Author: Stephen CranePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Little Regiment
Author: Stephen CraneThunder at the Gates
Author: Douglas EgertonPublisher:
ISBN: 0465096646
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Almost immediately after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolitionists began to call for the raising of black regiments. The South and most of the North responded with outrage. Southerners vowed to enslave black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the courage to fight. Yet Boston's Brahmins, always eager for a moral crusade, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the gates, Douglas R. Egerton chronicles the formation and exploits of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry -- regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery.
North Carolina
Author: Mark SnellPublisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781882810543
Category : Averasboro, Battle of, N.C., 1865
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
North Carolina is a unique collection of original essays and interviews with historians on the last several months of the war in this pivotal Confederate state. Topics include the Battle of Town Creek, an interview with historian Mark Bradley on the war in North Carolina after Bentonville (including the single largest surrender of Confederates), the engagement at Averasboro, the bitter fight at Wise's Forks, and much more. Includes book reviews and regular column features.
History of Wisconsin Civil War Regiments: Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry
Author: Christopher CoxPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304470172
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
History of Maryland Civil War Regiments: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry and United States Colored Troops
Author: Christopher CoxPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304469891
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
History of New Jersey Civil War Regiments: Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry
Author: Christopher CoxPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304470016
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Thunder at the Gates
Author: Douglas R EgertonPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465096654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Co-winner of the 2017 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize An intimate, authoritative history of the first black soldiers to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage-southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the necessary courage. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, long the center of abolitionist fervor, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the Gates, Douglas Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry-regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery. He argues that the most important battles of all were won on the field of public opinion, for in fighting with distinction the regiments realized the long-derided idea of full and equal citizenship for blacks. A stirring evocation of this transformative episode, Thunder at the Gates offers a riveting new perspective on the Civil War and its legacy.
History of Vermont Civil War Regiments: Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry
Author: Christopher CoxPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304470148
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
History of Minnesota Civil War Regiments: Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry
Author: Christopher CoxPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304469948
Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Don Troiani's Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War
Author: Don TroianiPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811705202
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
In the world of historical painting, Don Troiani stands alone, universally acclaimed for the accuracy, drama, and sensitivity of his depictions of America's past. His Civil War paintings and limited edition prints hang in the finest collections in the country and are noted by collectors from around the world. Now, in "Don Troiani's Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War", the artist turns his brush to one of the most colourful and captivating aspects of Civil War history: the individual units that earned their reputations on the battlefield and the distinctive uniforms they wore. In addition to 130 paintings of battle scenes and individual figures, the book also includes more than 250 full-colour photographs of the uniforms the soldiers wore and the accoutrements they carried. Supporting the illustrations is text by two of the leading military artefact experts. Taken together, it makes for one of the most comprehensive books on Civil War uniforms ever undertaken.