Confederate Incognito

Author : Murdoch John McSween
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786472109

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Confederate Incognito by Murdoch John McSween Pdf

Preferring anonymity, Murdoch John McSween wrote over 80 letters under the pseudonym "Long Grabs" to the Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina), serving as their unofficial war correspondent. For the first two full years of the war, 1862-1863, he was a sometimes drill master at Camp Mangum, in Raleigh, and a wanderer among the regiments in North Carolina and Virginia. What he wrote was varied--the fighting in eastern North Carolina and at Fredericksburg and Petersburg in Virginia, the conditions of the soldiers, the hardships of the civilians, the history of places he visited, and biographical sketches such as that of Jefferson Davis. In 1863, based on certain promises made by Colonel Matt Ransom, McSween joined the 35th Regiment. A bitter dispute soon developed over those promises with the result that McSween was court-martialed and sentenced to twelve months at hard labor. Released, he joins the 26th Regiment and is twice wounded at the Battle of Petersburg. After the war, he returns to Fayetteville where he edits and publishes The Eagle newspaper.

Author : William Thomas Venner
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476620893

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The 11th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War by William Thomas Venner Pdf

This history of the 11th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War— civilian soldiers and their families—follows the regiment from their 1861 mustering-in to their surrender at Appomattox, covering action at Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. Drawing on letters, journals, memoirs, official reports, personnel records and family histories, this intensely personal account features Tar Heels relating their experiences through over 1,500 quoted passages. Casualty lists give the names of those killed, wounded, captured in action and died of disease. Rosters list regimental officers and staff, enlistees for all 10 companies and the names of the 78 men who stacked arms on April 9, 1865.

Author : Lauren K. Thompson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496221629

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Friendly Enemies by Lauren K. Thompson Pdf

During the American Civil War, Union and Confederate soldiers commonly fraternized, despite strict prohibitions from the high command. When soldiers found themselves surrounded by privation, disease, and death, many risked their standing in the army, and ultimately their lives, for a warm cup of coffee or pinch of tobacco during a sleepless shift on picket duty, to receive a newspaper from a "Yank" or "Johnny," or to stop the relentless picket fire while in the trenches. In Friendly Enemies Lauren K. Thompson analyzes the relations and fraternization of American soldiers on opposing sides of the battlefield and argues that these interactions represented common soldiers' efforts to fight the war on their own terms. Her study reveals that despite different commanders, terrain, and outcomes on the battlefield, a common thread emerges: soldiers constructed a space to lessen hostilities and make their daily lives more manageable. Fraternization allowed men to escape their situation briefly and did not carry the stigma of cowardice. Because the fraternization was exclusively between white soldiers, it became the prototype for sectional reunion after the war--a model that avoided debates over causation, honored soldiers' shared sacrifice, and promoted white male supremacy. Friendly Enemies demonstrates how relations between opposing sides were an unprecedented yet highly significant consequence of mid-nineteenth-century civil warfare.

Author : James Edward White III
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625859921

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New Bern and the Civil War by James Edward White III Pdf

New Bern was a valuable port city during the Civil War and the Confederates made many attempts to reclaim it. On March 14, 1862, Federal forces under the command of General Ambrose Burnside overwhelmed Confederate forces in the Battle of New Bern, capturing the town and its important seaport. From that time on, Confederates planned to retake the city. D.H. Hill and James J. Pettigrew made the first attempt but failed miserably. General George Pickett tried in February 1864. He nearly succeeded but called the attack off on the edge of victory. The Confederates made another charge in May led by General Robert Hoke. They had the city surrounded with superior forces when Lee called Hoke back to Richmond and ended the expedition. Author Jim White details the chaotic history of New Bern in the Civil War.

