The Boys Of Company K

Author : Neal E. Wixson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440122446

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Echoes from the Boys of Company 'H' by Neal E. Wixson Pdf

Echoes from the Boys of Company H focuses on a few Civil War soldiers from Company H, 100th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, who were prolific writers. It is based upon a treasure trove of hundreds of letters, journals, and diaries. These writings provide rare insight into life as a common soldier. The boys also share their thoughts about topics ranging from everyday camp life and homesickness to broader concerns such as politics and religion. Hear a firsthand account of the horrors of prison life in Andersonville, Ga. Follow these soldiers after the war as they re-enter civil life. As their experiences begin to fade to distant echoes from the past, the soldiers ultimately join together to develop an association to relive and glorify their wartime experiences. Echoes from the Boys of Company H is a unique and touching collection of the written words of young men who proudly served their country during one of the most tumultuous times in the young nations history. Although their voices are now silenced, the documents they left behind are eloquent lessons in the understanding of and gratitude for the sacrifices of all who fought on both sides. Here is a rich collection of Civil War letters. They reveal the emotions and actions of men in battle. Edward Longacre, Author of Army of Amateurs An unusually textured view of the Civil War and its immediate aftermath in the words of its participants. The editor has gone to tremendous lengths to locate and transcribe a vast array of viewpoints on battles, camp life and wartime politics. Professor Carol Sheriff and co-author of A People at War Stunning! A remarkable tour de force! This is an intimate, personal look into everyday life in the 100th New York Infantry. We endure the misery of diseases and trench warfare, the boredom of camp life, and the terror of battles with these soldiers. Jeff Toalson, editor of No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery & Desertion.

Author : Eugene Scruggs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798887641287

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The Boys of Company K by Eugene Scruggs Pdf

Author : William March
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780817304805

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Company K by William March Pdf

A collection of short first-person narratives by the members of a company caught in the frontline in the first World War.

Author : Lee M. Cullimore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1937147010

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The Boys of Company K by Lee M. Cullimore Pdf

The Boys of Company K shows how life was for the common soldier on the dangerous western prairies. The men faced the threat of hostile Indians, disease, and unpredictable Wyoming weather. Follow the boys on their journey from Hillsboro, Dayton, Cincinnati and other Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska towns to Fort Laramie, Fort Halleck, the Powder River, and other frontier locations. Accounts are taken from first-hand sources such as newspaper articles, personal journals, and military records.

Author : Lyman Jackman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015027068041

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History of the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment in the War for the Union by Lyman Jackman Pdf

Author : Jeffrey A. Hill
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 1071 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781728337500

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The 26Th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry by Jeffrey A. Hill Pdf

Here is the third edition of the history of a group of men who valiantly fought to preserve the Union during the American Civil War. The first edition was published in 2010 to wide acclaim. An updated second edition was printed in 2013. Now, seven years later, this third edition expands on the previous ones with a new chapter and many more stories, burial locations, maps and photos. The men of the 26th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry were among the first to answer their country’s call to duty, and among the last ones to finally be mustered home. The “Old 26th” fought in numerous western theater campaigns and battles; including: Shiloh, Corinth, Stones River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Kennesaw, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. After the war’s end, the veterans yearned to publish their regiment’s proud history as so many other units had done. Regrettably, the high cost of publishing proved too steep for the aged veterans, and their dream died with them. The descendant of three veterans of the 26th Ohio, Jeffrey A. Hill resurrected their dream and brought it to fruition. Meticulously researched, their history is based on over five hundred primary source documents including letters, diaries, military and pension records, regimental and company records, and other first person accounts. Their narrative conveys their omnipresent sense of duty and loyalty. This book chronicles the involvement of the 26th Ohio from the initial fervor following Fort Sumter and throughout the war, as well as the postbellum activities. The appendices include a roster, list of burial sites, photo gallery, and index. This history is a lasting tribute to the men who so bravely fought to protect what they held most dear—their beloved country. At long last, here is their story...

Author : Walter F. Clowes
Publisher : Dalcassian Publishing Company
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1900-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Detroit Light Guard : a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day : with full account of riot and complimentary duty, and the campaigns in the Civil and Spanish-American wars : a complete roster of members at the time of muster-out of the United States service, as well as a roster of all classes of members by Walter F. Clowes Pdf

Author : Lance J. Herdegen,William J. K. Beaudot
Publisher : Savas Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781940669410

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In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg by Lance J. Herdegen,William J. K. Beaudot Pdf

