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Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 3 – The Peninsula

Publiziert am 21. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 3 – The Peninsula – Alexander Stewart Webb.

The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against the Confederate States Army in Northern Virginia, intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. McClellan was initially successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of the aggressive General Robert E. Lee turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a humiliating Union defeat.

Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 3 - The Peninsula

Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 3

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 4

Publiziert am 20. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Life Of George Washington Volume 4 – Washington Irving

“The Life Of George Washington” is a monumental work on the life of one of the most famous American presidents. Originally published in five volumes between 1853 and 1859, it is a treasure chest of information on Washington and the Civil War. This work is presumeably the most intimate and fascinating biography of a man who worked his way from an Army commander to the first President of the United States. This is volume four out of five.

The Life Of George Washington Volume 4

The Life Of George Washington Volume 4

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 4.

ISBN: 9783849673338.

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 3

Publiziert am 20. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Life Of George Washington Volume 3 – Washington Irving

“The Life Of George Washington” is a monumental work on the life of one of the most famous American presidents. Originally published in five volumes between 1853 and 1859, it is a treasure chest of information on Washington and the Civil War. This work is presumeably the most intimate and fascinating biography of a man who worked his way from an Army commander to the first President of the United States. This is volume three out of five.

The Life Of George Washington Volume 3

The Life Of George Washington Volume 3

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 3.

ISBN: 9783849673321.

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Franklin County, Ohio: A Collection Of Reminiscences Of The Early Settlement

Publiziert am 19. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Franklin County, Ohio: A Collection Of Reminiscences Of The Early Settlement – William T. Martin

It is the design of this book to preserve for the people of Franklin County an imperishable record of its early history — now existing only in scattering and detached papers and records, which are every year wasting away. To write the history of a single county, may to some appear like a very small business; while to others it is considered very desirable that someone should do so in every county. How else are the names and memory of our early settlers and friends to be preserved? And who is there that would not be pleased to look back, or to have his children … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Personal Recollections of the Civil War

Publiziert am 7. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Personal Recollections of the Civil War – James Madison Stone.

This volume does not claim to be a tactical, or strategic history of the campaigns of which it treats; it aims rather to be a narrative of the every-day life and experience of the private soldier in camp and field-how he lived, how he marched, how he fought and how he suffered. No sooner had some of the volunteers reached the front, and been subjected to the hardships and exposures of army life, than they fell sick, were sent to the hospital and were discharged without passing through any serious campaigns. Others were wounded early, were disabled and were never able to return to their regiments. The more fortunate passed … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 2

Publiziert am 6. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Life Of George Washington Volume 2 – Washington Irving

“The Life Of George Washington” is a monumental work on the life of one of the most famous American presidents. Originally published in five volumes between 1853 and 1859, it is a treasure chest of information on Washington and the Civil War. This work is presumeably the most intimate and fascinating biography of a man who worked his way from an Army commander to the first President of the United States. This is volume two out of five.

The Life Of George Washington Volume 2

The Life Of George Washington Volume 2

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The Life Of George Washington Volume 2.

ISBN: 9783849673093.

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Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County

Publiziert am 5. Februar 2018 von Jazzybee

Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County – William Alexander Taylor

Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio, as well as the county seat of Franklin County. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. This is a full account of the history of this beautiful towns, of Franklin county and its various townships and includes a huge and thoroughly investigated biographical section.

Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County

Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County

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Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County.

ISBN: 9783849673543.

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A Tour on the Prairies

Publiziert am 29. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

A Tour on the Prairies – Washington Irving

The productions of Washington Irving are deservedly held in high estimation, not so much, perhaps, for their intrinsic merits as literary compositions, although in this respect they hold no mean position, as for the inimitable tracings of adventurous life which they display through all their gradations and variety, and for the interest they keep alive in the reader, without outraging nature. Several hundred miles beyond the Mississippi extended a vast tract of uninhabited country, where there is neither to be seen the log-house of the white man nor the wigwam of the Indian. It consisted of large grassy plains, interspersed with forests and groves, and watered by the Arkansas, the Grand Canadian, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Writings of Thomas Paine

Publiziert am 25. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

The Writings of Thomas Paine – Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. Paine is the only English writer who expresses with uncompromising sharpness the abstract doctrine of political rights held by the French revolutionists. His relation to the American struggle, and afterwards to the revolution of 1789, gave him a unique position, and his writings became the sacred books of the extreme radical party in England. This edition contains all four original volumes with his most famous works from 1774 through 1796. Included are “The American … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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American Slavery As It Was – The Background Of Twelve Years A Slave

Publiziert am 24. Januar 2018 von Jazzybee

American Slavery As It Was – The Background Of Twelve Years A Slave – Theodore Dwight Weld

With the recent success of the movie and book “Twelve Years A Slave” in mind, this title, as the name imports, gives a true picture of the state of slavery in the United States in the first half of the 19th century. It had an important bearing on the great controversy upon this subject at the time it was published. The evidence which it contains is minutely circumstantial. A considerable portion of the book consists of the narratives of persons who have resided at the south, and witnessed the treatment of the slaves on the plantation with which they were conversant. With very … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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