The Diary Of A Civil War Marine

Author : Adrienne Sachse,Wesley Moody
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611475791

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The Diary of a Civil War Marine by Adrienne Sachse,Wesley Moody Pdf

The Diary of a Civil War Marine: Private Josiah Gregg is a rare firsthand account of a United States Marine during the Civil War, written within hours of the events described. Gregg enlisted as a private at the beginning of the war, and served as a shipboard Marine on the Vanderbilt as it hunted Confederate raiders in the Caribbean and Atlantic. He also served aboard the Brooklyn at the battles of Mobile Bay and Fort Fischer. Part war story and part travel log, Gregg tells a good story with the confident prose of a man who worked as a school teacher and a clerk before the war. Seen by only Gregg's descendants for the last 140 years, the diary entries have been edited to include notes that explain what might be unclear to a modern audience. Also included are brief histories of the ships and the events described in the journal, and eight black and white photographs that were found inside the journal.

Author : Frank L. Church,United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112047584161

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Civil War Marine by Frank L. Church,United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:464395989

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Civil War Marine: A Diary of The Red River Expedition, 1864 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Adrienne Sachse,Wesley Moody
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : United States
ISBN : 6613971111

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The Diary of a Civil War Marine by Adrienne Sachse,Wesley Moody Pdf

This is the firsthand account of a United States Marine during the American Civil War. Beside the average routine of shipboard life, Gregg experienced major battles and the hunt for Confederate raiders. Anyone who wants a better understanding of the navy during the Civil War, especially a scholar doing research, would appreciate this book.

Author : James Jones,Edward Keuchel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1482031213

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Civil War Marine: a Diary of the Red River Expedition 1864 by James Jones,Edward Keuchel Pdf

Together with Dr. James P. jones, a colleague in the history department at Florida State and a Civil War expert, Dr. Edward F. Keuchel has edited and annotated Frank L. Church's journal and has provided an interesting vignette of Federal Marine Corps service in the Civil War and especially in one of the campaigns in which Marines served.

Author : Miles Mason Oviatt
Publisher : White Mane Publishing Company
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89073241853

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A Civil War Marine at Sea by Miles Mason Oviatt Pdf

Recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor at the Battle of Mobile Bay, Miles Oviatt of Olean, New York exemplified the courage and traditions of the United States Marine Corps from the Civil War until the present day. Like many other Northern farm boys in 1862, Oviatt volunteered to fight for the Union -- but on ship rather than on land.

Author : Edward T. Cotham
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780292795884

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The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine by Edward T. Cotham Pdf

The confiscated Yankee diary that ran in the Confederate press, fully annotated and illustrated with drawings by a fellow Civil War Marine. On September 28, 1863, the Galveston Tri-Weekly News included an item headlined “A Yankee Note-Book.” It was the first installment of a diary confiscated from U.S. Marine Henry O. Gusley, who had been captured at the Battle of Sabine Pass. It was so popular, the newspaper made an ongoing series of the entire diary, running each excerpt twice. For Confederate readers, Gusley's diary provided a rare glimpse into the opinions and feelings of an ordinary Yankee, an enemy whom—they quickly discovered—it would be easy to regard as a friend. This book contains the complete text of Henry Gusley’s Civil War diary, expertly annotated and introduced by Edward Cotham. One of the few surviving journals by a U.S. Marine serving along the Gulf Coast, it records some of the most important naval campaigns of the Civil War, including the spectacular Union success at New Orleans and the embarrassing defeats at Galveston and Sabine Pass. It also offers an unmatched portrait of life aboard ship. It also includes previously unpublished drawings by Daniel Nestell—a doctor who served alongside Gusley—depicting many of the events the diary describes. Together, Gusley's diary and Nestell's drawings are like picture postcards from the Civil War: vivid, literary, moving dispatches from one of “Uncle Sam's nephews in the Gulf.”

Author : Christine Friesel
Publisher : Charley Brother, LLC
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1736208705

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The Boys of Bath: The Civil War Diary of Pvt. Charles Brother, USMC by Christine Friesel Pdf

When poet Fannie Toyne talked about her father, Charles Brother, which was hardly ever, she said her earliest memory was being thrown out a window. When Civil War Marine Charles Brother talked about "the boys," which was often, he talked of the pursuit of that prize ship and the Battle of Mobile Bay when Admiral Farragut reportedly cried out, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Drenched in history and sea salt, The Boys of Bath is a saga of sacrifice and loyalty, exhibiting the few and proud men of rare, high spirit: the first to go in, not flinching for canon, shipwreck, or mines. Charles Brother wrote of life in Bath, New York, and in the barracks in Boston and Brooklyn, the New York Draft Riots, gunnery, targets, storms, and drilling with terrific shipmates-men who were agile and ready to fly in the ropes and through life-his fraternity. His story is about the bloody correction of the nineteenth century, made by grandsons of slave owners, a story relevant only to those who know well this business of being wrong about all of it-the true cost of sin against a race and the exit strategy, the unspoken promise to be silent, the pursuit of a prize, and the torpedo mines primed to give way to that switch, even those only in your head.

