Author: Michael C. Scoggins
Publisher: HPN Books
ISBN: 189361994X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Historic York County
Author: Michael C. Scoggins
Publisher: HPN Books
ISBN: 189361994X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Publisher: HPN Books
ISBN: 189361994X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
A Biographical History of York County, Pennsylvania
Author: John Gibson
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806306750
Category : York County
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This work embraces about 1,200 sketches of 19th-century York Countians. Most sketches include a variety of genealogical and biographical data.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806306750
Category : York County
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This work embraces about 1,200 sketches of 19th-century York Countians. Most sketches include a variety of genealogical and biographical data.
History of York County, Pennsylvania
Author: George Reeser Prowell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : York County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : York County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
Book Description
Faces of the Civil War
Author: Ronald S Coddington
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 1421410397
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Archival images and biographical sketches of Union soldiers tell the stories of their lives during and after the Civil War. Before leaving to fight in the Civil War, many Union and Confederate soldiers posed for a carte de visite, or visiting card, to give to their families, friends, or sweethearts. Invented in 1854 by a French photographer, the carte de visite was a small photographic print roughly the size of a modern trading card. The format arrived in America on the eve of the Civil War, fueling intense demand for the keepsakes. Many cards of Civil War soldiers survive today, but the experiences?and often the names?of the individuals portrayed have been lost to time. A passionate collector of Civil War–era photography, Ron Coddington researched the history behind these anonymous faces in military records, pension files, and other public and personal documents. In Faces of the Civil War, Coddington presents 77 cartes de visite of Union soldiers from his collection and tells the stories of their lives during and after the war. These soldiers came from all walks of life. All were volunteers. Their personal stories reveal a tremendous diversity in their experience of war: many served with distinction, some were captured, some never saw combat while others saw little else. The lives of survivors were even more disparate. While some made successful transitions back to civilian life, others suffered permanent physical and mental disabilities, which too often wrecked their families and careers. In compelling words and haunting pictures, Faces of the Civil War offers a unique perspective on the most dramatic and wrenching period in American history.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 1421410397
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Archival images and biographical sketches of Union soldiers tell the stories of their lives during and after the Civil War. Before leaving to fight in the Civil War, many Union and Confederate soldiers posed for a carte de visite, or visiting card, to give to their families, friends, or sweethearts. Invented in 1854 by a French photographer, the carte de visite was a small photographic print roughly the size of a modern trading card. The format arrived in America on the eve of the Civil War, fueling intense demand for the keepsakes. Many cards of Civil War soldiers survive today, but the experiences?and often the names?of the individuals portrayed have been lost to time. A passionate collector of Civil War–era photography, Ron Coddington researched the history behind these anonymous faces in military records, pension files, and other public and personal documents. In Faces of the Civil War, Coddington presents 77 cartes de visite of Union soldiers from his collection and tells the stories of their lives during and after the war. These soldiers came from all walks of life. All were volunteers. Their personal stories reveal a tremendous diversity in their experience of war: many served with distinction, some were captured, some never saw combat while others saw little else. The lives of survivors were even more disparate. While some made successful transitions back to civilian life, others suffered permanent physical and mental disabilities, which too often wrecked their families and careers. In compelling words and haunting pictures, Faces of the Civil War offers a unique perspective on the most dramatic and wrenching period in American history.
The Ground Swallowed Them Up
Author: Scott L. Mingus, Sr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979291555
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979291555
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
History of York County, Maine
Author: W. Woodford Clayton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
The Lincoln Highway
Author: Brian Butko
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174826X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Fully revised and updated edition. Filled with all-new vintage postcards and photos. Maps for travelers following the original route.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174826X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Fully revised and updated edition. Filled with all-new vintage postcards and photos. Maps for travelers following the original route.
Cabal!
Author: Mark Edward Lender
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594164194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The First Comprehensive Historical Investigation into the Conway Cabal, the Attempt to Remove George Washington from Command In the spring of 1778, General George Washington wrote to his friend Landon Carter about a rumored "disposition in the Northern Officers to see me superceded in my Command." This was as candid a statement as the general ever made about the so-called "Conway Cabal" of patriot officers and politicians critical of his leadership. Most early historians of the Revolution took the threat to Washington seriously, but by the mid-twentieth century interpretations had reversed, with the plot--if one existed--posing no real danger to the commander-in-chief. Yet, as historian Mark Edward Lender reveals in his compelling Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington, clues found in original new research provide a more comprehensive understanding of the personalities and political maneuverings of those involved in the Cabal, and the real nature of the challenge to Washington. Rather than the "classic Cabal" of Generals Horatio Gates, Thomas Mifflin, and Thomas Conway in a plot to remove Washington quickly, the threat to Washington's command was a gradual administrative attempt by the Board of War and political allies to take over the war effort. Reorganized in late 1777 under the leadership of Mifflin, with Gates assuming the board presidency in January 1778, the Board of War sought authority to determine military policy and strategic goals, all training, organizational, personnel, and logistical functions, and even the assignment of theater commanders. Had they succeeded, Washington's title of commander-in-chief would have been utterly hollow. The Cabal tested Washington as few other things did during the war and perhaps tempered him into the man we remember today. Washington adroitly navigated the challenges to his leadership, meeting and defeating every attempt to curtail his authority. His response revealed a leadership style that saw him safely through the war, and gave him overwhelming support from his countrymen to become their first president.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781594164194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The First Comprehensive Historical Investigation into the Conway Cabal, the Attempt to Remove George Washington from Command In the spring of 1778, General George Washington wrote to his friend Landon Carter about a rumored "disposition in the Northern Officers to see me superceded in my Command." This was as candid a statement as the general ever made about the so-called "Conway Cabal" of patriot officers and politicians critical of his leadership. Most early historians of the Revolution took the threat to Washington seriously, but by the mid-twentieth century interpretations had reversed, with the plot--if one existed--posing no real danger to the commander-in-chief. Yet, as historian Mark Edward Lender reveals in his compelling Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington, clues found in original new research provide a more comprehensive understanding of the personalities and political maneuverings of those involved in the Cabal, and the real nature of the challenge to Washington. Rather than the "classic Cabal" of Generals Horatio Gates, Thomas Mifflin, and Thomas Conway in a plot to remove Washington quickly, the threat to Washington's command was a gradual administrative attempt by the Board of War and political allies to take over the war effort. Reorganized in late 1777 under the leadership of Mifflin, with Gates assuming the board presidency in January 1778, the Board of War sought authority to determine military policy and strategic goals, all training, organizational, personnel, and logistical functions, and even the assignment of theater commanders. Had they succeeded, Washington's title of commander-in-chief would have been utterly hollow. The Cabal tested Washington as few other things did during the war and perhaps tempered him into the man we remember today. Washington adroitly navigated the challenges to his leadership, meeting and defeating every attempt to curtail his authority. His response revealed a leadership style that saw him safely through the war, and gave him overwhelming support from his countrymen to become their first president.
Sticks 'n Stones
Author: Daisy D. Myers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971810846
Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971810846
Category : African American families
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
John, Paul, George & Ben
Author: Lane Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439027496
Category : Compact discs
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A humorous look at five of our country's founding fathers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439027496
Category : Compact discs
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A humorous look at five of our country's founding fathers.