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Battle Of Galveston January 1st 1863 Classic Reprint
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Author : Robert M. Franklin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-09
Battle Of Galveston January 1st 1863 Classic Reprint written by Robert M. Franklin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-09 with History categories.
Excerpt from Battle of Galveston, January 1st, 1863 I shall endeavor this afternoon, to comply with your request, and give you an account, as an eye-witness, of the attack by land and water, on the Federal Squadron and troops in Galveston harbor, by the Confederates, on January 1 st, 1863, generally referred to as the Battle of Galveston. There has been much told and written about this affair, by parties who were, for one reason or another, without accurate information on the subject, and who made no effort to sift out the facts from the mass of false rumors and yarns circulated at the time. You will, I hope, pardon a brief reference to the subordinate part which I played as one of the Horse-marines (so called at the time) in this Tragedy of the Seas; since the reference is necessary to show that my account is drawn largely from my own knowledge and information on the subject. On December 25th, 1862, when General Magruder, through Col. C.G. Forshey, of the Engineers, issued his order to Colonel DeBray, commanding the Eastern Sub-District (military) of Texas, at Houston, to have the river steamers Bayou City and Neptune fitted up, under the supervision of Major Leon Smith, for an attack on the Federal vessels, I was the Adjutant of DeBray sRegiment, and on detached service, as A.A.A.G., with Colonel DeBray. I was thus early advised of this movement, and being tired of the inactivity of life at Post Headquarters, I obtained permission from my chief, and offered my services to Major (Captain) Smith, who put me to work in the capacity of Aide, Middie, Roustabout, or whatever name is suited to his aggregation of volunteer sailors, Artillery men. Cavalry men, and Civilians, who eventually manned the boats; but whatever the rank, I was with Smith on the Bayou City, during the engagement, tried to stay close to him and see what was going on. You will have to take my word for this, however, as Smith, a bluff sailor, more gallant than courteous, not only neglected to recognize my service in his report, but left me alone in charge of a captured bark (The Elias Pike) anchored in the harbor, and apparently forgot my existence, as I remained on board for three days and was then relieved through a remarkable coincidence. In this connection I must correct a statement in General Magruders Report, (Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 219 U.S. War Records). The General says: On January 3 rd, I being then on board the Harriet Lane, a yawl-boat, containing several men in command of a person named Thomas Smith, recently a citizen of Galveston, and who had deserted from our army, was reported along side. This statement does not conform to the facts, which were as follows: On the day of battle, Commodore Smith, on the Steamer John F.Carr had pursued the enemys vessels to the outer bar, and on his return had towed the Bark Elias Pike from Boliver Roadstead, and anchored her in midstream off 18 th Street, leaving me in charge and alone, except a sailor and cabin boy of the Bark, who had remained on the vessel, when the crew abandoned her. Shortly after noon on January 3 rd, this man Smith, a deserter commonly known as Nicaragua Smith, was sent in company with another deserter and four marines, into the harbor for a pilot, to bring the Transport Cambria over the bar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
Battle Of Galveston January 1st 1863
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Author : Robert M. Franklin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Battle Of Galveston January 1st 1863 written by Robert M. Franklin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Battle Of Galveston January 1s
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Author : Robert M. Franklin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-08-24
Battle Of Galveston January 1s written by Robert M. Franklin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-24 with History categories.
Battle Of Galveston January 1st 1863
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Author : Robert M [From Old Catalog] Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Release Date : 2018-02-04
Battle Of Galveston January 1st 1863 written by Robert M [From Old Catalog] Franklin and has been published by Sagwan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-04 with categories.
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The Battle Of Galveston
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Author : Tom Townsend
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-11-01
The Battle Of Galveston written by Tom Townsend and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
In 1863 Luke Cochrane and his father go to Galveston to deliver bales of cotton to the Confederate Army and find themselves in the middle of a fierce naval battle. The battle was fought on January 1, 1863 during the Civil War when Confederate forces attacked and forced occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston, Texas. When the Civil War ended, Galveston was the only major port still under Confederate control. Tom Townsend if a prolific author of historic fiction for juvenile readers. His works have been nominated and won several awards and have entertained young readers for decades.
Battle On The Bay
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Author : Edward T. Cotham
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Battle On The Bay written by Edward T. Cotham and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.
The Civil War history of Galveston is one of the last untold stories from America's bloodiest war, despite the fact that Galveston was a focal point of hostilities throughout the conflict. As other Southern ports fell to the Union, Galveston emerged as one of the Confederacy's only lifelines to the outside world. When the war ended in 1865, Galveston was the only major port still in Confederate hands. In this beautifully written narrative history, Ed Cotham draws upon years of archival and on-site research, as well as rare historical photographs, drawings, and maps, to chronicle the Civil War years in Galveston. His story encompasses all the military engagements that took place in the city and on Galveston Bay, including the dramatic Battle of Galveston, in which Confederate forces retook the city on New Year's Day, 1863. Cotham sets the events in Galveston within the overall conduct of the war, revealing how the city's loss was a great strategic impediment to the North. Through his pages pass major figures of the era, as well as ordinary soldiers, sailors, and citizens of Galveston, whose courage in the face of privation and danger adds an inspiring dimension to the story.
National Union Catalog
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
National Union Catalog written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Union catalogs categories.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Backroads Of Texas
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Author : Larry Hodge
language : en
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Release Date : 2000-04-01
Backroads Of Texas written by Larry Hodge and has been published by Taylor Trade Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-01 with Travel categories.
This new edition takes you off the major highways to discover the sights, scenes, history, and places that make the Lone Star State unique.
Lincoln S Emancipation Proclamation
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Author : Allen C. Guelzo
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-11-07
Lincoln S Emancipation Proclamation written by Allen C. Guelzo and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-07 with History categories.
One of the nation's foremost Lincoln scholars offers an authoritative consideration of the document that represents the most far-reaching accomplishment of our greatest president. No single official paper in American history changed the lives of as many Americans as Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. But no American document has been held up to greater suspicion. Its bland and lawyerlike language is unfavorably compared to the soaring eloquence of the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural; its effectiveness in freeing the slaves has been dismissed as a legal illusion. And for some African-Americans the Proclamation raises doubts about Lincoln himself. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation dispels the myths and mistakes surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation and skillfully reconstructs how America's greatest president wrote the greatest American proclamation of freedom.
Confederate Emancipation
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Author : Bruce Levine
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006
Confederate Emancipation written by Bruce Levine and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Levine sheds light on such hot-button topics as what the Confederacy was fighting for, whether black southerners were willing to fight in large numbers in defense of the South, and what this episode foretold about life and politics in the post-war South.