Author: John Henry Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Get Book Here

Book Description
The book chiefly contains letters written by John Henry Taylor to his wife during the Civil War, and other family letters.

Author: Michael J. Bennett
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807863246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Get Book Here

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.

Author: Almira Larkin White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Thomas Jay Kemp
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780842026611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Get Book Here

Book Description
The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections. FAMILY HISTORIES-cites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book. GUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-includes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world. GENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-consists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county. The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.

Author: Shari Humpherys Franke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 1040

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Peter Bertley Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 54

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Garold Cole
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570033278
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Get Book Here

Book Description
A bibliographical guide to recently published Civil War diaries, journals, letters, and memoirs.

Author: John William Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Get Book Here

Book Description
Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of William Henry Taylor who was born 5 November 1800 in England. He immigrated to America aboard the ship "Brig Rising Sun" and arrived in Philadelphia 26 May 1818. William married Amelia Lewellen 6 April 1822 in New Jersey. They lived in Evesham Township, Burlington Co., New Jersey and were the parents of six known children. Descendants lived in New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Get Book Here

Book Description

Author: Philip Alexander Bruce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 564

Get Book Here

Book Description