Let Us Die Like Men

Author : William Lee White
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1611212979
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let Us Die Like Men written by William Lee White and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army of Tennessee’s grueling and costly victory against a fortified Union encampment is expertly recounted in this engaging Civil War history. In the fall of 1864, as William T. Sherman led Federal forces on his March to the Sea, Confederate General John Bell Hood chose to strike northward into Tennessee. There, he hoped to cripple the Federal supply infrastructure and strike the Army of the Cumberland under George Thomas. By defeating Thomas’s army in detail, Hood hoped to force Sherman to come northward to the rescue. On November 30, in a small country town called Franklin, Hood caught part of Thomas’s army outside of its stronghold of Nashville. But what began as a promising opportunity soon turned grim. When subordinates voiced their concerns, Hood’s response was unflinching. “If we are to die,” said the Confederate officer, “let us die like men.” As wave after murderous wave crashed against the Federal fortifications, Hood’s Army of Tennessee shattered itself. It eventually found victory—but at a cost so bloody and so chilling, the name “Franklin” would ever after be synonymous with disaster. Historian William Lee White, whose devotion to the Army of Tennessee has taken him from the dense forests of northwest Georgia to the gates of Atlanta and back into Tennessee, now pens the penultimate chapter in the army’s storied history in Let Us Die Like Men.

Author : William Lee White
Publisher : Emerging Civil War
ISBN 13 : 9781611212969
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let Us Die Like Men written by William Lee White and published by Emerging Civil War. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Bell Hood had done his job too well. In the fall of 1864, the commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee had harassed Federal forces in north Georgia so badly that the Union commander, William T. Sherman, decided to abandon his position. During his subsequent "March to the Sea," Sherman's men lived off the land and made Georgia howl. Rather than confront the larger Federal force directly, Hood chose instead to strike northward into Tennessee. There, he hoped to cripple the Federal supply infrastructure and the Federal forces that still remained there--the Army of the Cumberland under George Thomas. Hood hoped to defeat Thomas's army in detail and force Sherman to come northward to the rescue. On November 30, in a small country town called Franklin, Hood caught part of Thomas's army outside of its stronghold of Nashville. But what began as a promising opportunity for the outnumbered Confederate army soon turned grim. "I do not like the looks of this fight," one of Hood's subordinates said; "the enemy has an excellent position and is well fortified." Hood was determined to root the Federals out. "Well," said a Confederate officer, "if we are to die, let us die like men." And thousands of them did. As wave after murderous wave crashed against the Federal fortifications, the Army of Tennessee shattered itself. It eventually found victory--but at a cost so bloody and so chilling, the name "Franklin" would ever after be synonymous with disaster. Historian William Lee White, whose devotion to the Army of Tennessee has taken him from the dense forests of northwest Georgia to the gates of Atlanta and back into Tennessee, now pens the penultimate chapter in the army's storied history in Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864.

Author : William J. Miller
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1940669650
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decision at Tom's Brook written by William J. Miller and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Tom’s Brook, recalled one Confederate soldier, was “the greatest disaster that ever befell our cavalry during the whole war.” The fight took place during the last autumn of the Civil War, when the Union General Phil Sheridan vowed to turn the crop-rich Shenandoah Valley into “a desert.” Farms and homes were burned, livestock slaughtered, and Southern families suffered. The story of the Tom’s Brook cavalry affair centers on two young men who had risen to prominence as soldiers: George A. Custer and Thomas L. Rosser. They had been fast friends since their teenage days at West Point, but the war sent them down separate paths—Custer to the Union army and Rosser to the Confederacy. Each was a born warrior who took obvious joy in the exhilaration of battle. Each possessed almost all of the traits of the ideal cavalryman—courage, intelligence, physical strength, inner-fire. Only their judgment was questionable. Their separate paths converged in the Shenandoah Valley in the summer of 1864, when Custer was ordered to destroy, and Rosser was ordered to stop him. For three days, Rosser’s gray troopers pursued and attacked the Federals. On the fourth day, October 9, the tables turned in the open fields above Tom’s Brook, where each ambitious friend sought his own advancement at the expense of the other. One capitalized upon every advantage fate threw before him, while the other, sure of his abilities in battle and eager to fight, attempted to impose his will on unfavorable circumstances and tempted fate by inviting catastrophe. This long-overlooked cavalry action had a lasting effect on mounted operations and influenced the balance of the campaign in the Valley. Based upon extensive research in primary documents and gracefully written, award-winning author William J. Miller’s Decision at Tom’s Brook presents significant new material on Thomas Rosser, and argues that his character was his destiny. Rosser’s decision-making that day changed his life and the lives of hundreds of other men. Miller’s new study is Civil War history and high personal drama at its finest.

Author : George Washington Patten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices of the Border written by George Washington Patten and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christine Knauer
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812245970
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let Us Fight as Free Men written by Christine Knauer and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, the military is one the most racially diverse institutions in the United States. But for many decades African American soldiers battled racial discrimination and segregation within its ranks. In the years after World War II, the integration of the armed forces was a touchstone in the homefront struggle for equality—though its importance is often overlooked in contemporary histories of the civil rights movement. Drawing on a wide array of sources, from press reports and newspapers to organizational and presidential archives, historian Christine Knauer recounts the conflicts surrounding black military service and the fight for integration. Let Us Fight as Free Men shows that, even after their service to the nation in World War II, it took the persistent efforts of black soldiers, as well as civilian activists and government policy changes, to integrate the military. In response to unjust treatment during and immediately after the war, African Americans pushed for integration on the strength of their service despite the oppressive limitations they faced on the front and at home. Pressured by civil rights activists such as A. Philip Randolph, President Harry S. Truman passed an executive order that called for equal treatment in the military. Even so, integration took place haltingly and was realized only after the political and strategic realities of the Korean War forced the Army to allow black soldiers to fight alongside their white comrades. While the war pushed the civil rights struggle beyond national boundaries, it also revealed the persistence of racial discrimination and exposed the limits of interracial solidarity. Let Us Fight as Free Men reveals the heated debates about the meaning of military service, manhood, and civil rights strategies within the African American community and the United States as a whole.

Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1138 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Works of Lord Byron written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1128 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Works of Lord Byron from the Last London Edition ... To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author by John Galt, Etc written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Gordon Byron Byron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1066 pages
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Download or read book The complete works written by George Gordon Byron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Gordon Byron Byron (Baron)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 980 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Works of Lord Byron written by George Gordon Byron Byron (Baron) and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
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Total Pages : 1126 pages
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Download or read book The Complete Works Of Lord Byron From The Last London Edition, Now First Collected An Arranged, And Illustrated With Notes By Sir Walter Scott ... Rev. H. Milman, Etc. Etc. To Which Is Prefixed The Life Of The Author By John Galt written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: