best english civil war books

... Official Records, vol. liii, supplement, 436; Britton, Civil War on the Border, vol. i, chapter x; Connelley, Quantrill and the Border Wars, 199.] fallen in with the advance of the Confederates ... Ibid.] [Footnote 114: Ibid., 196; vol. liii, supplement, 743; Britton, Civil War on the Border, vol. i, 147-148; Connelley, Quantrill and the Border Wars, 208-209, 295.] detachments instead of in force produced ... had credible information that Price had broken camp at Dry Wood and was moving towards Lexington [Britton, Civil War on the Border, vol. i, 144].] enough for his purpose to have struck terror into...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 00:20

... Stoeckl reported that at a dinner with Lyons, at which he, Mercier and Seward were the guests, Seward had asserted that if Civil War came all foreign commerce with the South would be interrupted. To ... and South prepared for war, issuing calls for volunteers and organizing in all accustomed warlike preparations. The news of Sumter reached London on April 27, and that civil war seemed certain was ... "Correspondence on Civil War in the United States." Nos. 24, 25 and 26.] CHAPTER II 41 London Chronicle was vigorous in denunciation. "No country on the globe produces a blackguardism, a cowardice...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 13:20

... seen so long were these stalwart, well-fed men, so splendidly set up and accoutred! Sleek horses, polished arms, bright plumes, this was the pride and panoply of war! Civilization, discipline, ... CORAL-REEF 325 A ROUGH NIGHT IN THE GULF STREAM 331 FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH EDITED BY G.W. CABLE The following diary was originally ... ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR [Illustration] NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1913 Copyright 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1893, by THE CENTURY CO. CONTENTS PAGE WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... by profession a civil engineer, and had, some years before, strongly advocated the steam ram as a weapon of war. His views had then attracted attention, but nothing was done. With the outbreak of the war ... hold. Her hull had been sheathed with oak planking and the bulkheads, forward, aft, and thwartships, were of oak and of the best workmanship. Her beautiful model, speed, and manageable qualities ... complete list, please see the end of this | | document. | | | + + * * * * * THE NAVY IN THE CIVIL WAR THE GULF AND INLAND WATERS BY A.T. MAHAN CAPTAIN U.S. NAVY LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, &...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 22:20

... his stubborness, the begining of the Civil War had started with no casualities but the rifles had been fired, Union against the Confederacy. ... his party. But there is another side of the coin and that is where Dred Scott comes in the Civil War picture. Dred Scott was a slave who was taken to Illinois by his master on a trip and taking ... an uproar on the decision and this made it very impossible not to foresee the coming of the Civil War. When we look to the past and see that this hunk of rock now known as the United States...

Ngày tải lên: 11/03/2014, 16:34

... with his party. But there is another side of the coin and that is where Dred Scott comes in the Civil War picture. Dred Scott was a slave who was taken to Illinois by his master on a trip and taking ... an uproar on the decision and this made it very impossible not to foresee the coming of the Civil War. When we look to the past and see that this hunk of rock now known as the United States was ... die at the hands of their own countrymen, people that they fought with during the Revolutionary War so that they could be free of the monarchy of British Rule. Now in today's perspective,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 21:57

... were the principal agent in checking the enemy. As soon as they had formed in line, Warren gave orders to Colonel Best, Chief of Artillery to the Twelfth Corps, to post more batteries on the eminence ... CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG *** Produced by Ed Ferris CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR VI. CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG BY ABNER DOUBLEDAY BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL, U.S.A., AND ... shower of telegrams came to Hooker, notifying him of these untoward events, and demanding protection; but he simply moved one step toward the enemy. On the 15th he had three corps the First, Sixth,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 23:20

... by yeomen; and here they laid aside their Cavalier garments, and proceeded northward. They traveled quietly forward as far as Durham, and then went west, as Berwick was held for the Parliament. ... one man can hurl at another. Cromwell's defenders who say that he warred mildly and mercifully in England, according to English ideas, and that he fought the Irish only as they fought each ... in tallow. Harry paid no heed to them until he felt the warmth returning to his limbs. Then he rose to his feet and addressed them in English. They shook their heads. Perceiving how wet he was...

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Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 10:21

... South only Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, and North Carolina showed a noticeable increase in the number of free persons of color during the decade immediately preceding the Civil War. This element ... heathen practices and idolatrous rites, loath to take over the Teutonic civilization, and would at best learn to speak the English language imperfectly only.[1] The reformers, who at times admitted this, ... liberal attitude toward the Negroes was that the Quakers of those colonies where other settlers were so neglectful of the enlightenment of the colored race, soon found themselves at war with the leaders...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 18:20