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A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years
Author: Paul McClelland Angle A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1967 Format: PDF Pages: 264 Language: English Size: 43.1 MB A rare gallery of over 350 pictures, many never before published, gathered from sources North and South. A compact and masterly history of the war, year by year, accompanied by remarkable photographs and period documents. A very collectible volume for the professional or amateur historian of the Civil War.
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The Nation Reunited - Wars Aftermath
Author: Richard Murphy The Nation Reunited - Wars Aftermath (The Civil War Series) Time-Life Books 1987 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 25.8 MB Another excellent book in the Time-Life series on the Civil War. This volume looks at Reconstruction and its aftermath, the impeachment of President Johnson, the rise of capital in America, the corrupt presidency of Grant and the westward shift of Americans to the West. Filled with photos, period illustrations and photos of artifacts it is an excellent resource for understanding post-Civil War America. Includes sidebars on Jefferson Davis, the Grand Review, Lee, the frontier army, Thomas Nast, life for the freedmen after the War and the veterans' reunions.
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Chasseyrs of the Guard
Author: Peter Young Chasseyrs of the Guard (Men-ar-Arms 11) Osprey Publishing Ltd 1971 Format: Pdf Size: 19 Mb Language: English
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The First Battle of Manassas
Author: William C. Davis The First Battle of Manassas Eastern National Park 1995 Format: PDF Pages: 48 Language: English Size: 28.8 MB The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as First Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, Virginia, near the city of Manassas, not far from Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The Union forces were slow in positioning themselves, allowing Confederate reinforcements time to arrive by rail. Each side had about 18,000 poorly trained and poorly led troops in their first battle. It was a Confederate victory followed by a disorganized retreat of the Union forces. Just months after the start of the war at Fort Sumter, the Northern public clamored for a march against the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which they expected to bring an early end to the rebellion. Yielding to political pressure, Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell led his unseasoned Union Army across Bull Run against the equally inexperienced Confederate Army of Brig. Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard camped near Manassas Junction. McDowell's ambitious plan for a surprise flank attack on the Confederate left was poorly executed by his officers and men; nevertheless, the Confederates, who had been planning to attack the Union left flank, found themselves at an initial disadvantage.
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Color Treasury of Model Soldiers. Armies in Miniature
Author: Massimo Alberini Color Treasury of Model Soldiers. Armies in Miniature Crescent Books 1972 Format: PDF Pages: 72 Language: English Size: 33.7 MB This book includes pictures of military miniatures; toys and collector's items; from historical figurines to tin soldiers; plastic and single models; paper soldiers; showcases and dioramas; the war game; artillery and canons...
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The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, 1794-1881
Author: Steven Zipperstein The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History, 1794-1881 Stanford University Press 1991 Format: PDF Size: 56 Mb Language: English Founded in 1794 as a frontier city on the Black Sea, Odessa soon grew to be one of Russia's busiest seaports. Settlers of all nationalities went there to seek their fortune, among them Jews who came to form one of the largest, wealthiest, and most culturally fertile Jewish communities in Europe. This history of Jewish Odessa traces the rise of that community from its foundation in 1794 to the pogroms of 1881 that erupted after the assassination of Alexander II. Zipperstein emphasizes Jewish acculturation: changes in behavior, attitude, and ideology as reflected in schools, synagogues, newspapers, and other institutions of the period. The patterns set then affected the community's cultural development well into the second decade of the twentieth century. More a modern metropolis than any other Russian city with a significant Jewish population, Odessa offers a window into the diversity of Russian Jewish experience.
