Author: Joseph P. Cullen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
"...Here, within a radius of 17 miles, occurred over 100,000 American casualties in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, all involving strategy and tactics beyond the understanding of the average soldier. The park preserves and interprets some of the scenes of those four great Civil War battles. The quiet, peaceful woods and fields are a constant reminder of how much we owe to the sacrifice of others. Here they came, here they fought, and here they died." --Page [5].
The Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, where a Hundred Thousand Fell
Author: Joseph P. Cullen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
"...Here, within a radius of 17 miles, occurred over 100,000 American casualties in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, all involving strategy and tactics beyond the understanding of the average soldier. The park preserves and interprets some of the scenes of those four great Civil War battles. The quiet, peaceful woods and fields are a constant reminder of how much we owe to the sacrifice of others. Here they came, here they fought, and here they died." --Page [5].
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
"...Here, within a radius of 17 miles, occurred over 100,000 American casualties in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, all involving strategy and tactics beyond the understanding of the average soldier. The park preserves and interprets some of the scenes of those four great Civil War battles. The quiet, peaceful woods and fields are a constant reminder of how much we owe to the sacrifice of others. Here they came, here they fought, and here they died." --Page [5].
Special Bibliography
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: Louise A. Arnold-Friend
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Battle Cry of Freedom
Author: James M. McPherson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199726582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War--the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry--and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict: the South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war--slavery--and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199726582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War--the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry--and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict: the South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war--slavery--and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.
A Great Civil War
Author: Russell Frank Weigley
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253337382
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Major new interpretation of the events which continue to dominate the American imagination and identity.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253337382
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Major new interpretation of the events which continue to dominate the American imagination and identity.
Civil War Battles
Author: Tim McNeese
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438126204
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
A look at the various battles of the Civil War.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438126204
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
A look at the various battles of the Civil War.
MALVERN HILL, RUN UP TO GETTYSBURG
Author: Nicholas J. Santoro
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491740892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 739
Book Description
"This book takes a critical look at the war itself and its leaders, for the most part from a tactical perspective, or how the battles were fought, but also from a strategic perspective, that is, why the battles were fought"--Introduction.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491740892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 739
Book Description
"This book takes a critical look at the war itself and its leaders, for the most part from a tactical perspective, or how the battles were fought, but also from a strategic perspective, that is, why the battles were fought"--Introduction.
Historical Handbook Series
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Antietam National Battlefield Site, Maryland
Author: Charles W. Snell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antietam National Cemetery (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antietam National Cemetery (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Grant
Author: Jean Edward Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684849275
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
In this magnificent biography, Jean Edward Smith skillfully reconciles the disparate, conflicting assessments of Ulysses S. Grant, confirming his genius as a general, but convincingly showing that Grant's presidential accomplishments were as considerable as his military victories. 40 photos.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684849275
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
In this magnificent biography, Jean Edward Smith skillfully reconciles the disparate, conflicting assessments of Ulysses S. Grant, confirming his genius as a general, but convincingly showing that Grant's presidential accomplishments were as considerable as his military victories. 40 photos.