Crossroads To Civil War
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Crossroads To Civil War
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Author : Kamal Suleiman Salibi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Crossroads To Civil War written by Kamal Suleiman Salibi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Political Science categories.
Crossroads Of Freedom
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Author : James M. McPherson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-09-12
Crossroads Of Freedom written by James M. McPherson 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 2002-09-12 with History categories.
The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. As McPherson shows, by September 1862 the survival of the United States was in doubt. The Union had suffered a string of defeats, and Robert E. Lee's army was in Maryland, poised to threaten Washington. The British government was openly talking of recognizing the Confederacy and brokering a peace between North and South. Northern armies and voters were demoralized. And Lincoln had shelved his proposed edict of emancipation months before, waiting for a victory that had not come--that some thought would never come. Both Confederate and Union troops knew the war was at a crossroads, that they were marching toward a decisive battle. It came along the ridges and in the woods and cornfields between Antietam Creek and the Potomac River. Valor, misjudgment, and astonishing coincidence all played a role in the outcome. McPherson vividly describes a day of savage fighting in locales that became forever famous--The Cornfield, the Dunkard Church, the West Woods, and Bloody Lane. Lee's battered army escaped to fight another day, but Antietam was a critical victory for the Union. It restored morale in the North and kept Lincoln's party in control of Congress. It crushed Confederate hopes of British intervention. And it freed Lincoln to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation, which instantly changed the character of the war. McPherson brilliantly weaves these strands of diplomatic, political, and military history into a compact, swift-moving narrative that shows why America's bloodiest day is, indeed, a turning point in our history.
The Battle Of Brice S Crossroads
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Author : Stewart L Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2020-07-15
The Battle Of Brice S Crossroads written by Stewart L Bennett and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-15 with History categories.
The history of this unexpected Confederate victory in Civil War Mississippi, told through a collection of first-person soldier accounts. An insignificant crossroads in northeast Mississippi was an unlikely battleground for one of the most spectacular Confederate victories in the western theater of the Civil War. But that is where two generals determined destiny for their men. Union general Samuel D. Sturgis looked to redeem his past military record, while hard-fighting Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest aimed to drive the Union army out of Mississippi or die trying. In the hot June sun, their armies collided for control of north Mississippi in a story of courage, overwhelming odds, and American spirit. In this book, Stewart Bennett retells the day’s saga through a wealth of first-person soldier accounts. Includes photos
The Civil War
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Civil War written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with United States categories.
Down To The Crossroads
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Author : Aram Goudsouzian
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2014-02-04
Down To The Crossroads written by Aram Goudsouzian and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with History categories.
In 1962, James Meredith became a civil rights hero when he enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. Four years later, he would make the news again when he reentered Mississippi, on foot. His plan was to walk from Memphis to Jackson, leading a "March Against Fear" that would promote black voter registration and defy the entrenched racism of the region. But on the march's second day, he was shot by a mysterious gunman, a moment captured in a harrowing and now iconic photograph. What followed was one of the central dramas of the civil rights era. With Meredith in the hospital, the leading figures of the civil rights movement flew to Mississippi to carry on his effort. They quickly found themselves confronting southern law enforcement officials, local activists, and one another. In the span of only three weeks, Martin Luther King, Jr., narrowly escaped a vicious mob attack; protesters were teargassed by state police; Lyndon Johnson refused to intervene; and the charismatic young activist Stokely Carmichael first led the chant that would define a new kind of civil rights movement: Black Power. Aram Goudsouzian's Down to the Crossroads is the story of the last great march of the King era, and the first great showdown of the turbulent years that followed. Depicting rural demonstrators' courage and the impassioned debates among movement leaders, Goudsouzian reveals the legacy of an event that would both integrate African Americans into the political system and inspire even bolder protests against it. Full of drama and contemporary resonances, this book is civil rights history at its best.
Crossroads To Civil War
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Author : Kamal S. Salibi
language : en
Publisher: Academic Resources Corp
Release Date : 1976
Crossroads To Civil War written by Kamal S. Salibi and has been published by Academic Resources Corp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with History categories.
"Salibi carefully describes the political atmosphere & events in Lebanon during the last two decades, & illuminates his detailed report with useful insights into the shifting factions. He examines the complex political system linking Christians & Muslims in a unique, bireligious state, & explains how the balance disintegrated after the 1968 elections, under the pressure of domestic corruption & inter-Arab intrigue."-Library Journal.
Civil Rights Crossroads
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Author : Steven F. Lawson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-10-17
Civil Rights Crossroads written by Steven F. Lawson and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-17 with History categories.
