Gettysburg The Final Fury

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780345806055

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Gettysburg: The Final Fury by Bruce Catton Pdf

An incisive look at the turning point of the Civil War, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863—from Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course of events at Gettysburg, clarifying its causes and bringing to life the most famous battle ever fought on American soil. Paying full heed to the human tragedies that occurred, Gettysburg: The Final Fury gives an hour-by-hour account of the three-day battle, from the skirmish that began the engagement, to Pickett’s ill-fated charge. Catton provides context for the fateful decisions made by each army’s commanders, and examines the battle’s military and political consequences, placing it within the larger narrative of the Civil War and American history. Described by The Chicago Tribune as “military history…at its best,” Gettysburg, The Final Fury is a classic. Features 41 illustrations and 5 maps.

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1031962770

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Gettysburg by Bruce Catton Pdf

An incisive look at the turning point of the Civil War, when the great armies of the North and South came to Gettysburg in July 1863-from Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton, one of the great historians of the Civil War. Engaging and authoritative, Catton analyzes the course of events at Gettysburg, clarifying its causes and bringing to life the most famous battle ever fought on American soil. Paying full heed to the human tragedies that occurred, Gettysburg: The Final Fury gives an hour-by-hour account of the three-day battle, from the skirmish that began the engagement, to Pickett's ill-fat.

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : United States
ISBN : 0671411292

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The Coming Fury by Bruce Catton Pdf

Author : D. W. Carter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781483459110

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Unholy Rebellion: The Civil War Diary of Charles Adam Wetherbee by D. W. Carter Pdf

"I left three years ago to do my part in putting down this unholy rebellion." By 1861, Charles Adam Wetherbee had officially traded his comfortable life as a college student for one that included drafty Sibley tents, long marches in weather and wilderness of all kinds, and bloodshed. A Union infantryman with the Thirty-Fourth Illinois Volunteer Regiment, he survived the battles of Shiloh, Stones River, Liberty Gap, Atlanta, and others. One hundred years later, long after Wetherbee had died, a tattered and faded diary was found at a home in Lawrence, Kansas. The homeowner opened its pages and was astonished to discover that Wetherbee had penned every detail of his daily life during the Civil War. Wetherbee's diary presents a realistic view of what a soldier's life entailed, as the reader is thrust into the firsthand drama of the Civil War as it was endured by enlisted participants. Get a true sense of what the Civil War was like from someone who was there to witness an Unholy Rebellion.

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101970683

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Last Days of the Civil War by Bruce Catton Pdf

From the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning history A Stillness at Appomattox, an electrifying account of the end of the Civil War—Grant and Lee’s final maneuvers as four years of internecine conflict inched to a close. “The end of the war was like the beginning, with the army marching down the open road under the spring sky.” Here is the triumphant close of Bruce Catton’s history of the Army of the Potomac, the major Union army that fought and ultimately won the war. In the spring of 1865, the war was in its endgame, as Grant broke through the defenses at Petersburg and chased Lee’s army for the final clash. Meanwhile, Lee had one final option open to him: escape to North Carolina and join up with General Joe Johnston or otherwise accept defeat. Here are the war’s final days and minutes, the race to the finish of America’s bloodiest years.

Author : Burke Davis
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1988-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780394757636

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Sherman's March by Burke Davis Pdf

Sherman's March is the vivid narrative of General William T. Sherman's devastating sweep through Georgia and the Carolinas in the closing days of the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness stories, Burke Davis graphically brings to life the dramatic experiences of the 65,000 Federal troops who plundered their way through the South and those of the anguished -- and often defiant -- Confederate women and men who sought to protect themselves and their family treasures, usually in vain. Dominating these events is the general himself -- "Uncle Billy" to his troops, the devil incarnate to the Southerners he encountered. "What gives this narrative its unusual richness is the author's collation of hundreds of eyewitness accounts...The actions are described in the words, often picturesque and often eloquent, of those who were there, either as participants -- Union soldiers, Confederate soldiers -- in the fighting and destruction or as victims of Sherman's frank vow to 'make Georgia howl.' Mr. Davis intercuts these scenes with closeups of the chief actors in this nightmarish drama, and he also manages to give us a coherent historical account of the whole episode. A powerful illustration of the proposition put forth in Sherman's most famous remark." -- The New Yorker

Author : Jay Jorgensen
Publisher : Savas Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781572493605

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Gettysburg's Bloody Wheatfield by Jay Jorgensen Pdf

The fight for the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, has long been one of the most confusing and misunderstood engagements of that famous battle until now. Gettysburg’s Bloody Wheatfield provides readers with a blow-by-blow description of the fight where one out of every three soldiers was a casualty.

