Shooting The Civil War
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Shooting The Civil War
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Author : Jenny Barrett
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2009-02-28
Shooting The Civil War written by Jenny Barrett and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-28 with Performing Arts categories.
No fewer than seven hundred Civil War films have been made by Hollywood from early silent days to the present, from the epoch-making "Birth of a Nation", through "The Red Badge of Courage" and "Gone With the Wind" to the recent "Glory", "Ride with the Devil" and "Cold Mountain". This readable and innovative book on the American Civil War as presented in Hollywood cinema goes deep into the best of these films, arguing that rather than belonging to a single genre, Civil War films are to be found across genres, as domestic melodramas, Westerns or combat films for example. As such, they have fresh insights to give into the war and into America's sense of itself."Shooting the Civil War" shows how these films create an American ancestor who is blameless and undertakes a process of reinscription into the American historical family. It also makes the remarkable revelation that no Civil War film yet made has had a central black character who survives the war, fathers the children of the future, and can stand as representative of the whole American people. To this extent, the book is saying, the Civil War remains a work in progress.
Civil War Slavery And Shooting Single Set Book Pack
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Author : Don Johnston Incorporated
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Civil War Slavery And Shooting Single Set Book Pack written by Don Johnston Incorporated and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
Historical Shooting With Civil War Cavalry Arms
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Author : Hugh Knight
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-08-15
Historical Shooting With Civil War Cavalry Arms written by Hugh Knight and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with categories.
This book is a must for anyone interested in black-powder firearms, Civil War history, or the sport of historical shooting. In it, the reader will learn how to make period-correct ammunition for carbines and cap and ball revolvers, how to load, fire, clean, and maintain those arms, and how to shoot them according to the military manuals of the period. Lavishly illustrated, the book also contains brief overviews of the weapons and equipment of a Civil War cavalryman to help historical shooters assemble a kit for the sport.
The Rifle Musket In Civil War Combat
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Author : Earl J. Hess
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2016-07-11
The Rifle Musket In Civil War Combat written by Earl J. Hess and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-11 with History categories.
The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment of the rifle musket's actual performance on the battlefield and its impact on the course of the Civil War. Many contemporaries were impressed with the new weapon's increased range of 500 yards, compared to the smoothbore musket's range of 100 yards, and assumed that the rifle was a major factor in prolonging the Civil War. Historians have also assumed that the weapon dramatically increased casualty rates, made decisive victories rare, and relegated cavalry and artillery to far lesser roles than they played in smoothbore battles. Hess presents a completely new assessment of the rifle musket, contending that its impact was much more limited than previously supposed and was confined primarily to marginal operations such as skirmishing and sniping. He argues further that its potential to alter battle line operations was virtually nullified by inadequate training, soldiers' preference for short-range firing, and the difficulty of seeing the enemy at a distance. He notes that bullets fired from the new musket followed a parabolic trajectory unlike those fired from smoothbores; at mid-range, those rifle balls flew well above the enemy, creating two killing zones between which troops could operate untouched. He also presents the most complete discussion to date of the development of skirmishing and sniping in the Civil War. Drawing upon the observations and reflections of the soldiers themselves, Hess offers the most compelling argument yet made regarding the actual use of the rifle musket and its influence on Civil War combat. Engagingly written and meticulously researched, his book will be of special interest to Civil War scholars, buffs, re-enactors, and gun enthusiasts alike.
After The War
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Author : David Hardin
language : en
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Release Date : 2010-09-16
After The War written by David Hardin and has been published by Ivan R. Dee this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-16 with History categories.
"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy," said F. Scott Fitzgerald. Perhaps no event in American history better illustrates this view than the Civil War and its principal players in the years after the conflict. David Hardin's stories of eleven Civil War figures are revealing and touching. Whether Northerner or Southerner, their lives did not end at Appomattox. Their dissimilar outcomes are a feast of irony and, collectively, a portrait of national change. With eleven black-and-white photographs.
Shooting Lincoln
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Author : Nicholas J.C. Pistor
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2017-09-19
Shooting Lincoln written by Nicholas J.C. Pistor and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-19 with History categories.
