Treasure And Empire In The Civil War
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Blood Treasure
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Author : Donald Shaw Frazier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Blood Treasure written by Donald Shaw Frazier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Tells the story of the Confederacy's ambitious attempt to conquer the Southwestern territories of New Mexico and Arizona, with Texas troops led by Lieutenant Colonel (and later Arizona governor) John R. Baylor, and General H.H. Sibley.
Treasure And Empire In The Civil War
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Author : Neil P. Chatelain
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2024-03-12
Treasure And Empire In The Civil War written by Neil P. Chatelain and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-12 with History categories.
Across North America's periphery, unknown and overlooked Civil War campaigns were waged over whether the United States or Confederacy would dominate lands, mines, and seaborne transportation networks of North America's mineral wealth. The U.S. needed this wealth to stabilize their wartime economy while the Confederacy sought to expand their own treasury. Confederate armies advanced to seize the West and its gold and silver reserves, while warships steamed to intercept Panama route ships transporting bullion from California to Panama to New York. United States forces responded by expelling Confederate incursions and solidified territorial control by combating Indigenous populations and enacting laws encouraging frontier settlement. The U.S. Navy patrolled key ports, convoyed treasure ships, and integrated continent-wide intelligence networks in the ultimate game of cat and mouse. This book examines the campaigns to control North America's mineral wealth, linking the Civil War's military, naval, political, diplomatic and economic elements. Included are the hemispheric land and sea adventures involving tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, admiral and explorer Charles Wilkes, renowned sea captain Raphael Semmes, General Henry Sibley, cowboy and mountain man Kit Carson, Indigenous leaders Mangas Coloradas and Geronimo, writer and miner Mark Twain, and Mormon leader Brigham Young.
Exploring The American Civil War Through 50 Historic Treasures
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Author : Julie L. Holcomb
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-05-15
Exploring The American Civil War Through 50 Historic Treasures written by Julie L. Holcomb and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-15 with History categories.
Exploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures brings together historic objects, documents, artwork, and the natural and built environments to tell the full story of this important event in American history. The American Civil War still matters. It matters because the war—its causes and its consequences— continue to influence America as a nation. At its core, the Civil War was about slavery. Began as a fight to secure the future of slavery, the Civil War resulted instead in the abolition of slavery. The complex racial issues at its core, however, remain with us today. Exploring the American Civil War through 50 Historic Treasures begins with the causes of the war, examining objects that tell the story of slavery and its expansion in the nineteenth century. Cultural treasures representing the war years explore the battlefield and the homefront and the men and women caught up in the war as well the ways in which the scale of the war forced technological innovations. Given the centrality of slavery, race, and emancipation in the story of the Civil War, one section presents objects that detail how free and enslaved blacks transformed the war effort and were in turn transformed by the war. In the final section, the historic treasures trace the ongoing impact of the war, including the dramatic increase in the removal of Confederate monuments in the summer of 2020. Each object's story is detailed with color photos that draw readers into the story of the American Civil War. Many of these objects appear here in print for the first time.
Civil War Gold And Other Lost Treasures
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Author : W.craig Gaines
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 1998-12-21
Civil War Gold And Other Lost Treasures written by W.craig Gaines 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 1998-12-21 with History categories.
* School teacher finds 54,000 in Civil War-era currency near Gettysburg.* Children find 5900 in gold coins in Florida.* Tree blown over by storm in Louisiana reveals Civil War plantation's jewels and silver.* Treasure hunter finds a silver plate and coins worth 24,000 in a park in the center of Roanoke.* Loot from John Hunt Morgan's raids never recovered.* Contents of the U.S. Mint in New Orleans never recovered after the Confederate occupation.* At least 150,000 from the Confederate treasury unaccounted for when Jefferson Davis was captured.Some of the legends about lost Civil War treasure have proven to be true in recent years. Today, a dedicated band of treasure hunters continue the search for the biggest hoards of gold, coins and relics of the Civil War era that have never been found.Civil War treasure hunter and historian W. Craig Gaines has produced a fascinating introduction to lost Civil War treasure, including a chapter and maps devoted to each of the forty states, as well as Mexico, the Bahamas and the West Indies, where lost treasures are said to be buried.Many tales of Civil War treasure belong in the realm of legendary and Gaines has carefully assembled the evidence to separate genuine incidents from fanciful. Each Civil War treasure tale is documented and has references for further research. Both the general Civil War enthusiast and the prospective treasure-hunter will be fascinated by these stories, including lost mines discovered during campaigns in the West, lost family treasures hidden from Union or Confederate raiders, sunken Confederate blockade-runners, lost payrolls of military units, and the missing loot from Confederate raids on the Colorado gold fields. The author has also drawn upon his many years' experience in research and exploration to provide an extensive guide to the world of the Civil War treasure and relic hunter, including journals, organizations, websites, government agencies, shops and manufacturers.
