Heirs Of An Honored Name
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Heirs Of An Honored Name
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Author : Douglas R Egerton
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-10-29
Heirs Of An Honored Name written by Douglas R Egerton and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-29 with History categories.
An enthralling chronicle of the American nineteenth century told through the unraveling of the nation's first political dynasty John and Abigail Adams founded a famous political family, but they would not witness its calamitous fall from grace. When John Quincy Adams died in 1848, so began the slow decline of the family's political legacy. In Heirs of an Honored Name, award-winning historian Douglas R. Egerton depicts a family grown famous, wealthy -- and aimless. After the Civil War, Republicans looked to the Adamses to steer their party back to its radical 1850s roots. Instead, Charles Francis Sr. and his children -- Charles Francis Jr., John Quincy II, Henry and Clover Adams, and Louisa Adams Kuhn -- largely quit the political arena and found refuge in an imagined past of aristocratic preeminence. An absorbing story of brilliant siblings and family strain, Heirs of an Honored Name shows how the burden of impossible expectations shaped the Adamses and, through them, American history.
Union General Daniel Butterfield
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Author : James S. Pula
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2024-06-15
Union General Daniel Butterfield written by James S. Pula and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Dan Butterfield played a pivotal role during the Civil War. He led troops in the field at the brigade, division, and corps level, wrote an 1862 Army field manual, was awarded a Medal of Honor, composed “Taps,” and served as the chief-of-staff for Joe Hooker in the Army of the Potomac. He introduced a custom that remains in the U.S. Army today: the use of a distinctive hat or shoulder patch to denote the soldier’s unit. Butterfield was also controversial, not well-liked by some, and tainted by politics. Award-winning author James S. Pula unspools fact from fiction to offer the first detailed and long overdue treatment of the man and the officer in Union General Daniel Butterfield: A Civil War Biography. Butterfield was born into a wealthy New York family whose father co-founded American Express. He was one of the war’s early volunteers and made an important contribution with his manual Camp and Outpost Duty for Infantry (1862). He gained praise leading a brigade on the Virginia Peninsula and was wounded at Gaines’ Mill, where his heroism would earn him the Medal of Honor in 1892. It was in the solemnity of camp following the Seven Days’ Battles that he gained lasting fame for composing “Taps.” When its commander went missing, Butterfield took command of a division at Second Bull Run and did so with steadiness and intelligence. His abilities bumped him up to lead the Fifth Corps during the bloodbath at Fredericksburg, where he was charged with managing the dangerous withdrawal across the Rappahannock River. Shocked and hurt when he was supplanted as the head of the Fifth Corps, he received another chance to shine when General Hooker named him chief-of-staff of the Army of the Potomac. In this capacity Butterfield was largely responsible for several innovations. He used insignia he designed himself to identify each corps, streamlined the supply system, and improved communications between commands. He played a pivotal role during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns in managing logistics, communications, and movements, only to be discarded while home recuperating from a Gettysburg wound. Politics and his testimony before the Committee on the Conduct of the War tainted his rising star. When Hooker was sent west, Butterfield went along as chief-of-staff and earned positive comments from Hooker and Gens. George Thomas, William T. Sherman, and U. S. Grant. Butterfield led a division in the XX Corps during the Atlanta Campaign with conspicuous ability at Resaca before a recurring illness forced him from the field. Pula’s absorbing prose, meticulous research into primary source material, and evenhanded treatment of this important Civil War figure will be welcomed by historians and casual readers alike. Union General Daniel Butterfield: A Civil War Biography is a study long overdue.
Proceedings Of The Grand Lodge Of The Most Ancient And Honorable Fraternity Of Free And Accepted Masons Of The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
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Author : Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
Proceedings Of The Grand Lodge Of The Most Ancient And Honorable Fraternity Of Free And Accepted Masons Of The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts written by Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with categories.
Evidence Before Lords Committees For Privileges And Before The House C
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1867
Evidence Before Lords Committees For Privileges And Before The House C written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with categories.
The Rise And Fall Of The Second American Republic Reconstruction 1860 1920
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Author : Manisha Sinha
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2024-03-26
The Rise And Fall Of The Second American Republic Reconstruction 1860 1920 written by Manisha Sinha and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-26 with History categories.
A groundbreaking, expansive new account of Reconstruction that fundamentally alters our view of this formative period in American history. We are told that the present moment bears a strong resemblance to Reconstruction, the era after the Civil War when the victorious North attempted to create an interracial democracy in the unrepentant South. That effort failed—and that failure serves as a warning today about violent backlash to the mere idea of black equality. In The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, acclaimed historian Manisha Sinha expands our view beyond the accepted temporal and spatial bounds of Reconstruction, which is customarily said to have begun in 1865 with the end of the war, and to have come to a close when the "corrupt bargain" of 1877 put Rutherford B. Hayes in the White House in exchange for the fall of the last southern Reconstruction state governments. Sinha’s startlingly original account opens in 1860 with the election of Abraham Lincoln that triggered the secession of the Deep South states, and take us all the way to 1920 and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote—and which Sinha calls the "last Reconstruction amendment." Within this grand frame, Sinha narrates the rise and fall of what she calls the "Second American Republic." The Reconstruction of the South, a process driven by the alliance between the formerly enslaved at the grassroots and Radical Republicans in Congress, is central to her story, but only part of it. As she demonstrates, the US Army’s conquest of Indigenous nations in the West, labor conflict in the North, Chinese exclusion, women’s suffrage, and the establishment of an overseas American empire were all part of the same struggle between the forces of democracy and those of reaction. The main concern of Reconstruction was the plight of the formerly enslaved, but its fall affected other groups as well: women, workers, immigrants, and Native Americans. From the election of black legislators across the South in the late 1860s to the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 to the colonial war in the Philippines in the 1890s, Sinha narrates the major episodes of the era and introduces us to key individuals, famous and otherwise, who helped remake American democracy, or whose actions spelled its doom. A sweeping narrative that remakes our understanding of perhaps the most consequential period in American history, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic shows how the great contest of that age is also the great contest of our age—and serves as a necessary reminder of how young and fragile our democracy truly is.
6 Papers Relating To Claims To The Earldom Of Breadalbane And Holland
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Author : Parliament lords, proc, Vict
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866
6 Papers Relating To Claims To The Earldom Of Breadalbane And Holland written by Parliament lords, proc, Vict and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with categories.
Case On Behalf Of George Philip Stanhope Claiming To Be Earl Of Chesterfield With Schedule Of Proofs And Documents And Minutes Of Evidence
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Author : Parliament lords, proc, Vict
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
Case On Behalf Of George Philip Stanhope Claiming To Be Earl Of Chesterfield With Schedule Of Proofs And Documents And Minutes Of Evidence written by Parliament lords, proc, Vict and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with categories.
Titles Of Honor
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Author : John Selden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1614
Titles Of Honor written by John Selden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1614 with Kings and rulers categories.
Journals Of The House Of Lords
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1854
Journals Of The House Of Lords written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1854 with Great Britain categories.
Appendices accompany vols. 64, 67-71.
Case Of Lucius Lord Inchiquin On His Claiming The Right To Vote At The Election Of Representative Peers For Ireland With Minutes Of Evidence
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Author : Parliament lords, proc, Vict
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
Case Of Lucius Lord Inchiquin On His Claiming The Right To Vote At The Election Of Representative Peers For Ireland With Minutes Of Evidence written by Parliament lords, proc, Vict and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with categories.