Lansing And The Civil War

Author : Matthew VanAcker
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439677018

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Lansing and the Civil War by Matthew VanAcker Pdf

Explore Lansing's role in the war to preserve the Union and end slavery When war erupted between North and South, the capital of Michigan was ready to serve. The population of Lansing in 1860 was only 3000, but by the spring of 1865, over 500 men from the Capital City had enlisted to fight. These citizen-soldiers left the farms, factories, shops and schools of their youths to fight to uphold the Union and end slavery. Many of these boys would be wounded, captured, or killed, and those fortunate enough to return, came home changed, permanently maimed, and often haunted men. Using primary sources, including letters and personal diaries, author Matthew J. VanAcker unfolds the story of uncommon valor that offers a glimpse into the lives of the soldiers, their families, and the city they left behind.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker,Paul G. Pierpaoli Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598845297

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American Civil War [2 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker,Paul G. Pierpaoli Jr. Pdf

This two-volume encyclopedia offers a unique insight into the Civil War from a state and local perspective, showing how the American experience of the conflict varied significantly based on location. Intended for general-interest readers and high school and college students, American Civil War: A State-by-State Encyclopedia serves as a unique ready reference that documents the important contributions of each individual state to the American Civil War and underscores the similarities and differences between the states, both in the North and the South. Each state chapter leads off with an overview essay about that state's involvement in the war and then presents entries on prominent population centers, manufacturing facilities, and military posts within each state; important battles or other notable events that occurred within that state during the war; and key individuals from each state, both civilian and military. The A–Z entries within each state chapter enable readers to understand how the specific contributions and political climate of states resulted in the very different situations each state found itself in throughout the war. The set also provides a detailed chronology that will help students place important events in proper order.

Author : Roger L. Rosentreter
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN : 9781467119191

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Grand Rapids and the Civil War by Roger L. Rosentreter Pdf

"Grand Rapids responded to President Abraham Lincoln's call for troops with passionate swiftness. Kent County men fought stubbornly on memorable battlefields like First Bull Run, Stones River and Gettysburg, as well as obscure places like Boonville, La Vergne and Mossy Creek. An affinity for cavalry earned Grand Rapids the moniker "Michigan's Horse Soldier City," while Valley City engineers designed and constructed spectacular railroad bridges throughout the South. Back home, the soldiers' mothers, wives and sisters faced the conflict's many challenges with patriotic doggedness. Dr. Roger L. Rosentreter chronicles how Grand Rapids citizens responded to wartime trials and tribulations while helping the North save the Union and end slavery."--Back cover.

Author : Eric R. Faust
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476663166

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The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War by Eric R. Faust Pdf

The hard-fighting 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry was recruited from sparsely settled southwest Michigan shortly after the Civil War broke out. Mainly composed of young farmers and tradesmen, the regiment rapidly evolved into one of the Army of the Cumberland's elite combat units, tenaciously fighting its way through some of the war's bloodiest engagements. This book--featuring a complete unit roster--chronicles the regiment through the words of the veterans, tracing their development from a rabble of idealists into a fine-tuned fighting machine that executed successful bayonet charges against superior numbers. The narrative continues into the postwar period, discussing the ex-soldiers' careers through Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. Photographs, maps, illustrations and a statistical analysis round out the work.

Author : David Ingall,Karin Risko
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625854667

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Michigan Civil War Landmarks by David Ingall,Karin Risko Pdf

When America faced its greatest internal crisis, Michigan answered the call with over ninety thousand troops. The story of that sacrifice is preserved in the state's rich collection of Civil War monuments, markers, forts, cemeteries, reenactments, museums and exhibits. Discover how General George A. Custer and the famed Michigan Cavalry Brigade "saved the Union." Visit the chair that President Lincoln was assassinated in at Ford's Theatre, and view the grave of the last African American Union veteran. With a foreword by Civil War historian Jack Dempsey, this work is the first of its kind to chronicle the many Civil War landmarks in the Wolverine State.

Author : Eric R. Faust
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476638980

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The 6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War by Eric R. Faust Pdf

The 6th Michigan Volunteer Infantry first deployed to Baltimore, where the soldiers' exemplary demeanor charmed a mainly secessionist population. Their subsequent service along the Mississippi River was a perfect storm of epidemic disease, logistical failures, guerrilla warfare, profiteering, martinet West Pointers and scheming field officers, along with the doldrums of camp life punctuated by bloody battles. The Michiganders responded with alcoholism, insubordination and depredations. Yet they saved the Union right at Baton Rouge and executed suicidal charges at Port Hudson. This first modern history of the controversial regiment concludes with a statistical analysis, a roster and a brief summary of its service following conversion to heavy artillery.

Author : Willis F. Dunbar,George S. May
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802870554

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Michigan by Willis F. Dunbar,George S. May Pdf

This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record. This third revised edition incorporates events since 1980 and draws on new studies to expand and improve its coverage of various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and many other topics.

