Mirror Of War The Washington Star Reports The Civil War
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Mirror Of War The Washington Star Reports The Civil War
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Author : The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Mirror Of War The Washington Star Reports The Civil War written by The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources categories.
Mirror Of War
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Author : John W. Stepp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Mirror Of War written by John W. Stepp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with United States categories.
"With this book, the editors propose to take you back to the years 1861-1865. Their intent is to enable you to live the suspense of the Civil War by having it unfold exactly as it did for newspaper readers in the nation's capital a hundred years ago. Your mirror of the past is the Evening star, the only surviving newspaper that covered the Civil War from its home front in Washington, D.C. The contents of this volume are made up of the 62 biggest stories of the Civil War period direct from the files of the Star of the 1860s. The format ... includes : a brief transitionary background to keep events in perspective; a reprint of the Star's reports on each big story ... ; illustrations from contemporary photographers, artists or engravers ... ; some views of the Washington homefront as it was reflected in the local news"--Page 1.
Mirror Of War
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Author : John W. Stepp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Mirror Of War written by John W. Stepp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with categories.
Mirror Of War
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Author : John W. Stepp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Mirror Of War written by John W. Stepp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with United States categories.
"With this book, the editors propose to take you back to the years 1861-1865. Their intent is to enable you to live the suspense of the Civil War by having it unfold exactly as it did for newspaper readers in the nation's capital a hundred years ago. Your mirror of the past is the Evening star, the only surviving newspaper that covered the Civil War from its home front in Washington, D.C. The contents of this volume are made up of the 62 biggest stories of the Civil War period direct from the files of the Star of the 1860s. The format ... includes : a brief transitionary background to keep events in perspective, a reprint of the Star's reports on each big story ... [with] illustrations from contemporary photographers, artists or engravers ... [and] some views of the Washington homefront as it was reflected in the local news"--Page 1
100 Years After
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
100 Years After written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with United States categories.
The Greatest Escape
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Author : Douglas Miller
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-02-01
The Greatest Escape written by Douglas Miller and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-01 with History categories.
The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure tells the story of the largest prison breakout in U.S. history. It took place during the Civil War, when more than 1,200 Yankee officers were jammed into Libby, a special prison considered escape-proof, in the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia. A small group of men, obsessed with escape, mapped out an elaborate plan and one cold and clear night, 109 men dug their way to freedom. Freezing, starving, clad in rags, they still had to travel 50 miles to Yankee lines and safety. They were pursued by all the white people in the area, but every Black person they encountered was their friend. In every instance, slaves risked their lives to help these Yankees, and their journey was aided by a female-led Union spy network. Since all the escapees were officers, they all could read and write well. Over 50 of them would publish riveting accounts of their adventures. This is the first book to weave together these contemporary accounts into a true-to-life narrative. Much like a Ken Burns documentary, this book uses the actual words the prisoners recorded more than 150 years ago, as found in their many diaries and journals.
Portals To Hell
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Author : Lonnie R. Speer
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Portals To Hell written by Lonnie R. Speer and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with History categories.
The holding of prisoners of war has always been both a political and a military enterprise, yet the military prisons of the Civil War, which held more than four hundred thousand soldiers and caused the deaths of fifty-six thousand men, have been nearly forgotten. Now Lonnie R. Speer has brought to life the least-known men in the great struggle between the Union and the Confederacy, using their own words and observations as they endured a true ?hell on earth.? Drawing on scores of previously unpublished firsthand accounts, Portals to Hell presents the prisoners? experiences in great detail and from an impartial perspective. The first comprehensive study of all major prisons of both the North and the South, this chronicle analyzes the many complexities of the relationships among prisoners, guards, commandants, and government leaders.
Shrouds Of Glory
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Author : Winston Groom
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1996-07
Shrouds Of Glory written by Winston Groom 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 1996-07 with History categories.
Groom, author of Forrest Gump and other fiction, provides a thoughtful narrative account of Confederate leader General Hood, as well as his military cohorts, troops, and nemeses, from their bizarre cat-and-mouse chase through Georgia and Tennessee to the horrors of the charge at Franklin. Excellent bandw photographs, maps. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Lincoln S Spies
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Author : Douglas Waller
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 2020-08-18
Lincoln S Spies written by Douglas Waller and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-18 with History categories.
This major addition to the history of the Civil War is a “fast-paced, fact-rich account” (The Wall Street Journal) offering a detailed look at President Abraham Lincoln’s use of clandestine services and the secret battles waged by Union spies and agents to save the nation—filled with espionage, sabotage, and intrigue. Veteran CIA correspondent Douglas Waller delivers a riveting account of the heroes and misfits who carried out a shadow war of espionage and covert operations behind the Confederate battlefields. Lincoln’s Spies follows four agents from the North—three men and one woman—who informed Lincoln’s generals on the enemy positions for crucial battles and busted up clandestine Rebel networks. Famed detective Allan Pinkerton mounted a successful covert operation to slip Lincoln through Baltimore before his inauguration after he learns of an assassination attempt from his agents working undercover as Confederate soldiers. But he proved less than competent as General George McClellan’s spymaster, delivering faulty intelligence reports that overestimated Confederate strength. George Sharpe, an erudite New York lawyer, succeeded Pinkerton as spymaster for the Union’s Army of the Potomac. Sharpe deployed secret agents throughout the South, planted misinformation with Robert E. Lee’s army, and outpaced anything the enemy could field. Elizabeth Van Lew, a Virginia heiress who hated slavery and disapproved of secession, was one of Sharpe’s most successful agents. She ran a Union spy ring in Richmond out of her mansion with dozens of agents feeding her military and political secrets that she funneled to General Ulysses S. Grant as his army closed in on the Confederate capital. Van Lew became one of the unsung heroes of history. Lafayette Baker was a handsome Union officer with a controversial past, whose agents clashed with Pinkerton’s operatives. He assembled a retinue of disreputable spies, thieves, and prostitutes to root out traitors in Washington, DC. But he failed at his most important mission: uncovering the threat to Lincoln from John Wilkes Booth and his gang. Behind these operatives was Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, who was an avid consumer of intelligence and a ruthless aficionado of clandestine warfare, willing to take whatever chances necessary to win the war. Lincoln’s Spies is a “meticulous chronicle of all facets of Lincoln’s war effort” (Kirkus Reviews) and an excellent choice for those wanting “a cracking good tale” (Publishers Weekly) of espionage in the Civil War.
Still Life
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Author : H. Casser-Jayne
language : en
Publisher: HCJ STUDIO
Release Date : 2005
Still Life written by H. Casser-Jayne and has been published by HCJ STUDIO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
Ms. Casser-Jayne¿s coffee table book is the first serious compilation of photographs to be published on the Civil War¿s Battle of Antietam since Alexander Gardner¿s book in 1866. In his foreward to the book, Antietam National Battlefield Superintendent, John Howard calls Ms.Casser-Jayne's work a new monument to those who fought and to those who help us remember. Featuring 70 duotone images and 70 Civil War era quotes, this striking 152-page book captures the spirit that inhabits the Maryland battlefield. The $32.95 book also features a battle overview by eminent historian Dr. Thomas G. Clemens, President of Save Historic Antietam Foundation (SHAF).