The Civil War Guerrilla
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Author : Joseph M. Beilein
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2015-04-03
The Civil War Guerrilla written by Joseph M. Beilein 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 2015-04-03 with History categories.
Civil War historians shed new light on the importance of guerrilla combat across the south in this “useful and fascinating work” (Choice). Touching states from Virginia to New Mexico, guerrilla warfare played a significant yet underexamined role in the Civil War. Guerrilla fighters fought for both the Union and the Confederacy—as well as their own ethnic groups, tribes, or families. They were deadly forces that plundered, tortured, and terrorized those in their path, and their impact is not yet fully understood. This richly diverse volume assembles a team of both rising and eminent scholars to examine guerrilla warfare in the South during the Civil War. Together, they discuss irregular combat as practiced by various communities in multiple contexts, including how it was used by Native Americans, the factors that motivated raiders in the border states, and the women who participated as messengers, informants, collaborators, and combatants. They also explore how the Civil War guerrilla has been mythologized in history, literature, and folklore.
Lost And Buried Treasures Of The Civil War
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Author : W.C. Jameson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-04-01
Lost And Buried Treasures Of The Civil War written by W.C. Jameson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-01 with History categories.
The most compelling and exciting tales of lost and buried treasures associated with the Civil War have been collected, extensively researched and investigated, and are included in this entertaining book from one of America's foremost treasure hunters.
Love And War
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Author : Augustus Valerius Ball
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Love And War written by Augustus Valerius Ball and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Ball's circumstances and experiences allowed him to glimpse the war through two sets of eyes, that of a loving husband, and of an increasingly disillusioned physician. The inclusion of Ball's medicinal recipe book is the first of its kind to appear in print completely annotated. Readers will find themselves educated about the medical and herbal lore of that era.
Lost Oklahoma Treasure
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Author : W. Craig Gaines
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021-03-22
Lost Oklahoma Treasure written by W. Craig Gaines and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-22 with History categories.
Oklahoma keeps its secrets. Adventurers combing the Wichita Mountains for the legendary Lost Cave with an Iron Door can slake their thirst at Cache Creek or Treasure Lake. Following the tradition of French and Spanish explorers, miners and pioneers stashed their valuable discoveries along the Santa Fe Trail and the California Road. Chief Opothleyahola reportedly buried gold coins that could be worth more than $14 million today, while businessman Dr. John J. Hayes never returned from a Confederate refugee camp to reclaim his hidden fortune. From the unrecovered loot of the James Gang to the fabled funds of the Knights of the Golden Circle, W. Craig Gaines tracks tales of treasure across sixty Oklahoma counties.
Civil War In The Southwest
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Author : Jerry D. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2001
Civil War In The Southwest written by Jerry D. Thompson and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Written "to set the record straight," these veterans' stories provide colorful accounts of the bloody battles of Valverde, Glorieta, and Peralta, as well as details fo the soldier's tragic and painful retreat back to Texas in the summer of 1862.
Fire In The Cane Field
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Author : Donald Shaw Frazier
language : en
Publisher: State House Press
Release Date : 2009
Fire In The Cane Field written by Donald Shaw Frazier and has been published by State House Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Louisiana categories.
Beginning with the spasms of secession in the Pelican State, Donald Frazier weaves a stirring tale of bravado, reaction and war as he describes the consequences of disunion for the hapless citizens of Louisiana and Texas.