Over the past thirty years, Steven F. Lawson has established himself as one of the nation's leading historians of the black struggle for equality. Civil Rights Crossroads is an important collection of Lawson's writings about the civil rights movement that is essential reading for anyone concerned about the past, present, and future of race relations in America. Lawson examines the movement from a variety of perspectives -- local and national, political and social -- to offer penetrating insights into the civil rights movement and its influence on contemporary society. Civil Rights Crossroads also illuminates the role of a broad array of civil rights activists, familiar and unfamiliar. Lawson describes the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon Johnson to shape the direction of the struggle, as well as the extraordinary contributions of ordinary people like Fannie Lou Hamer, Harry T. Moore, Ruth Perry, Theodore Gibson, and many other unsung heroes of the most important social movement of the twentieth century. Lawson also examines the decades-long battle to achieve and expand the right of African Americans to vote and to implement the ballot as the cornerstone of attempts at political liberation.
Creighton S Crossroads
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Author : Betty Larosa
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2007-12-26
Creighton S Crossroads written by Betty Larosa and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-26 with Fiction categories.
Why would wealthy Philip Creighton leave his bride of only seven months to join the Union army at the outset of the Civil War--with the hope of being killed? That is the question at the heart of Creighton’s Crossroads, Betty Larosa’s novel of love, war, betrayal and retribution. Creighton‘s Crossroads is the first book in a four-part family saga. Philip Creighton, jarred from the privileged existence he’s always known, is forced to re-assess his view of life after sharing war-time experiences with a cross-section of soldiers from different states. These experiences take him from fashionable Washington soirees to the bloody trenches of Petersburg, Virginia, but his emotional journey is even longer and more difficult. Larosa, who lives in Bridgeport, West Virginia, near the heart of Civil War country, with her husband Gene, felt inspired to write about the human wreckage left in the wake of that war. During her research, she visited many of the battlefields and all the locations mentioned in the four books.
Crossroads
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Author : David E. Graves
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-08-17
Crossroads written by David E. Graves and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-17 with categories.
The Civil War and the opportunists that came with it destroy much of the South and its families, especially those that had found success, Jack among them. The war that tore his family apart ends, but he struggle to recover just begins. Separation, hardship and heartache are measured in years. Jack, Sarah, and an unsavoury opportunist John, a former cattle thief Tom, and Montana settlers all touched in the same way by the war, find their paths cross as they come to the crossroads in their lives. CROSSROADS is a love story and historical epic that treks through a very tumultuous period of American History, pitching its characters at odds with the task of survival, recovery and each other, all desperate to make it through, one day at a time. CROSSROADS, a story of greed, hate, vengeance, success and defeat. A story of lives lived.
The Battle Of Monroe S Crossroads
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Author : Eric J. Wittenberg
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2006-04-19
The Battle Of Monroe S Crossroads written by Eric J. Wittenberg and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-19 with History categories.
A detailed tactical narrative of one of the most important but least known engagements of William T. Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign during the Civil War. As General Sherman’s infantry crossed into North Carolina, Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick’s veteran Federal cavalry division fanned out in front, screening the advance. When Kilpatrick learned that Confederate cavalry under Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton was hot on his trail, he decided to set a trap for the Southern horsemen near a place called Monroe’s Crossroads. Hampton, however, learned of the plan and decided to do something Kilpatrick was not expecting: attack. On March 10, 1865, Southern troopers under Hampton and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler launched a savage surprise attack on Kilpatrick’s sleeping camp. After three hours of some of the toughest cavalry fighting of the entire Civil War, Hampton broke off and withdrew. His attack, however, stopped Kilpatrick’s advance and bought another precious day for Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee to evacuate his command from Fayetteville. This, in turn, permitted Hardee to join the command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and set the stage for the climactic Battle of Bentonville nine days later. Noted Civil War author Eric J. Wittenberg has written the first history of this important but long-forgotten battle, and places it in its proper context within the entire Carolinas Campaign. His study features twenty-eight original maps and dozens of illustrations. Finally, an author of wide experience and renown has brought to vivid life this overlooked portion of the Carolinas Campaign. Praise for The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads “All the elements that we expect in great battle are here: high drama, command decisions good, bad, and ugly; courage and cowardice, sacrifice, and fortitude. Readers both new to the genre and veteran to the literature will find much of value in The Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads.” —Noah Andre Trudeau, author of The Last Citadel: Petersburg, June 1864–April 1865 “Features a marvelous cast of characters and a riveting story impeccably researched and judiciously interpreted. It is the definitive account of this fascinating battle.” —Mark L. Bradley, author of Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville