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I Am Fighting For The Union

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Author : Henry Willis Wells
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2023-04-25

I Am Fighting For The Union written by Henry Willis Wells and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-25 with History categories.

"On 18 May 1862, Henry Willis Wells wrote a letter to his mother telling her in clear terms, "I am fighting for the Union." Since August 1861, when he joined the US Navy as a master's mate, at age twenty, he never wavered in his loyalty. He wrote to his family frequently that he considered military service a necessary and patriotic duty, and the career that ensued was a dramatic one, astutely and articulately documented by Wells himself in over 200 letters home, leaving an insightful, detailed, and invaluable account of daily life in the Union Navy. Prior to the start of the war, Wells's considerable merchant marine experience qualified him to join the service as a junior officer. Thus, he was a part of the naval hierarchy where he was able to witness some events, consequences, temperaments, and relationships, that senior officers above him and seamen below often could not. His family, who lived in Brookline, Massachusetts, served as his outlet to fully express his wartime observations and sentiments, and his correspondence fully presents his personality and thoughts, observations and experiences. At fifteen years of age Henry signed on for a West Coast voyage on the clipper ship Ocean Telegraph on her first cruise. During the trip Wells kept a journal. In it, as he would in his later letters home, he revealed his enquiring character and a desire to learn the duties and business of the ship, even navigation. This journey matured an impressionable young man into a more worldly and cosmopolitan individual. He later found employment on other merchant ships, and in between voyages he also trained at the Boston Mercantile and Nautical College, studying dead reckoning and navigation. He joined the navy shortly after the war began, initially aboard the Cambridge, attached to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which patrolled the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. He witnessed the Battle of Hampton Roads and the fight between the ironclads, CSS Virginia, and the USS Monitor. They blockaded Wilmington, North Carolina and chased the schooner J. W. Pindar ashore during her attempt to run the blockade, when Henry's boarding party was captured by Confederate forces. After a short prison stay in the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, his Confederate captors paroled Henry. He travelled back to Brookline, and soon thereafter the Navy Department assigned him to the gunboat Ceres, which operated on the sounds and rivers of North Carolina, protecting army positions ashore. Henry was on board during the Confederate attempt to capture Washington, North Carolina. During this April 1863 attack Henry was instrumental in the town's defense, commanding a naval battery ashore during the latter part of the fight. His exceptional service gained him a transfer to a larger warship, the USS Montgomery, and later Gem of the Sea, part of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Through his hard work and professionalism, he finally earned his first command. In September 1864, he became the commanding officer of the Rosalie, a sloop used as a tender to the local warships. Later he commanded the schooner Annie, also a tender. At the end of December 1864, however, the Annie suffered a massive explosion, killing all hands, including Wells. He was twenty-three years old when his life and career ended tragically. Wells's letters document both his considerable achievements and his frustrations. As a volunteer officer from the merchant service, he had to pass an examination on seamanship, navigation, and gunnery. But these volunteers proved to be critical to the navy, even though regular officers often viewed the volunteers as less efficient, unknowledgeable, and unworthy of command. Wells initially experienced this prejudice on each ship he served, yet he overcame these preconceived notions, due to his knowledge and experience, as well as his outstanding work ethic, command presence and his good nature. Yet his service was often emotionally difficult for him. Despite his years of experience and training, the navy assigned him more junior positions than many other men with vastly less skills and proficiency. In his correspondence he discusses shipmates with little or no time at sea and yet who were senior to him. His correspondence is always candid. He addressed most of his letters to his mother, as well his two sisters, in a manner straightforward and to the point regarding those he served with. He frequently discusses news of the wider world, as well as his opinions, wants, and wishes; his messmates and fellow officers; and his health, homesickness, the challenges of his vocation. His letters are also replete with his efforts to improve himself. In his spare time, Henry studied French and read some of the classics of literature and history, but he also tried to improve his professional knowledge by studying navigation and gunnery"--

The Fight For The Union

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Author : Valentine Mott Francis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1863

The Fight For The Union written by Valentine Mott Francis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1863 with United States categories.

The Fight For Union

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Author : Margaret L. Coit
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

The Fight For Union written by Margaret L. Coit and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Politicians categories.

Account of the leaders who tried to avert the Civil War.

The Fighting Quakers A True Story Of The War For Our Union With Letters From The Brothers E H And J Ketcham And A Funeral Sermon By O B Frothingham

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Author : Augustine J. H. DUGANNE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866

The Fighting Quakers A True Story Of The War For Our Union With Letters From The Brothers E H And J Ketcham And A Funeral Sermon By O B Frothingham written by Augustine J. H. DUGANNE 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.

Armies Of Deliverance

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Author : Elizabeth R. Varon
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019

Armies Of Deliverance written by Elizabeth R. Varon and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with HISTORY categories.

Loyal Americans marched off to war in 1861 not to conquer the South but to liberate it. In Armies of Deliverance, Elizabeth Varon offers both a sweeping narrative of the Civil War and a bold new interpretation of Union and Confederate war aims. Lincoln's Union coalition sought to deliver the South from slaveholder tyranny and deliver to it the blessings of modern civilization. Over the course of the war, supporters of black freedom built the case that slavery was the obstacle to national reunion and that emancipation would secure military victory and benefit Northern and Southern whites alike. To sustain their morale, Northerners played up evidence of white Southern Unionism, of antislavery progress in the slaveholding border states, and of disaffection among Confederates. But the Union's emphasis on Southern deliverance served, ironically, not only to galvanize loyal Amer icans but also to galvanize disloyal ones. Confederates, fighting to establish an independent slaveholding republic, scorned the Northern promise of liberation and argued that the emancipation of blacks was synonymous with the subjugation of the white South.

Fighting Union Busters In A Carolina Carpet Mill

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Author : Phil Cohen
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-09-11

Fighting Union Busters In A Carolina Carpet Mill written by Phil Cohen and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-11 with Political Science categories.

In 2017, Workers United/SEIU called veteran organizer Phil Cohen out of retirement to investigate and expose a union-busting plot by Mohawk Industries at a North Carolina carpet mill. His hard-hitting account chronicles the resulting labor dispute that rocked a Fortune 500 company. The organizer had to prove management was behind an illegal decertification petition and forced workers to sign using strong-arm tactics. Though terrified of retaliation, witnesses gradually agreed to testify before federal agents. Mohawk retained a high-powered union-busting attorney who appealed directly to ultra-conservative heads of the National Labor Relations Board, while Right to Work Committee lawyers framed the issue as a test case to revoke laws protecting employee rights. The union's only hope rested on presenting evidence too formidable for political bias to surmount. This memoir, infused with dry wit and insights into human nature, blows the lid off the nation's union-busting epidemic, thrusting readers into the tumultuous environment of a union hall in crisis.

One Big Union Of All The Workers

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Author : John Newsinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017

One Big Union Of All The Workers written by John Newsinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.

Crescent Shine

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Author : Israel Gibbons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866

Crescent Shine written by Israel Gibbons 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.

Liberty And Union Cyclopedia Of Patriotism Embracing The Best Oratory Poetry And Music Relating To The American Republic

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Author : Samuel Fallows
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-01-24

Liberty And Union Cyclopedia Of Patriotism Embracing The Best Oratory Poetry And Music Relating To The American Republic written by Samuel Fallows and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-24 with Fiction categories.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Legislative History Of The Labor Management Reporting And Disclosure Act Of 1959

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959

Legislative History Of The Labor Management Reporting And Disclosure Act Of 1959 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Labor laws and legislation categories.