Soldier Of Courage Soldier Of Compassion The Story Of Captain Bennett L Munger Company C 44th New York State Infantry

Author : Brian Stuart Kesterson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780963580245

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Soldier of Courage, Soldier of Compassion: The Story of Captain Bennett L. Munger Company C, 44th New York State Infantry by Brian Stuart Kesterson Pdf

Soldier of Courage, Soldier of Compassion is drawn from the letters and diaries of Captain Bennett L. Munger of company C, 44th New York state volunteer infantry. Munger's regiment was known as "Ellsworth's Avengers", in honor of their fallen comrade, Col. Elmer Ellsworth. The regiment was a seasoned fighting unit, and saw action in many important battles during the civil war. Munger's career would eventually place him in the position of prison inspector for the north's most notorious, Confederate prisoner of war camp, "Elmira". Elmira was little better than a death camp, that in some ways was on par with the horror of Andersonville. Munger's letters and diaries give an important firsthand account and insight into a moment in time that otherwise would be lost without this small volume that is dedicated to his unwavering service to his country and his steadfast compassion to ease the sufferings of his fellow man.

Author : Jerry Borrowman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1629722928

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Compassionate Soldier by Jerry Borrowman Pdf

Compassionate Soldier illuminates some of the most fascinating and yet largely unknown stories of men and women whose humanity led them to perform courageous acts of mercy and compassion amid the chaos and carnage of war. Arranged by war from the American Revolution to the Iraq War and global in perspective, it features extraordinary stories of grace under fire from valiant soldiers and noncombatants who rose above the inhumanity of lethal conflict and chose compassion, even knowing their actions could put their lives and liberty at risk. Included in this collection are the stories of Richard Kirkland, a Confederate soldier during the Civil War who disobeyed orders and brought blankets and water to the wounded from both North and South during the Battle of Fredericksburg; Patrick Ferguson, a British soldier during the American Revolution who had the chance to kill George Washington, but refused to shoot a man in the back; and Oswald Boelcke, a German WWI flying ace who was one of the most influential tacticians of early air combat, but was known for making sure the airmen he shot down made it to the ground alive. These inspirational stories illustrate that even in the midst of unspeakable horrors of war, acts of kindness, mercy, compassion, and humanity can prevail and, in doing so, expand our conventional thinking of honor and battlefield glory.

Author : Don Farrands QC
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922488305

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Courage and Compassion by Don Farrands QC Pdf

This is the true story of a young Australian soldier whose life of opportunity was challenged by trauma and salvaged by strength. Nelson Ferguson, from Ballarat, was a stretcher-bearer on the Western Front in France in World War I. He survived the dangers of stretcher-bearing in some of Australia's most horrific battles: the Somme, Bullecourt, Ypres and Villers-Bretonneux. In April 1918, at Villers-Bretonneux, he was severely gassed. His eyes were traumatised, his lungs damaged. Upon his return home, he met and married Madeline, the love of his life, started a family, and resumed his career teaching art. But eventually the effects of the mustard gas claimed his eyesight, ending his career. Courageously enduring this consequence of war, he continued contributing to society by assisting his son and son-in-law in their stained-glass window business. Advances in medicine finally restored his sight in 1968, allowing him to yet again appreciate the beauty around him, before his death in 1976. The story of this Anzac will stir your soul. It is a story of war and bravery, pain and strength, hope and miracles.

Author : Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson,Ellsworth Eliot,George Edwin Eliot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Genealogy
ISBN : UOM:39015000662844

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Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, "apostle to the Indians," 1598-1905 by Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson,Ellsworth Eliot,George Edwin Eliot Pdf

Author : Lyman G. Bennett,William M. Haigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:$B61656

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History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteers by Lyman G. Bennett,William M. Haigh Pdf

Author : Charles Collard Adams
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9354011977

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Middletown Upper Houses; a History of the North Society of Middletown, Connecticut, from 1650 to 1800, with Genealogical and Biographical Chapters on Early Families and a Full Genealogy of the Ranney Family by Charles Collard Adams Pdf

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Author : John Murray (Firm)
Publisher : London : [s.n.]
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Bengal
ISBN : OXFORD:N13918466

