FortRunyon, covering the approach totheLong Bridge, had a30-pounder Parrott rifle, eight8-inch seacoast howitzers, ten 32-pounders and four 6- pounder fieldpieces, and was garrisoned by a New York regiment. Fort Ellsworth, onthe edge ...
Stranded on a distant world ruled by alien creatures, Union Colonel Andrew Keane and his regiment must rely on a brute force when a human traitor among them gives the aliens the secret to air power. Original.
The first volume of the centennial history opens with the democratic convention in April 1860 at Charleston and closes with the Battle of Bull Run
Through the prisms of history, literature, psychology, criminal justice, oral history, African American studies, political science, film studies, and anthropology, Terrible Swift Sword offers insights not only into John Brown's ...
Analyzes the leadership and tactics of the Civil War general, citing his role in introducing scorched-earth methods and the contributions of his Cavalry Corps in Lee's surrender and explaining the cavalry and total war strategies that ...
In this compelling and crisply written biography, historian Joseph Wheelan examines the life and wars of the indomitable General Phil Sheridan, whose leadership and aggressive tactics helped win the Civil War, crush the marauding Plains ...
John Langellier''s study examines the uniforms and equipment of Abraham Lincoln''s soldiers as they appeared in the field during the Civil War. The study covers the artillery, cavalry and infantry.
What if the last battle of the Civil War was fought in 1938?
Wert, Custer, 185; Longacre, Custer, 261–262; Simson, Custer and the Front Royal Executions of1864, 87–88, 91. 46. O.R., V. 43, Part II, 920. 47. Sheridan Papers, Reel 1; Wert, From Winchester, 166–169; Gordon, Reminiscences, 328–329; ...
The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war--an epic struggle for freedom.
Terrible Swift Sword: The Centennial History of the Civil War
Terrible Swift Sword
These are men who survived Civil War killing fields, prison camp, even a train wreck.