They took the most memorable photographs of the Civil War. Now their long rivalry was about to climax with the spilled blood of an American president--an event that would usher in a new age of modern media. Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner were the new media moguls of their day. With their photographs they brought the Civil War -- and all of its terrible suffering -- into Northern living rooms. By the end of the war, they were locked in fierce competition. And when the biggest story of the century happened--the assassination of Abraham Lincoln--their paparazzi-like competition intensified. Brady, nearly blind and hoping to rekindle his wartime photographic magic, and Gardner, his former understudy, raced against each other to the theater where Lincoln was shot, to the autopsy table where Booth was identified, and to the gallows where the conspirators were hanged. Whoever could take the most sensational -- or ghastly -- photograph would achieve lasting camera-lens fame. Compelling and riveting, Shooting Lincoln tells the astonishing, behind-the-photographs story of these two media pioneers who raced to "shoot" the late president and the condemned conspirators. The photos they took electrified the country, fed America's growing appetite for tabloid-style sensationalism in the news, and built the media we know today.
A Collector S Dream
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Author : Stephen L Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-23
A Collector S Dream written by Stephen L Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-23 with categories.
Stephen L. Green's A Collector's Dream is a captivating tale of Civil War America and the group of Confederate snipers known as the Whitworth's Sharpshooters. Green's excruciatingly exact details of operational logistics and shooting are worth the proverbial ticket of entry alone but, as in every good story, the characters steal the show. As philosophical as they are deadly, the Sharpshooters--Virgil, Aaron, Percy, Willard, Harley, and Andrew-argue over the war, slavery, and human nature itself even as they steadily deplete the ranks of enemy officers. The war, though, is winding down and the end is not in doubt. That's when the Sharpshooters come up with a plan to leave themselves comfortably well-off by the war's end. All it involves is sneaking into Union-controlled Washington, D.C., stealing General George Washington's uniform and boots, and getting them across a countryside rife with bandits and Indians, all the while fulfilling their assigned missions. Hang on-the ride has just begun! Bryan E. Vizzini, Ph.D. Professor of History.
Civil War Slavery And Shooting Single Set Vocab Cards
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Author : Don Johnston Incorporated
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Civil War Slavery And Shooting Single Set Vocab Cards written by Don Johnston Incorporated and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
Sharpshooting In The Civil War
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Author : Major John Plaster
language : en
Publisher: Paladin Press
Release Date : 2009-05-01
Sharpshooting In The Civil War written by Major John Plaster and has been published by Paladin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-01 with History categories.
Here is the single greatest volume ever published about Civil War sharpshooting, from the expert perspective of world-renowned sniping and shooting authority John L. Plaster. Comprehensive in scope, this book details how sharpshooters were recruited, trained, and organized. Plaster fully explores their armaments, their tactics and techniques, and how they operated (sometimes decisively) in battle. Discover dozens of accomplished and colorful but forgotten sharpshooters who, until now, had faded into the past. Exhaustively researched and profusely illustrated, these pages contain more than 160 rare photos, along with original artwork. Excerpted from Plaster's epic History of Sniping and Sharpshooting, this book is a must-have for historians, reenactors, and students of the American Civil War.
Shooting The Pacific War Marine Corps Combat Photography In Wwii
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Author : Thayer Soule
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2000
Shooting The Pacific War Marine Corps Combat Photography In Wwii written by Thayer Soule 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 2000 with History categories.
John Marion Porter (1839--1898) grew up working at his family's farm and dry goods store in Butler County, Kentucky. The oldest of Reverend Nathaniel Porter's nine children, he was studying to become a lawyer when the Civil War began. As the son of a family of slave owners, Porter identified with the Southern cause and wasted little time enlisting in the Confederate army. He and his lifelong friend Thomas Henry Hines served in the Ninth Kentucky Calvary under John Hunt Morgan, the "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy." When the war ended, Porter and Hines opened a law practice together, but Porter was concerned that the story of his service during the Civil War and his family's history would be lost with the collapse of the Confederacy. In 1872, Porter began writing detailed memoirs of his experiences during the war years, including tales of scouting behind enemy lines, sabotaging a Union train, being captured and held as a prisoner of war, and searching for an army to join after his release. Editor Kent Masterson Brown spent several years preparing Porter's memoir for publication, clarifying details and adding annotations to provide historical context. One of Morgan's Men: Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry is a fascinating firsthand account of the life of a remarkable Confederate soldier. In this unique volume, Porter's insights on Morgan and the Confederacy are available to readers for the first time.