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Handbook of the Bengal Presidency by John Murray (Firm) Pdf

Author : Brian Stuart Kesterson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0738568007

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West Virginia National Guard, 1898-1919 by Brian Stuart Kesterson Pdf

The formation of what would eventually become the West Virginia National Guard has its roots intertwined in the Old Virginia Militia system of the early and mid-1700s. This militia system spanned the Indian hostilities of the French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, 1780s and 1790s Indian Wars, and Civil War. Images of America: West Virginia National Guard covers the time span between 1898 and 1919. This period of guard history was chaotic, to say the least, and was typified by turbulent social, economic, and political unrest.

Author : Andrew Delbanco
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780691246383

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College by Andrew Delbanco Pdf

The strengths and failures of the American college, and why liberal education still matters As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience—an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers—is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In describing what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise. In a brisk and vivid historical narrative, Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America’s colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. Acknowledging the serious financial, intellectual, and ethical challenges that all colleges face today, Delbanco considers what is at stake in the urgent effort to protect these venerable institutions for future generations.

Author : Rebecca Redwood French
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501735349

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The Golden Yoke by Rebecca Redwood French Pdf

The Golden Yoke is a remarkable achievement. It is the first elaboration of the legal, cultural, and ideological dimensions of precommunist Tibetan jurisprudence, a unique legal system that maintains its secularism within a thoroughly Buddhist setting. Layer by layer, Rebecca Redwood French reconstructs the daily operation of law in Tibet before the Chinese invasion in 1959. In the Tibetans' own words, French identifies their courts, symbols, and personnel and traces the procedures for petitioning and filing documents. There are stories here from judges, legal conciliators, and lay people about murder, property disputes, and divorce. French shows that Tibetan law is deeply embedded in its Buddhist culture and that the system evolved not from the rules and judgments but from what people actually do and say. In what amounts to a fully developed cosmology, she describes the cultural foundation that informs the system: myths, notions of time and conflux, inner morality, language patterns, rituals, use of space, symbols, and concepts. Based on extensive readings of Tibetan legal documents and codes, interviews with Tibetan scholars, and the reminiscences of Tibetans at home and in exile, this generously illustrated, elegantly written work is a model of outstanding research. French combines the talents of a legal anthropologist with those of a former law practitioner to develop a new field of study that has implications for other judicial systems, including our own.

Author : Harper & Brothers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Connecticut
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107338535

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Harper's School Geography by Harper & Brothers Pdf

Author : Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781501704758

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Governing Academia by Ronald G. Ehrenberg Pdf

Public concern over sharp increases in undergraduate tuition has led many to question why colleges and universities cannot behave more like businesses and cut their costs to hold tuition down. Ronald G. Ehrenberg and his coauthors assert that understanding how academic institutions are governed provides part of the answer. Factors that influence the governance of academic institutions include how states regulate higher education and govern their public institutions; the size and method of selection of boards of trustees; the roles of trustees, administrators, and faculty in shared governance at campuses; how universities are organized for fiscal and academic purposes; the presence or absence of collective bargaining for faculty, staff, and graduate student assistants; pressures from government regulations, donors, insurance carriers, athletic conferences, and accreditation agencies; and competition from for-profit providers. Governing Academia, which covers all these aspects of governance, is enlightening and accessible for anyone interested in higher education. The authors are leading academic administrators and scholars from a wide range of fields including economics, education, law, political science, and public policy.

Author : Pomroy Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : History
ISBN : NYPL:33433062527951

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Annals and Recollections of Oneida County by Pomroy Jones Pdf

Author : Thomas Budd Van Horne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : United States
ISBN : HARVARD:32044023772809

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History of the Army of the Cumberland by Thomas Budd Van Horne Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Universities and colleges
ISBN : OCLC:1378318203

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Cornell by Anonim Pdf

Experience Cornell in its exuberance: from the dazzling fall colors arond Beebe Lake to the Lynah Faithful cheering the Big Red. From the flames of Dragon Day the celebrate spring to the excitement of commencement and the joy of alumni returning to cherish favorite places on campus. C is for Cornell, and Cornell is ...