The Forgotten Trail To Appomattox
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The Forgotten Trail To Appomattox
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Author : Mr Randy Denmon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-09-01
The Forgotten Trail To Appomattox written by Mr Randy Denmon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-01 with History categories.
Of the forty-five Civil War Battles that the National Park Service lists as “Decisive,” only about half have been preserved by the Park Service. The Federal Government’s preservation efforts have made tiny, out-of-the-way places that shouldn’t be known outside the county in which they are located into sacred names in the American psyche: Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg, Manassas, Antietam, Spotsylvania, and Shiloh. Many of the other battles, no less important, weren’t so lucky in the allotment of federal dollars. Some of these other battlefields have been lost to time or neglect or urbanization, but just as many have been preserved by states, local governments, or preservation organizations. These are the battlefields, along with other landmarks, that Randy Denmon explores in The Forgotten Trail to Appomattox. It is part military history, part travelogue, and part personal insight, in the spirt of Bill Bryson’s books, such as A Walk in the Woods: it is both informative and entertaining.
Forgotten Trail From Prince Arthur S Landing To Red River
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Author : Neil McQuarrie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Forgotten Trail From Prince Arthur S Landing To Red River written by Neil McQuarrie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Dawson trail categories.
"In 1870 the almost three-year-old nation of Canada inherited a vast empire. That year the Hudson’s Bay Company ceded its claim to the territory over which it had carried on its fur trade for 200 years. The land stretched from east to west across the continent and north to the Arctic Ocean but the centre of its economic and settlement activity was a tiny community at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, a thousand miles west of Toronto. The question arose as to how these far-distant places could be joined. A railroad through British territory was a financial impossibility and using the rapidly-expanding American railroad system was politically unsavoury. The only solution was to implement a plan that had been suggested ten years earlier by civil engineer Simon Dawson. He proposed the building of a “road” that would use wagons, barges and steamboats to carry people and goods through the 450 miles of wilderness that separated Lake Superior and Red River. This book is the story of the difficult birth, short life and early death of the "Dawson Road"."--from www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780978480127/neil-mcquarrie/forgotten-trail#.UynxkLdOUdU.
The Forgotten Trail
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Author : Larry Pynn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Forgotten Trail written by Larry Pynn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Klondike River Valley (Yukon) categories.
Few events loom larger in Canadian history than the Klondike Gold Rush. The most famous path to the gold fields- through Dyea in Alaska, over the Chilkoot Pass, down the Yukon by boat- was by no means the only route travelled by gold seekers. Of the several Canadian gateways to the Klondike, the Stikine route was the most heavily used, but, ironically, the least known and least written about. It involved a gruelling trip up the Stikine River by boat or ice sled as far as the communities of Glenora and Telegraph Creek, then overland by horseback or foot to Teslin Lake, and finally by canoe down the Teslin and Yukon Rivers to Dawson. Intrigued by what evidence of the gold rush still lingered on this century-old trail, Vancouver Sun journalist Larry Pynn set out to retrace the route during the summer of 1992. For six weeks he trekked 1,500 kilometres- on foot, horseback and by canoe. Along the way, Pynn encountered some of Canada's most rugged and beautiful terrain. He also discovered many relics- a wooden telegraph pole teetering in the distance, the skeletal remains of a line cabin- from the long-vanished gold rush era. And there's a cast of colourful characters, from back-to-the-landers and commercial fishermen to miners operating a modern-day gold mine and pilots involved in a daring search-and-rescue of the author himself. A dramatic, modern-day adventure, The Forgotten Trail is a fascinating and entertaining story of Canada's gold rush history.
1862 Civil War Furies
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Author : Nick Vulich
language : en
Publisher: Nick Vulich
Release Date : 2022-05-04
1862 Civil War Furies written by Nick Vulich and has been published by Nick Vulich this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-04 with History categories.