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People of the Lakes
People of the Lakes Author:Editors of :Time-Life Books Cahners Business Information, Inc THE AMERICAM INDIANS 1994 Language:English Format:pdf Size:37 mb Pages:200 History, customs, mythology, and lore of the continent's first inhabitants are inter-woven in this rich new look at our Native American heritage. Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, paintings, drawings, and artifacts
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The American Revolution: 1763-1783
The American Revolution: 1763-1783 Author: Christopher Coller, James Lincoln Collier AudioGO The Drama of American History Series Book 5 2014 ISBN: 978-1-62064-499-1 Pages: 96 Language: English Format: EPUB Size: 9 MB History is dramatic — and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation.The American Revolution examines the people and events involved in the significant war by which the thirteen original colonies broke away from England. The authors explain the many sources of conflict between the Americans and the British government, how each side approached the problems, and the results of the escalating violence. The text is enhanced with images of historical art & artifacts, maps of key battles, and photographs of reenacted scenes.
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Sir William Congreve annd the Rockets Red Glare
Author: Donald E Graves Sir William Congreve annd the Rockets Red Glare Museum Restoration Service Historical Arms Series №23 ISBN: 0919316239 1970 Format: PDF Pages: 34 Size: 21 Mb Language: English This is Historical Arms Series No. 23, a monograph on the experiments of Sir William Congreve with rockets as a military weapon. The British army and navy eventually made rather wide use of them, notably, as this booklet details, in the Chesapeake campaign in North America in 1814. Included are contemporary drawings and models of Congreve's various designs.
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Spies, Scouts and Raiders - Irregular Operations (The Civil War Series)
Author: Collective Spies, Scouts and Raiders - Irregular Operations (The Civil War Series) Time-Life Books 1985 Format: PDF Pages: 184 Language: English Size: 30.5 MB During the Civil War both North and South employed irregular forces and spies to try to gain advantage over the enemy. This volume looks at these various elements: Confederate spy rings, the Pinkerton agency, Morgan's raiders, Mosby, etc. This book has great photos of artifacts, contemporary photos, and artwork. A fascinating read on how special operations and intelligence-gathering were conducted because these two functions became formalized parts of modern military establishments. It includes sidebars on secret weapons, photos of some of Quantrill's most notorious raiders, U.S. Military Railroads, the General Raid, codes and ciphers and Confederate operations from Canada.
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The Industrial Revolution
Author: Lee T. Wyatt III The Industrial Revolution (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900) ISBN-10: 0313337691 Greenwood November 30, 2008 Format: PDF Size: 1,99 mb Goloboy's volume incorporates biographies in the chapters that cover the individual's lifetime, whereas Wyatt offers more detailed biographies in a separate section. Both books detail the lifestyle changes that characterized the era and offer numerous viewpoints on it. They are worthy general purchases depending on need. While Goloboy focuses on the Industrial Revolution in the United States, Wyatt also looks at the period prior to it and addresses global ramifications.
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West
Author: David Fisher; Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West Henry Holt and Company 2015 Format: EPUB Pages: 304 Size: 29 Mb Language: English The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historic series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know
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Victorian Life
Author: John A. Guy Victorian Life Ticktock Publishing Ltd . 2001 Format: PDF Size: 20.27 mb Language English
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The Atlanta and Savannah Campaigns, 1864 (The U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War)
Author: J. Britt McCarley The Atlanta and Savannah Campaigns, 1864 (The U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War) Center of Military History 2014 Format: PDF Pages: 84 Language: English Size: 11.7 MB In 1864, as the Civil War entered its fourth year, the most devastating conflict in American history seemed to grind on with no end in sight. In order to break the stalemate, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant general in chief of the U.S. Army and nominated him for promotion to lieutenant general, which Congress duly confirmed on 2 March. As the North’s most successful field commander, Grant had built his reputation in the Western Theater, which stretched from the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Mississippi River in the west and from the Ohio River in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south. His impressive résumé included victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee; Shiloh, Tennessee; Vicksburg, Mississippi; and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Before heading east to assume his new duties, Grant designated his most trusted subordinate, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, to succeed him as commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi, a sprawling geographic command that spanned most of the Western Theater.