Author : Hampton Newsome
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700633470

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Gettysburg's Southern Front by Hampton Newsome Pdf

On June 14, 1863, US Major General John Adams Dix received the following directive from General-in-Chief Henry Halleck: “All your available force should be concentrated to threaten Richmond, by seizing and destroying their railroad bridges over the South and North Anna Rivers, and do them all the damage possible.” With General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia marching toward Gettysburg and only a limited Confederate force guarding Richmond, Halleck sensed a rare opportunity for the Union cause. In response, Dix, who had lived a life of considerable public service but possessed limited military experience, gathered his men and began a slow advance. During the ensuing operation, 20,000 US troops would threaten the Confederate capital and seek to cut the railroads supplying Lee’s army in Pennsylvania. To some, Dix’s campaign presented a tremendous chance for US forces to strike hard at Richmond while Lee was off in Pennsylvania. To others, it was an unnecessary lark that tied up units deployed more effectively in protecting Washington and confronting Lee’s men on Northern soil. In this study, Newsome offers an in-depth look into this little-known Federal advance against Richmond during the Gettysburg Campaign. The first full-length examination of Dix’s venture, this volume not only delves into the military operations at the time, but also addresses concurrent issues related to diplomacy, US war policy, and the involvement of enslaved people in the Federal offensive. Gettysburg’s Southern Front also points to the often-unrecognized value in examining events of the US Civil War beyond the larger famous battles and campaigns. At the time, political and military leaders on both sides carefully weighed Dix’s efforts at Richmond and understood that the offensive had the potential to generate dramatic results. In fact, this piece of the Gettysburg Campaign may rank as one of the Union war effort’s more compelling lost opportunities in the East, one that could have changed the course of the conflict.

Author : Sean Michael Chick
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9781612347394

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The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864 by Sean Michael Chick Pdf

The Battle of Petersburg was the culmination of the Virginia Overland campaign, which pitted the Army of the Potomac, led by Ulysses S. Grant and George Gordon Meade, against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. In spite of having outmaneuvered Lee, after three days of battle in which the Confederates at Petersburg were severely outnumbered, Union forces failed to take the city, and their final, futile attack on the fourth day only added to already staggering casualties. By holding Petersburg against great odds, the Confederacy arguably won its last great strategic victory of the Civil War. In The Battle of Petersburg, June 15–18, 1864, Sean Michael Chick takes an in-depth look at an important battle often overlooked by historians and offers a new perspective on why the Army of the Potomac’s leadership, from Grant down to his corps commanders, could not win a battle in which they held colossal advantages. He also discusses the battle’s wider context, including politics, memory, and battlefield preservation. Highlights include the role played by African American soldiers on the first day and a detailed retelling of the famed attack of the First Maine Heavy Artillery, which lost more men than any other Civil War regiment in a single battle. In addition, the book has a fresh and nuanced interpretation of the generalships of Grant, Meade, Lee, P. G. T. Beauregard, and William Farrar Smith during this critical battle.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : UGA:32108062050755

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Confederate Veteran by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1012 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11469666

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Congressional Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : PURD:32754084920978

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The North Carolina Historical Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Vanbrugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : English drama
ISBN : CORNELL:31924064965084

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The false friend. The country house. The confederacy. The mistake. A journey to London. A short vindication of The relapse and The provok'd wife by John Vanbrugh Pdf

Author : Frederick Augustus Mitchel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : United States
ISBN : NYPL:33433076046246

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Sweet Revenge by Frederick Augustus Mitchel Pdf

Author : Jessica S. Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X030198499

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The American South by Jessica S. Brown Pdf

"This two-volume work ... with its almost 8,900 abstracts and annotations of articles drawn from an international list of over 500 periodicals dealing with history and related disciplines published between 1974 and 1984 ... "Introduction, p. viii.

Author : Thomas Nelson Conrad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Secret service
ISBN : HARVARD:32044105502751

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A Confederate Spy by Thomas Nelson Conrad Pdf

Author : Louis Adrien Sigaud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Secret service
ISBN : UOM:39015028755844

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Belle Boyd, Confederate Spy by Louis Adrien Sigaud Pdf

This is the historical account of the Virginian rebel agent who carried messages to Confederates about movements of the Union Army. Maria Isabella "Belle" Boyd was born in May 1844 in West Virginia to a wealthy family. During the Civil War, her father was a soldier in the Stonewall Brigade, and at least three other members of her family were convicted of being Confederate spies. In 1861, when Federal troops occupied Martinsburg, Belle shot and killed a drunken Union soldier who was harrassing her and her mother. Soon after, at age 17, she became a "Rebel Spy."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : PURD:32754070878966

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Confederate Veteran by Anonim Pdf