All Roads Led To Gettysburg
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All Roads Led To Gettysburg
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Author : Troy D. Harman
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-08-15
All Roads Led To Gettysburg written by Troy D. Harman and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with History categories.
It has long been a trope of Civil War history that Gettysburg was an accidental battlefield. General Lee, the old story goes, marched blindly into Pennsylvania while his chief cavalryman Jeb Stuart rode and raided incommunicado. Meanwhile, General Meade, in command only a few days, gave uncertain chase to an enemy whose exact positions he did not know. And so these ignorant armies clashed by first light at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863. In the spirit of his iconoclastic Lee’s Real Plan at Gettysburg, Troy D. Harman argues for a new interpretation: once Lee invaded Pennsylvania and the Union army pursued, a battle at Gettysburg was entirely predictable, perhaps inevitable. Most Civil War battles took place along major roads, railroads, and waterways; the armies needed to move men and equipment, and they needed water for men, horses, and artillery. And yet this perspective hasn’t been fully explored when it comes to Gettysburg. Look at an 1863 map, says Harman: look at the area framed in the north by the Susquehanna River and in the south by the Potomac, in the east by the Northern Central Railroad and in the west by the Cumberland Valley Railroad. This is where the armies played a high-stakes game of chess in late June 1863. Their movements were guided by strategies of caution and constrained by roads, railroads, mountains and mountain passes, rivers and creeks, all of which led the armies to Gettysburg. It’s true that Lee was disadvantaged by Stuart’s roaming and Meade by his newness to command, which led both to default to the old strategic and logistical bedrocks they learned at West Point—and these instincts helped reinforce the magnetic pull toward Gettysburg. Moreover, once the battle started, Harman argues, the blue and gray fought tactically for the two creeks—Marsh and Rock, essential for watering men and horses and sponging artillery—that mark the battlefield in the east and the west as well as for the roadways that led to Gettysburg from all points of the compass. This is a perspective often overlooked in many accounts of the battle, which focus on the high ground—the Round Tops, Cemetery Hill—as key tactical objectives. Gettysburg Ranger and historian Troy Harman draws on a lifetime of researching the Civil War and more than thirty years of studying the terrain of Gettysburg and south-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland to reframe the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. In the process he shows there’s still much to say about one of history’s most written-about battles. This is revisionism of the best kind.
Lee S Real Plan At Gettysburg
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Author : Troy D. Harman
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2003-07-01
Lee S Real Plan At Gettysburg written by Troy D. Harman and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-01 with History categories.
Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg presents a provocative new theory regarding Lee's true tactical objectives during this pivotal battle of the American Civil War.
All Roads Lead To Hell
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Author : Bruce S. Welch
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2018-10-30
All Roads Lead To Hell written by Bruce S. Welch and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with Fiction categories.
Estranged son of a politically prominent father, Everett Dahlgren Boyd dealt with the issues of the day both as a civilian and then as a Union soldier in an artillery battery during the Civil War.
Insiders Guide To Gettysburg
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Author : Kate Hertzog
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2009-05-19
Insiders Guide To Gettysburg written by Kate Hertzog and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-19 with Travel categories.
Insiders' Guide to Gettysburg is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this historic city.
Roads From Gettysburg
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Author : John W. Schildt
language : en
Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company
Release Date : 1998
Roads From Gettysburg written by John W. Schildt and has been published by White Mane Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
The wealth of firsthand accounts in this work make it a worthwhile volume for both serious students of the Gettysburg Campaign and those that just like to read about the Civil War.
All Roads Lead To October
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Author : Maury Allen
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2000-07-14
All Roads Lead To October written by Maury Allen and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-14 with Sports & Recreation categories.
All Roads Lead to October presents an up close and personal look at the New York Yankees under legendary owner George Steinbrenner. George Herman Ruth was the Babe. Lou Gehrig was the Iron Horse. Joe DiMaggio was the Yankee Clipper. George Steinbrenner is the Boss. On a rainy January morning, 1973, a press conference is called that will change the face of the Yankees forever. A young Cleveland Industrialist by the name of Steinbrenner stands at New York's famed 21 Club and announces his new ownership of the Yankees. And so begins the Steinbrenner era, the era of the Boss. Now with five World Championships to his name, Steinbrenner is not only the owner of one of the past century's winningest baseball teams, but a legendary figure in his own right. Both eccentric and egocentric, Steinbrenner's unique approach to the game turned a not-so-good 1973 Yankees squad into World Champions just five years later. As integral to the history of the Yankees as DiMaggio or Ruth, All Road Lead to October examines the team under Steinbrenner's reign. Having covered the Yankees since Steinbrenner came aboard, acclaimed sports journalist and noted author Maury Allen examines the complex and often fiery relationships the owner had with the likes of Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson, Yogi Berra, Joe Torre, Darryl Strawberry and many others. Here are the first hand, insider's accounts of the pivotal events in the Yankees rise to power. Covering both off the field and on the field controversies like Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich's wife swapping, the angry tirades, fights and often brilliant coaching moves of the misunderstood Billy Martin, the inside story of the signing of Reggie Jackson whose ego was as big as his bat, and the Yankees rise to baseball dominance with the likes of Jeter, Williams, El Duque, Clemens, Rivera and Torre, Maury Allen give an exclusive look at all the action. Allen was there through it all, from Steinbrenner's first press conference, through the death of Catfish Hunter, the World Series wins, the controversial trades and firings, and even when a drunk Billy Martin banged on his hotel room door one night madder than hell. This is the definitive look at not only the Boss, the but the New York Yankees, the most celebrated team of the twentieth century.