The storied Iron Brigade carved out a unique reputation during the Civil War. Its men fought on many hard fields, but they performed their most legendary exploits just outside a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg on the first day of July in 1863. There were many heroic actions that morning and afternoon, but the fight along an unfinished deep scar in the ground north of the Chambersburg Pike was one never forgotten, and is the subject of Lance J. HerdegenÕs and William J. K. BeaudotÕs award-winning (and long out of print) In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg: The 6th Wisconsin of the Iron Brigade and its Famous Charge. The railroad cut fighting was led mainly by the ÒCalico BoysÓ of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers. Detached from the balance of the Iron Brigade, the Badgers of the 6th charged nearly 200 yards to meet a Confederate brigade that had swung into what looked like an ideal defensive position along an unfinished railroad cut northwest of town. The fighting was close, brutal, personal, and bloodyÑand it played a key role in the final Union victory. The Wisconsin men always remembered that moment when they stood under Òa galling fireÓ in an open field just north of the pike. Using hundreds of firsthand accounts, many previously unpublished, Herdegen and Beaudot carry their readers into the very thick of the fighting. The air seemed Òfull of bullets,Ó one private recalled, the men around him dropping Òat a fearful rate.Ó Pvt. Amos Lefler was on his hands and knees spitting blood and teeth with Capt. Johnny Ticknor of Company K down and dying just a handful of yards away. Pvt. James P. Sullivan felt defenseless, unable as he was to get his rifle-musket to fire because of bad percussion caps. Rebel buckshot, meanwhile, smashed the canteen and slashed the hip of Sgt. George Fairfield. Behind the Wisconsin men, Lt. Col. Rufus Dawes watched a ÒfearfulÓ and ÒdestructiveÓ Confederate fire crashing with Òan unbroken roar before us. Men were being shot by twenties and thirties.Ó While frantically loading and shooting, the Badgers leaned into the storm of bullets coming from the cut 175 yards away. The Westerners pushed slowly into the field andÑat that very instant when victory or defeat teetered undecidedÑthe ÒJayhawkersÓ in the Prairie du Chien Company began shouting ÒCharge! Charge! Charge!Ó And so they did. Young Dawes lifted his sword and shouted ÒForward! Forward Charge! Align on the Colors!Ó It was at that moment, remembered Cpl. Frank Wallar, a farmer-turned-soldier who would soon make his name known to history by capturing the flag of the 2nd Mississippi, Òthere was a general rush and yells enough to almost awaken the dead.Ó Out of print for nearly two decades, this facsimile reprint and its new Introduction share with yet another generation of readers the story of the 6th WisconsinÕs magnificent charge. Indeed it is their story, and how they remembered it. And it is one you will never forget.

Author : Benjamin Hirst
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1572330058

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The Boys from Rockville by Benjamin Hirst Pdf

The 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was formed in August 1862. This book presents an articulate view of camp life and combat in the 14th, as told by Sgt. Benjamin Hirst of Company D, a unit composed largely of men from the mill town of Rockville. Editorial comment throughout analyzes Hirst's perspectives and motivations in the context of his life experience. 22 illustrations.

Author : Jim Leeke
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 025333537X

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A Hundred Days to Richmond by Jim Leeke Pdf

In the spring of 1864, after three bloody years of civil war and with victory seemingly within reach for the Northern armies, John Brough, Ohio's energetic wartime governor, offered his state's militia for 100 days of federal service. Ordered east for duty in forts, railways, and prisons, they freed veteran troops to make the last great push against Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy. History soon overtook the Ohioans, however. They fought at Monocacy with Lew Wallace and under the watchful eye of Abraham Lincoln at Fort Stevens. They battled Mosby and other feared Southern guerrillas in Virginia and West Virginia. They fell to John Hunt Morgan's cavalry in Kentucky. They toiled and fought against thunderous Petersburg.

Author : John D. McDermott
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811746137

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Circle of Fire by John D. McDermott Pdf

The year 1865 was bloody on the Plains as various Indian tribes, including the Southern Cheyenne and the Southern Sioux, joined with their northern relatives to wage war on the white man. They sought revenge for the 1864 massacre at Sand Creek, when John Chivington and his Colorado volunteers nearly wiped out a village of Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho. The violence in eastern Colorado spread westward to Fort Laramie and Fort Caspar in southeastern and central Wyoming, and then moved north to the lands along the Wyoming-Montana border.

Author : Tim Nichols
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595349487

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The Reunion by Tim Nichols Pdf

The blend of student's books and supporting online resources allow you to personalise the delivery of the course to meet students' needs, with plenty of practical activities to develop the skills required to tackle How Science Works.

Author : Andrew Wiest
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780968902

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The Boys of ’67 by Andrew Wiest Pdf

In the spring of 1966, while the war in Vietnam was still popular, the US military decided to reactivate the 9th Infantry Division as part of the military build-up. Across the nation, farm boys from the Midwest, surfers from California and city-slickers from Cleveland opened their mail to find greetings from Uncle Sam. Most American soldiers of the Vietnam era trickled into the war zone as individual replacements for men who had become casualties or had rotated home. Charlie Company was different as part of the only division raised, drafted and trained for service. From draft to the battlefields of South Vietnam, this is the unvarnished truth from the fear of death to the chaos of battle, told almost entirely through the recollections of the men themselves. This is their story, the story of young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and had received so little in return – lost faces of a distant war.

Author : P. J. Kearns
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781477176634

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The Fellers Called Him Bill by P. J. Kearns Pdf

The Fellers Called Him Bill is a story of the American Civil War by P.J. Kearns. It is a thoroughly engaging account of the Great Rebellion following one young man’s incredible journey through it. The generously illustrated narrative is presented as a three volume set Book 1 - Secession and the Outbreak of War Book 2 - The Rebellion Intensifies Book 3 - The Final Desperate Fighting and the Aftermath of War The story touches on the military, social, political, and economic realities of the era while introducing the larger-than-life Americans who shaped history in the mid 19th century. Loaded with fascinating anecdotes, photos, drawings, and maps. The Fellers Called Him Bill offers the reader a compelling narrative covering the most incredible period in American history. For a student of American History, the set of books would serve as an excellent source of material.

Author : Phillip Hoose
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780374302726

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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose Pdf

At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not in vain: the boys' exploits and eventual imprisonment helped spark a full-blown Danish resistance. Interweaving his own narrative with the recollections of Knud himself, here is Phillip Hoose's inspiring story of these young war heroes. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.