Author: Joe Farrell
Publisher: Sunbury Press
ISBN: 9781620064528
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Pennsylvania is rich in Civil War history. Gettysburg was the climactic battle of the war, and many of the Keystone State's citizens were involved, whether as common soldiers, officers, politicians or citizens. This special edition of the Keystone Tombstones series focuses on those persons interred in Pennsylvania who played an interesting role in the Battle of Gettysburg. Farrell, Knorr and Farley have combed the Keystone State to bring you most interesting tales about these participants buried in Pennsylvania.
Author: Joe Farley
Publisher: Sunbury PressInc
ISBN: 9781934597675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Famous graves found in Pennsylvania.
Author: Joe Farrell
Publisher: Sunbury Press
ISBN: 9781620064481
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Pennsylvania is rich in Civil War history. Gettysburg was the climactic battle of the war, and many of the Keystone State's citizens were involved, whether as common soldiers, officers, politicians, or citizens. This special edition of the Keystone Tombstones series focuses on those persons interred in Pennsylvania who played an interesting role in the Civil War. Farrell, Knorr, and Farley have combed the Keystone State to bring you the most interesting tales about the Civil War participants buried in Pennsylvania. Included in the volume: Gettysburg National Cemetery, John W. Geary, Galusha Pennypacker, Strong Vincent, Amos Humiston, US Colored Troops, St. Clair Augustine Mulholland, Andrew G. Curtin, John L. Burns, Propsect Hill Cemetery, Dennis O'Kane, Charles H. Van Wyck, Ginnie Wade, George G. Meade, Winfield S. Hancock, Henry C. Pleasants, Gettysburg Generals, Samuel W. Crawford, Samuel K. Zook, Thomas L. Kane, John Fulton Reynolds, Oliver B. Knowles, John F. Hartranft, Alfred L. Pearsons, James Buchanan, Ulric Dahlgren, Herman Haupt, Rebels Among Us, Thaddeus Stevens, John C. Pemberton, Jay Cooke, Medal of Honor Recipients, Simon Cameron, General Controversy, Lafayette C. Baker
Author: James M. McPherson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199830908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221
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The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. As McPherson shows, by September 1862 the survival of the United States was in doubt. The Union had suffered a string of defeats, and Robert E. Lee's army was in Maryland, poised to threaten Washington. The British government was openly talking of recognizing the Confederacy and brokering a peace between North and South. Northern armies and voters were demoralized. And Lincoln had shelved his proposed edict of emancipation months before, waiting for a victory that had not come--that some thought would never come. Both Confederate and Union troops knew the war was at a crossroads, that they were marching toward a decisive battle. It came along the ridges and in the woods and cornfields between Antietam Creek and the Potomac River. Valor, misjudgment, and astonishing coincidence all played a role in the outcome. McPherson vividly describes a day of savage fighting in locales that became forever famous--The Cornfield, the Dunkard Church, the West Woods, and Bloody Lane. Lee's battered army escaped to fight another day, but Antietam was a critical victory for the Union. It restored morale in the North and kept Lincoln's party in control of Congress. It crushed Confederate hopes of British intervention. And it freed Lincoln to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation, which instantly changed the character of the war. McPherson brilliantly weaves these strands of diplomatic, political, and military history into a compact, swift-moving narrative that shows why America's bloodiest day is, indeed, a turning point in our history.
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Author: Joe Farley
Publisher: Sunbury Press Incorporated
ISBN: 9781620061770
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Famous graves found in Pennsylvania"--Cover.
Author: Lawrence Knorr
Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1620061767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
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Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. Included in this first volume are biographies and grave information for 51 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause. In this volume: George WashingtonAbigail AdamsJohn AdamsWilliam BlountAaron BurrDaniel CarrollSamuel ChaseGeorge ClymerJohn CollinsFrancis DanaWilliam Richardson DavieWilliam Henry DraytonWilliam ElleryDeborah Sampson GarrettHoratio GatesElbridge GerryNicholas GilmanNathaniel GreeneButton GwinnettAlexander HamiltonElizabeth Schuyler HamiltonCornelius HarnettJohn HartJoseph HewesJared IngersollDaniel of St. Thomas JeniferFrancis Lightfoot LeeHenry Lee IIIRichard Henry LeePhilip LivingstonArthur MiddletonHenry MiddletonThomas MifflinRobert MorrisJohn MortonWilliam PacaJohn PennCharles PinckneyCaesar RodneyBenjamin RushRoger ShermanRichard SmithRichard StocktonThomas StoneGeorge TaylorNicholas Van DykeJoseph WarrenAnthony WayneNoah WebsterHenry WisnerGeorge Wythe
Author: Henry Wilson Storey
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Category : Cambria County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Author: Henry Thomas King
Publisher:
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Category : Pitt County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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These sketches are the result of years of inquiry, research and compilation intended to give such traditions and facts as could be had from reliable sources and records. The demand for sketches of many of Pitt's prominent men made necessary the addition of a second part. Advertisements were necessary from a financial standpoint and are included in the back, separate and apart.
Author: Charles Carleton Coffin
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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