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The Curse of the Romanovs
Author:Angelo Solomon Rappoport The Curse of the Romanovs: A Study of the Lives and the Reigns of Two Tsars Paul I and Alexander I of Russia: 1754-1825 Chatto & Windus 1907 Format: PDF Size: 15.63 MB Language:English The eyes of Europe are directed towards Russia, the European China, where the scion of the house of Romanov is seated on his tottering throne, frightened at the phantom of an approaching Revolution. Convulsively he is clinging to the throne of his ancestors, reluctant to give up what he considers his right. But has Nicholas II a right to the Russian throne? Yes, the right of the usurper! Michael Romanov was elected Tsar of Russia by the voice of the nation, but Peter I, his grandson, was the son of an unknown parent. The Tsar himself knew that he was not the son of Alexis, and one day he asked Count Yaguzhinsky to tell him whether he was his father. The Count, however, replied that it was difficult to say, as the Tsaritza had so many lovers. Elizabeth may or may not have been the daughter of Peter the Great. She was in any case the daughter of Catherine I, a former Livonian servant. The legitimacy of Paul I is doubtful, and if one is to believe the confessions of Catherine 11 he was not a Romanov. For nearly three centuries these so-called Romanovs have ruled over Russia, but they have remained strangers to the people under the sway of their sceptre.
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American Loyalist Troops 1775-84
Author: Rene Chartrand American Loyalist Troops 1775-84 (Men-at-arms 450) Osprey Publishinf Ltd 2008 Format: Pdf Size: 25 Mb Language: English
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The Twilight of Imperial Russia
Author: Richard Charques The Twilight of Imperial Russia ISBN-10: 0195197879 Oxford University Press October 3, 1974 Format: PDF Size: 14,92 mb This books explains the last 23 years of Imperial Russia and why Nicholas II and the Romanov family lost their throne. At several points in his rule, if Nicholas had changed his methods, Imperial Russia may have survived and evolved into something like Great Britain. However, Nicholas made many mistakes and as a result lost both his life and that of his family. What the author does is state what Nicholas could have done in several instances and what was the likely outcome. In fact, before the beginning of WWI, the Menosheviks, Bolsheviks, and SRs were battling among themselves and were not credible as an opponent. However, Nicholas made stupid decisions (or let his wife make them) and this resulted in an autocracy that was no longer a ruling force for most Russians.
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A Concise History of the Civil War
Author: William C Davis A Concise History of the Civil War (National Park Civil War Series) Eastern National Park 1994 Format: PDF Pages: 59 Language: English Size: 36.8 MB Part of the National Park Civil War Series. In 1861, the North and South, wedded by bonds of history, blood, and sacrifice, simply could no longer make this union forged by the Founding Fathers work. Irreconcilable differences emerged based on politics, geography, philosophy and economy. When it was over, after countless losses on countless battlefields, the citizens of this fractured nation had to decide for themselves if the result justified the sacrifice. Win or lose, living or dead, soldier or civilian, they had participated in something that set America apart and sent it on the path to world power.Eastern National - National Park Civil War Series - A Conci... .pdf
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Handbook to life in Renaissance Europe
Author: Sandra Sider Facts On File, Inc. 2000 1286 Format: pdf Size: 17 mb Language: englich The period covered by the Renaissance varies, depending on the geographic region or subject under discussion. The Renaissance began in northern Italy in the latter 14th century, culminating in England in the early 17th century. Consequently the present book spans two centuries, c. 1400–c. 1600, emphasizing the pervasive influence of Italian sources on the development of the Renaissance in other parts of southern Europe as well as in the north. Although the ideal of the Renaissance individual was exaggerated to the extreme by 19th-century critics and historians, there was certainly a greater awareness of an individual’s potential by the 16th century. Emphasis on the dignity of man (though not of woman) distinguished the Renaissance from the relatively humbler attitudes of the Middle Ages. In the love poetry of Petrarch and the great human scheme of Dante’s Commedia, individual thought and action were prevalent.
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