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307833068

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Terrible Swift Sword by Bruce Catton Pdf

The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war—an epic struggle for freedom. In Terrible Swift Sword, Bruce Catton tells the story of the Civil War as never before—of two turning points which changed the scope and meaning of the war. First, he describes how the war slowly but steadily got out of control. This would not be the neat, short, “limited” war both sides had envisioned. And then the author reveals how the sweeping force of all-out conflict changed the war’s purpose, in turning it into a war for human freedom. It was not initially a war against slavery. Instead, this was, Mr. Lincoln kept insisting, a fight to reunite the United States. At first, it was not even much of a fight. Cautious generals; inexperienced, incompetent, or jealous administrators; shortages of good people and supplies; excess of both gloom and optimism, kept each side from swinging into decisive action. As the buildup began, there were maddening delays. The earliest engagements were halting and inconclusive. After these first tests at arms, reputations began to crumble. Buell, Halleck, Beauregard Albert Sidney Johnston. Failed to drive ahead—for reasons good and bad. General McClellan (impaled in these pages on the arrogant words of his letters) captured more imaginations than enemies, and continued to accept serious over estimates of Confederate strength while becoming more and more fatally estranged from his own government.

Author : Stephanie Fitzgerald
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756546953

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The Split History of the Battle of Gettysburg by Stephanie Fitzgerald Pdf

"Describes the opposing viewpoints of the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg"--

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 1853266965

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This Hallowed Ground by Bruce Catton Pdf

This history of the American Civil War chronicles the entire war to preserve the Union - from the Northern point of view, but in terms of the men from both sides who lived and died in glory on the fields.

Author : Carol Berkin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400095780

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Civil War Wives by Carol Berkin Pdf

In these moving stories if Angelina Grimké Weld, wife of abolitionist Theodore Weld, Varina Howell Davis, wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and Julia Dent grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Carol Berkin reveals how women understood the cataclysmic events of their day. Their stories, taken together, help reconstruct the era of the Civil War with a greater depth and complexity by adding women's experiences and voices to their male counterparts.

Author : William L. Richter
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810879591

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Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction by William L. Richter Pdf

The second edition of this highly readable, one-volume Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction looks to place the war in its historical context. The more than 800 entries, encompassing the years 1844-1877, cover the significant events, persons, politics, and economic and social themes of the Civil War and Reconstruction. An extensive chronology, introductory essay, and comprehensive bibliography supplement the cross-referenced dictionary entries to guide the reader through the military and non-military actions of one of the most pivotal events in American history. The dictionary concludes with a selection of primary documents. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Author : Louise A. Arnold-Friend,US Army Military History Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951P00897070L

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The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876 by Louise A. Arnold-Friend,US Army Military History Institute Pdf

Author : Steven E. Woodworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313008306

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The American Civil War by Steven E. Woodworth Pdf

The single most important volume for anyone interested in the Civil War to own and consult. (From the foreword by James M. McPherson) The first guide to Civil War literature to appear in nearly 30 years, this book provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and informative survey and analysis of the vast body of Civil War literature. More than 40 essays, each by a specialist in a particular subfield of Civil War history, offer unmatched thoroughness and discerning assessments of each work's value. The essays cover every aspect of the war from strategy, tactics, and battles to logistics, intelligence, supply, and prisoner-of-war camps, from generals and admirals to the men in the ranks, from the Atlantic to the Far West, from fighting fronts to the home front. Some sections cover civilian leaders, the economy, and foreign policy, while others deal with the causes of war and aspects of Reconstruction, including the African-American experience during and after the war. Breadth of topics is matched by breadth of genres covered. Essays discuss surveys of the war, general reference works, published and unpublished papers, diaries and letters, as well as the vast body of monographic literature, including books, dissertations, and articles. Genealogical sources, historical fiction, and video and audio recordings also receive attention. Students of the American Civil War will find this work an indispensable gateway and guide to the enormous body of information on America's pivotal experience.

Author : William L. Richter
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0810863367

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The A to Z of the Civil War and Reconstruction by William L. Richter Pdf

The importance of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the history of the United States cannot be overstated. There was a very real possibility that the union could have been sundered, resulting in a very different American history, and probably world history. But the union was held together by tough and determined leaders and by the economic muscle of the North. Following the end of the war, the period of American history known as Reconstruction followed. This was a period construed in many different ways. While the states were once again 'united,' many of the postwar efforts divided different segments of the population and failed to achieve their goals in an era too often remembered for carpetbaggers and scalawags, and Congressional imbroglios and incompetent government. This one-volume dictionary, with more than 800 entries covering the significant events, persons, politics, and economic and social themes in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, is a research tool for all levels of readers from high school and up. The extensive chronology, introductory essay, dictionary entries, and comprehensive bibliography introduce and lead the reader through the military and non-military actions of one of the most pivotal events in American history.