New York In The War Of The Rebellion 1861 To 1865 Volume 6 War College Series
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| Author | : Ryan A. Conklin |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 496 |
| Release | : 2016-10-07 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1476626510 |
Responding to President Lincoln's initial call for troops, the 18th New York Infantry emerged as one of the Excelsior State's first regiments and mustered many of its earliest volunteers. Formed of companies from across the state, the unit saw combat early, suffering the first casualties of the Bull Run campaign when they were ambushed on the march four days before the battle. As part of the Army of the Potomac, they fought at Gaines's Mill, Crampton's Gap, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Drawing on numerous sources including several unpublished letters and diaries, this book gives the complete history of the 18th--from the first enlistee to the last surviving veteran (who died in 1938)--with an emphasis on the experiences of individual soldiers.
| Author | : Valgene L. Dunham |
| Publisher | : Archway Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 155 |
| Release | : 2015-12-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1480820709 |
At the beginning of October 1864, the only equipment most Union soldiers near Petersburg, Virginia, needed was a shovel--including Gen. Edgar Gregorys new reserve brigade, which was digging trenches around the besieged city. Most of the brigades volunteer members from New York had never fired a musket upon marching into the swamps and woods southwest of Petersburg. But the dusty blue-collar workers became a force to be reckoned with as they dug and marched westward to force Gen. Robert E. Lee to extend forces away from Petersburg. Following the brigades largest battle, Five Forks, the Union marched rapidly westward to keep Lee from joining Gen. Joseph Johnston. The brigade was selected to assist in the surrender at Appomattox. Those acts alone would have solidified the brigades place in history, but its men also served as caretakers of the peace during their march back to Washington, D.C.--especially after the assassination of President Lincoln. Gregorys New York Brigade deserves to be honored as much as those who fought in the major battles of the war. Find out why in this detailed account of its well deserved place in history.
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| Total Pages | : 56 |
| Release | : 2013-07 |
| Genre | : Infantry |
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| Author | : Daniel Koch |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 447 |
| Release | : 2023-04-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1438492707 |
The central part of New York State, the homeland of the Oneida Haudenosaunee people, helped shape American history. This book tells the story of the land and the people who made their homes there from its earliest habitation to the present day. It examines this region's impact on the making of America, from its strategic importance in the Revolution and Early Republic to its symbolic significance now to a nation grappling with challenges rooted deep in its history. The book shows that in central New York—perhaps more than in any other region in the United States—the past has never remained neatly in the past. Land of the Oneidas is the first book in eighty years that tells the history of this region as it changed from century to century and into our own time.
| Author | : Jerald L. Marsh |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 626 |
| Release | : 2012-03-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1469174960 |
Stories of generals and battles of the American Civil War have been told and retold but relatively little has been written about the common soldiers who fought in the war. In his thoroughly researched history of the Civil War soldiers and families of the upstate New York town of Newark Valley, Jerry Marsh sheds light on the lives of three hundred and nineteen soldiers of the town. He tells of the preacher's son who prayed to be a faithful soldier under the "Stars and Stripes" and the "Banner of Jesus," the eleven families who sent their father and son(s) to the war, the seventy sets of brothers who served, the youths and older men who misrepresented their ages to enlist, the seventy-four men killed or wounded in battle and thirty-nine who died of disease, the families who brought their dead or dying sons back to be buried at home, and the veterans who became productive citizens in New York and across the expanding nation. Marsh's narrative is enhanced by photographs, letters, diaries, and anecdotes from descendants of the courageous soldiers who fought to save the Union and ensure the freedom of all citizens of the "new nation."
| Author | : Wayne Mahood |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2015-06-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0786487356 |
Although he never achieved the renown of Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee, General Alexander Hays was one of the great military men of the Civil War. Born July 8, 1819, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, Hays graduated from West Point and served with distinction during the Mexican War. When the Civil War began a few years later, it was no surprise that Hays immediately volunteered and was given the initial rank of colonel with a later meritorious promotion to general. Hays was also known for his concern for his men, a fact that no doubt contributed to the acclaim which he received after his death on May 5, 1864, at the age of 44. From West Point to the Civil War, this biography takes a look at Hays's life, concentrating--with good cause--on his military career. Personal correspondence and contemporary sources are used to complete the picture of a complex man, devoted husband and father, and gifted and dedicated soldier.
| Author | : Daniel J. Miller |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 550 |
| Release | : 2020-01-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1476636273 |
The elite French Zouaves, with their distinctive, colorful uniforms, set an influential example for volunteer soldiers during the Civil War and continued to inspire American military units for a century. Hundreds of militia companies adopted the flamboyant uniform to emulate the gallantry and martial tradition of the Zouaves. Drawing on fifty years of research, this volume provides a comprehensive state-by-state catalog of American Zouave units, richly illustrated with rare and previously unpublished photographs and drawings. The author dispels many misconceptions and errors that have persisted over the last 150 years.
| Author | : Gene C. Armistead |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2013-09-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0786473630 |
Horses and mules served during the Civil War in greater number and suffered more casualties than the men of the Union and Confederate armies combined. Using firsthand accounts, this history addresses the many uses of equines during the war, the methods by which they were obtained, their costs, their suffering on the battlefields and roads, their consumption by soldiers, and such topics as racing and mounted music. The book is supplemented by accounts of the "Lightning Mule Brigade," the "Charge of the Mule Brigade," five appendices and 37 illustrations. More than 700 Civil War equines are identified and described with incidental information and identification of their masters.
| Author | : Dennis W. Belcher |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2017-05-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1476665362 |
At the Battle of Stones River, General David Stanley's Union cavalry repeatedly fought General Joseph Wheeler's Confederate cavalry. The campaign saw some of the most desperately fought mounted engagements in the Civil War's Western Theater and marked the end of the Southern cavalry's dominance in Tennessee. This history describes the events leading up to the battle and the key actions, including the December 31 attack by Wheeler's cavalry, the Union counterattack, the repulse of General John Wharton by the 1st Michigan Engineers and Wheeler's daring raid on the rear of Williams Rosecrans' army. The author reassesses the actions of General John Pegram's cavalry brigade.
| Author | : Jill Ryder |
| Publisher | : Carriage Assoc. of America |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 2001-06-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Features Driving Smartly, Driving Safely 195 By Coach to Shelburne 196 The Craft of the Wainwright: The Painter 200 Harness & Equipment 206 Through Tuscany with a Hunting Carriage ........ 211 The U. S. Army Ambulance Wagon 214 The Carriage Cranium Caper 218 The Best Pair of Horses I Ever Drove 219 Off to Saratoga 220 Departments The View from the Box 194 Memories Mostly Horsy 203 Questions & Answers 210 Book Reviews 223
