …
Richmond Must Fall
The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864
Häftad, 2025
413 kr
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A study of Grant's and Lee's battles in the weeks before the 1864 election In the fall of 1864, the Civil War's outcome rested largely on Abraham Lincoln's success in the upcoming presidential election. As the contest approached, cautious optimism buoyed the President's supporters in the wake of …