Not everyone sensed it right away, but after McClellan was dethroned in the fall of 1862, the focus of the war had shifted ever so subtly. Before that, the war was about reconciliation and bringing the two sides back together—with or without slavery. After Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation, there was no going back. The purpose of the war had changed. It was no longer about reuniting the two sides but about total victory, crushing the South, and eliminating slavery. Some said, and still say, that the Emancipation Proclamation was just so much useless paper because it didn’t free any slaves right away, but the people who said that missed the point. Lincoln used the Emancipation Proclamation to shift the focus of the war and eliminate objections to administration policy. No longer could the combatants shake hands and go back to things as they were. And the misguided fools who suggested we should give the South what she wanted and split the country into two separate nations were forever quieted. After 1862 such talk disappeared. Abraham Lincoln was reinventing America. ************************************************************** Whether you are a Civil War buff or are just looking for a simple overview of the war, you will enjoy this book. It is written in a simple, conversational style that makes it easy to understand the progress of the American Civil War in 1862. Civil War Year By Year - Book 2
A Complete Life Of General George A Custer From Appomattox To The Little Big Horn
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Author : Frederick Whittaker
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1993-01-01
A Complete Life Of General George A Custer From Appomattox To The Little Big Horn written by Frederick Whittaker 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 1993-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This first biography of General George A. Custer was published late in 1876, only months after the disaster at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. A Complete Life was the beginning of a legend, and Frderick Whittaker did more than anyone else except Libby Custer to make the flamboyant Boy General a permanent resident of the national consciousness. Quite asideøfrom its contribution to the public image of Custer, this important book placed him and his associates against a concrete background of onrushing events. Drawing on newspaper reports and the general's own words, Whittaker captures the excitement of the era. Continuing the story of Custer from Volume 1, which dealt with his childhood in Ohio, cadetship at West Point, courtship of Elizabeth Bacon, and service as a cavalryman in the Civil War, Volume 2 takes Custer west to head up the newly created Seventh Cavalry and fight the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Sioux. Whittaker gives full scope to Custer's brushes with authority, his changeable relations with his troops, and his famous expeditions, ending with a memorable description of his last stand at the Little Big Horn in June 1876.
The Camp Fires Of General Lee From The Peninsula To The Appomattox Court House
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Author : Edward Sylvester Ellis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
The Camp Fires Of General Lee From The Peninsula To The Appomattox Court House written by Edward Sylvester Ellis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with United States categories.
The Tree Of Appomattox
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Author : Joseph A. Altsheler
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-08-22
The Tree Of Appomattox written by Joseph A. Altsheler and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-22 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"The Tree of Appomattox" by Joseph A. Altsheler. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Appomattox
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Author : Burleigh Cushing Rodick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Appomattox written by Burleigh Cushing Rodick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Appomattox Campaign, 1865 categories.
This book deals with peace as well as war. It includes information on the armistics, negotiations, the peace terms and good will that developed between the two armies after the surrender.
West From Appomattox
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Author : Heather Cox Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2007-03-28
West From Appomattox written by Heather Cox Richardson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-28 with History categories.
“This thoughtful, engaging examination of the Reconstruction Era . . . will be appealing . . . to anyone interested in the roots of present-day American politics” (Publishers Weekly). The story of Reconstruction is not simply about the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. In many ways, the late nineteenth century defined modern America, as Southerners, Northerners, and Westerners forged a national identity that united three very different regions into a country that could become a world power. A sweeping history of the United States from the era of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, this engaging book tracks the formation of the American middle class while stretching the boundaries of our understanding of Reconstruction. Historian Heather Cox Richardson ties the North and West into the post–Civil War story that usually focuses narrowly on the South. By weaving together the experiences of real individuals who left records in their own words—from ordinary Americans such as a plantation mistress, a Native American warrior, and a labor organizer, to prominent historical figures such as Andrew Carnegie, Julia Ward Howe, Booker T. Washington, and Sitting Bull—Richardson tells a story about the creation of modern America.
From Huntsville To Appomattox
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Author : Jeffrey D. Stocker
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 1996-03
From Huntsville To Appomattox written by Jeffrey D. Stocker and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-03 with History categories.
Cole was adjutant of the Alabama Volunteer Infantry, one of the few Confederate regiments to see action in both the western and eastern theaters of the Civil War. After the war he refreshed and augmented his memory with other accounts to document both the military and the human aspects of the regiment's campaigns. End notes identify people and events and refer to other sources. This is the first full publication. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.