Early Days In Davenport And Rock Island
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Author : Nick Vulich
language : en
Publisher: Nick Vulich
Release Date : 2022-05-04
Early Days In Davenport And Rock Island written by Nick Vulich and has been published by Nick Vulich this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-04 with History categories.
Early Days in Davenport and Rock Island looks at twelve people who made their mark on the Quad Cities. Some you know. Others are lost to history. Black Hawk and Keokuk are the Sac and Fox chiefs who inhabited the area along the Mississippi and Rock Rivers when the first settlers arrived. Keokuk understood that it was impossible to beat the whites and did his best to work with them. Black Hawk was a cantankerous, proud old man who loved his lands and refused to give them up. Things came to a head in 1832. The whites chased Black Hawk and the British Band out of Illinois in what would become known as the Black Hawk War. George Davenport came to Rock Island in 1816 as a sutler to the troops who built Fort Armstrong. Two years later, he set off on his own trading with the Winnebago, Sac, and Fox tribes. He built his home on Rock Island, not far from Fort Armstrong, and over time became one of the richest, most powerful men in the area. Antoine Le Claire came to Fort Armstrong in 1818 as an Indian interpreter. William Clark, Governor of the Louisiana Territory, sent him to Father Neil’s School for Boys in St. Louis to learn English. Le Claire spoke seventeen Indian dialects, as well as French, English, and Spanish. He served as a translator at over a dozen treaty negotiations and won the respect of all the tribes. The Indians rewarded Le Claire by gifting him two tracts of land where the city of Moline now sits and two more on the present sites of Le Claire and Davenport. After the Black Hawk War, he turned his talents to town building. When he died in 1861, Antoine Le Claire was thought to be the richest man in Iowa. Thomas Forsyth began trading with the Indians in the late 1790s. He served as the Indian agent at Peoria during the War of 1812. He became the Indian agent at Fort Armstrong in 1817. From his first days on the island, Forsyth tried to convince the Indians to relocate west of the Mississippi. Most of the time, it was like talking to a wall. Eventually, Keokuk and Wapello moved their people across the river - only Black Hawk refused. John Buford grew up in Rock Island in the 1830s and 1840s. His father was a state senator. Two of his brothers served as mayors of Rock Island. His half-brother, Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, rose to major general during the civil war. John Buford graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1848. He served at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, then in Texas, New Mexico, and Utah. He is credited with picking the site for the battle of Gettysburg, then delaying the rebel troops for two hours, giving Generals Meade and Reynolds time to move their troops up. Reverend Ned Lee started the People’s Union Mission in Davenport’s Bucktown District in 1895. Rather than give people advice, Lee gave them what they needed, whether it was clothing, food, or just a good time at one of his outings. He started out speaking at local churches. Sunday after Sunday, Lee talked about his mission work and what could be done. After that, he took his message to local businessmen. The funny thing was the churches embraced his mission work, but the saloon owners gave him the money to fund his mission. Over time, the People’s Union Mission morphed into the Davenport Friendly Society or the Friendly House. Alice French was a Davenport novelist who wrote under the pen name Octave Thanet. She helped start the “local color” or realism movement in the late 1800s. She was one of the highest-paid authors in the country, but as time went on and writing styles changed, Alice refused to change. Today, she is best known as that lesbian writer from the turn of the century. There’s more, but you get the idea. These are just a few of the Quad City people who made the area what it is today.
A Plan To Preserve The Historic Resources Of The Gettysburg Area Of The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
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Author : United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
A Plan To Preserve The Historic Resources Of The Gettysburg Area Of The Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania written by United States. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Gettysburg (Pa.) categories.
The Confederate States Of America What Might Have Been
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Author : Roger L. Ransom
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2006-10-17
The Confederate States Of America What Might Have Been written by Roger L. Ransom and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-17 with History categories.
"Provocative and compelling…[a] wild ride through Civil War history."—Library Journal What if Lee had avoided defeat at Gettysburg? What if a military stalemate had developed, coupled with growing antiwar sentiment? What if Lincoln had been defeated in the 1864 election and Great Britain had recognized the Confederacy? What would have been the careers of an independent Confederate States of America and a defeated United States? "No historian has thought through such 'what if' questions as seriously as Roger Ransom," says the Washington Post Book World. A master of historical analysis, Roger L. Ransom follows the consequences of the "what if" scenario over an extended period of time, exploring such issues as the fate of slavery in a CSA, how the economies of the USA and the CSA would have developed, and how their foreign policies would have differed. The result is a fascinating historical vision that is a source of insight into the critical events of the Civil War period as they actually happened.
Roads To Gettysburg
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Author : John W. Schildt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978-01-01
Roads To Gettysburg written by John W. Schildt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-01-01 with Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 categories.