Author : Henry O. Gusley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015063286374

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The Southern Journey of a Civil War Marine by Henry O. Gusley Pdf

On September 28, 1863, the Galveston Tri-Weekly News caught its readers' attention with an item headlined "A Yankee Note-Book." It was the first installment of a diary confiscated from U.S. Marine Henry O. Gusley, who had been captured at the Battle of Sabine Pass. Gusley's diary proved so popular with readers that they clamored for more, causing the newspaper to run each excerpt twice until the whole diary was published. For many in Gusley's Confederate readership, his diary provided a rare glimpse into the opinions and feelings of an ordinary Yankee--an enemy whom, they quickly discovered, it would be easy to regard as a friend. This book contains the complete text of Henry Gusley's Civil War diary, expertly annotated and introduced by Edward Cotham. One of the few journals that have survived from U.S. Marines who served along the Gulf Coast, it records some of the most important naval campaigns of the Civil War, including the spectacular Union success at New Orleans and the embarrassing defeats at Galveston and Sabine Pass. It also offers an unmatched portrait of daily life aboard ship. Accompanying the diary entries are previously unpublished drawings by Daniel Nestell, a doctor who served in the same flotilla and eventually on the same ship as Gusley, which depict many of the locales and events that Gusley describes. Together, Gusley's diary and Nestell's drawings are like picture postcards from the Civil War--vivid, literary, often moving dispatches from one of "Uncle Sam's nephews in the Gulf."

Author : Troy A. Hillman,Joan Hillman-Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : United States
ISBN : 1716918049

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The Diaries of George H. Bandfield Civil War Marine by Troy A. Hillman,Joan Hillman-Hill Pdf

From small town Northern farmboy to Civil War Marine, this book tells the story of Private George H. Bandfield through his own words, transcribed through four of his diaries. Bandfield served on board the USS Vanderbilt as they chased the CSS Alabama across the Atlantic Ocean, and later served on board the USS Brooklyn during the Battle of Mobile Bay and the battles at Fort Fisher. Experience firsthand the journey of this Civil War Marine in this all-new volume documenting the life of Bandfield, edited by his descendants, Troy A. Hillman and Joan (Hillman) Hill. Also included in this volume is a biography of his life, family photos, several letters, perspectives on his life as seen through pension files, and finally, the brief "diary" of Pvt. Edwin C. McKee, fellow Marine, who recorded a month and a half of his voyage on the Vanderbilt, and whose voice is also preserved in these pages.

Author : Philip Van Buskirk
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786454891

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Rebel at Large by Philip Van Buskirk Pdf

This diary is one of the most unusual produced during the Civil War because it contains very little about military life. Early in the war Van Buskirk abandoned his regiment, working as a schoolmaster, farmhand, and casual laborer. He wrote of the suffering civilians endured at the hands of contending armies. But he also found time to chronicle his fascination with handsome young lads he encountered during his life as a deserter--unwittingly providing modern readers an illuminating glimpse of class differences and sexual mores. Naval, social and sexual historians, in particular, will find much valuable source material.

Author : Abraham Felber,Franklin S. Felber,William H. Bartsch
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786480555

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The Old Breed of Marine by Abraham Felber,Franklin S. Felber,William H. Bartsch Pdf

On Friday, August 7, 1942, at 1300, after a furious cannonading by the Navy fighting vessels slamming salvo after salvo into the shores, 36-year-old Marine Sergeant Abraham Felber jumped from a Higgins boat onto Beach Red in the first-wave assault on the deadly jungle island of Guadalcanal. Felber was responsible for writing the Record of Events for his unit, and recorded in meticulous detail the fighting that wrested Guadalcanal from the enemy in the skies, off the shores, and in the muddy jungles. This work is part of the diary that Abraham Felber kept during his service in World War II. It begins with January 7, 1941, and ends with December 31, 1945. As the 1st Sergeant of Headquarters Battery, 11th Marines, Felber dealt with both officers and enlisted men, which exposed him to the perspectives and insights of both. Felber was also granted the unusual privilege of taking photographs during the Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester campaigns, some of which are published here for the first time. Felber's accounts of his unit's role in the combat at Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester; his time at Guantanamo Bay, Parris Island and Camp Lejune; daily life, and other experiences are presented here as he recorded them.

Author : Frank L. Church,United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Government publications
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211316638

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Civil War Marine by Frank L. Church,United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division Pdf

Author : J. E. Rendinell,George Pattullo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436682177

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One Man's War by J. E. Rendinell,George Pattullo Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : William Benjamin Gould
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0804747083

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Diary of a Contraband by William Benjamin Gould Pdf

The heart of this book is the remarkable Civil War diary of the author’s great-grandfather, William Benjamin Gould, an escaped slave who served in the United States Navy from 1862 until the end of the war. The diary vividly records Gould’s activity as part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia; his visits to New York and Boston; the pursuit to Nova Scotia of a hijacked Confederate cruiser; and service in European waters pursuing Confederate ships constructed in Great Britain and France. Gould’s diary is one of only three known diaries of African American sailors in the Civil War. It is distinguished not only by its details and eloquent tone (often deliberately understated and sardonic), but also by its reflections on war, on race, on race relations in the Navy, and on what African Americans might expect after the war. The book includes introductory chapters that establish the context of the diary narrative, an annotated version of the diary, a brief account of Gould’s life in Massachusetts after the war, and William B. Gould IV’s thoughts about the legacy of his great-grandfather and his own journey of discovery in learning about this remarkable man.