Author : Robert L. Gale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1995-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781567507669

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A Herman Melville Encyclopedia by Robert L. Gale Pdf

Herman Melville is one of the most challenging authors of American literature. Known primarily as the author of Moby-Dick, he wrote several other novels, short stories, and poems. With the rise of interest in Melville in the 20th century, critical and biographical studies of Melville continue to be published at an ever-increasing rate. This encyclopedia is a comprehensive guide to Melville's rich and complex literary career. The volume includes several hundred alphabetically arranged entries for all of Melville's works and characters, and for his family members, friends, and acquaintances. Entries on the most important topics include bibliographies. The encyclopedia is more factual than critical, but scholarship from 1990 and beyond is emphasized throughout. The book also gives special attention to the 19th-century women who influenced Melville, for these women have often been overlooked. A chronology overviews the principal events in Melville's life, and a selected bibliography lists major studies.

Author : Jay Winter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139450188

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America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915 by Jay Winter Pdf

Before Rwanda and Bosnia, and before the Holocaust, the first genocide of the twentieth century happened in Turkish Armenia in 1915, when approximately one million people were killed. This volume is an account of the American response to this atrocity. The first part sets up the framework for understanding the genocide: Sir Martin Gilbert, Vahakn Dadrian and Jay Winter provide an analytical setting for nine scholarly essays examining how Americans learned of this catastrophe and how they tried to help its victims. Knowledge and compassion, though, were not enough to stop the killings. A terrible precedent was born in 1915, one which has come to haunt the United States and other Western countries throughout the twentieth century and beyond. To read the essays in this volume is chastening: the dilemmas Americans faced when confronting evil on an unprecedented scale are not very different from the dilemmas we face today.

Author : Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : State government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015071098563

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Monthly Checklist of State Publications by Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift Division Pdf

June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.

Author : Lloyd E. Ambrosius
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107163065

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Woodrow Wilson and American Internationalism by Lloyd E. Ambrosius Pdf

This book critiques President Woodrow Wilson's statecraft and diplomacy during World War I, notably with respect to religion and race.

Author : Martin N. Bertera,Kim Crawford
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781628951394

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The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War by Martin N. Bertera,Kim Crawford Pdf

This fascinating narrative tells the story of a remarkable regiment at the center of Civil War history. The real-life adventure emerges from accounts of scores of soldiers who served in the 4th Michigan Infantry, gleaned from their diaries, letters, and memoirs; the reports of their officers and commanders; the stories by journalists who covered them; and the recollections of the Confederates who fought against them. The book includes tales of life in camp, portraying the Michigan soldiers as everyday people—recounting their practical jokes, illnesses, political views, personality conflicts, comradeship, and courage. The book also tells the true story of what happened to Colonel Harrison Jeffords and the 4th Michigan when the regiment marched into John Rose's wheat field on a sweltering early July evening at Gettysburg. Beyond the myths and romanticized newspaper stories, this account presents the historical evidence of Jeffords's heroic, yet tragic, hand-to-hand struggle for his regiment's U.S. flag.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216168676

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World War I [2 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

Offers detailed coverage of every country that played a significant role in World War I, from key participants including France, Germany, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and the United States, to smaller nations such as Bulgaria, Montenegro, and New Zealand. World War I: A Country-by-Country Guide is a comprehensive reference exploring the role various nations played in this devastating conflict. Each of the 22 country sections provides detailed background information, the reasons behind the country's entry into the war, a summary of its combat effort in the war, a discussion of the home front experience, and a description of the war's impact on that nation. Illuminating sidebars offer an interesting war anecdote involving each country, while essays survey each country's military branches and key military and political leaders. Finally, a timeline for each nation covers all of the important events involving that country during World War I. In addition to the country coverage, a battles section offers entries on 18 of World War I's most important engagements and a separate section on weapons and tactical changes is included. The book also features dozens of maps and images throughout the text that serve as important visual aids that help readers to understand all aspects of the conflict.

Author : Isabelle H. Parish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Lansing (N.Y. : Town)
ISBN : PSU:000000034210

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It Happened in Lansing by Isabelle H. Parish Pdf

Author : Carrie Elizabeth Steinweg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0738518794

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Lansing, Illinois by Carrie Elizabeth Steinweg Pdf

Lansing, Illinois, is a village that is "proud of its past, confident in its future," according to the signs at its entrance. That proud past began in the 1840s, when Dutch and German settlers first made their way to the area. The town was named for Henry Lansing, who came to the area in 1846 with his brothers, John and George. Through the medium of historic photographs, this book captures the evolution of the people of Lansing, from the late-1800s to the present day. These pages bring to life the people, events, communities, and industries that helped to shape and transform Lansing. With nearly 200 vintage images, Lansing, Illinois, includes photographs of the Indiana Avenue School, the Brickyards, the Ford Airport, and early businesses and business owners. It is hard to imagine Ridge Road, now a bustling center of commerce, as a dirt road scattered with general stores, taverns, and blacksmith shops. This book will take you back to Lansing's simpler days to give the reader a glimpse of why this community has maintained its appeal and held generations of families here in this warm and friendly place.