Author: John Sedgwick
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267903221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Excerpt from Correspondence of John Sedgwick Major-General, Vol. 1 Though the story of these wars has been so often told and retold since these letters were written, they still have the interest that attaches to all the words and acts of a noble actor in both military dramas. In the second series they have the weight which belongs to mature experience and high command. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Correspondence of John Sedgwick Major-General, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Author: John Sedgwick
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267903221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Excerpt from Correspondence of John Sedgwick Major-General, Vol. 1 Though the story of these wars has been so often told and retold since these letters were written, they still have the interest that attaches to all the words and acts of a noble actor in both military dramas. In the second series they have the weight which belongs to mature experience and high command. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267903221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Excerpt from Correspondence of John Sedgwick Major-General, Vol. 1 Though the story of these wars has been so often told and retold since these letters were written, they still have the interest that attaches to all the words and acts of a noble actor in both military dramas. In the second series they have the weight which belongs to mature experience and high command. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major-General (Classic Reprint)
Author: John Sedgwick
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656915361
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Excerpt from Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major-General I received this morning your letter of the I 5th. I expected to have left this post yester day for Fort Leavenworth, but shall not leave till to-morrow. When I arrive I will give you a description. You were wrong in believing that the additional pay influenced me in accept ing the appointment; it was the additional rank, and the compliment of being placed over the heads of over one hundred Captains, without being an applicant. I think and hope I have done right, and if it comes to the worst, I would prefer doing the same thing over, and then re sign rather than decline; but for the next year my station will be as pleasant as any in the West, except I cannot reach home quite so soon. The mail is only three days from New York. Fort Leavenworth is three hundred miles farther. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656915361
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Excerpt from Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major-General I received this morning your letter of the I 5th. I expected to have left this post yester day for Fort Leavenworth, but shall not leave till to-morrow. When I arrive I will give you a description. You were wrong in believing that the additional pay influenced me in accept ing the appointment; it was the additional rank, and the compliment of being placed over the heads of over one hundred Captains, without being an applicant. I think and hope I have done right, and if it comes to the worst, I would prefer doing the same thing over, and then re sign rather than decline; but for the next year my station will be as pleasant as any in the West, except I cannot reach home quite so soon. The mail is only three days from New York. Fort Leavenworth is three hundred miles farther. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Pioneers
Author: David McCullough
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150116869X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler’s son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. “With clarity and incisiveness, [McCullough] details the experience of a brave and broad-minded band of people who crossed raging rivers, chopped down forests, plowed miles of land, suffered incalculable hardships, and braved a lonely frontier to forge a new American ideal” (The Providence Journal). Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. “A tale of uplift” (The New York Times Book Review), this is a quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough’s signature narrative energy.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150116869X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler’s son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. “With clarity and incisiveness, [McCullough] details the experience of a brave and broad-minded band of people who crossed raging rivers, chopped down forests, plowed miles of land, suffered incalculable hardships, and braved a lonely frontier to forge a new American ideal” (The Providence Journal). Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. “A tale of uplift” (The New York Times Book Review), this is a quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough’s signature narrative energy.
Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major-General
Author: John Sedgwick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Antiquarian Bookman
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1152
Book Description
Following the Greek Cross, Or, Memories of the Sixth Army Corps
Author: Thomas Worcester Hyde
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570036064
Category : Bath (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
More than a mere personal remembrance, Following the Greek Cross tells the story of an illustrious army unit and offers rare glimpses into the Northern perspective on the war and its significance in U.S. history. One of the most cited - and most difficult to find - Union memoirs, this volume returns to print with an expanded edition featuring new information about the author, more than a dozen photographs, and a complete index.
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570036064
Category : Bath (Me.)
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
More than a mere personal remembrance, Following the Greek Cross tells the story of an illustrious army unit and offers rare glimpses into the Northern perspective on the war and its significance in U.S. history. One of the most cited - and most difficult to find - Union memoirs, this volume returns to print with an expanded edition featuring new information about the author, more than a dozen photographs, and a complete index.
Correspondence of John Sedgwick, Major-General
Author: John Sedgwick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Staff Ride Handbook for the Overland Campaign, Virginia, 4 May to 15 June 1864: A Study in Operational-Level Command
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428916466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428916466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Publisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A Narrative of the Material Facts in Relation to the Building of the Two Greek Frigates
Author: Alexander Contostavlos
Publisher:
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Category : Claims
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Claims
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description