Like A Meteor Blazing Brightly

Author : Eric J. Wittenberg
Publisher : Savas Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1940669596
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly written by Eric J. Wittenberg and published by Savas Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulric Dahlgren was a brilliant, ambitious young man who became the youngest full colonel in the United States Army at the age of twenty-one, yet died before his twenty-second birthday. This is the first biography of Dahlgren, and thankfully it was penned by cavalry expert and award-winning author Eric J. Wittenberg. Wittenberg’s account chronicles Dahlgren’s full life story, with a deep look at his military career and extensive connections within the nation’s capital, all of which led to the climax of his life: the notorious Dahlgren Raid. Like a Meteor Burning Brightly: The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren is based upon a plethora of source material, including previously unknown or little-used archival sources. Anyone interested in the Civil War in general, or just a fascinating life well-told, will want this book on their shelf.

Author : Eric J Wittenberg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614230293
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Brandy Station written by Eric J Wittenberg and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Civil War history and guide examines a major turning point in cavalry combat and includes a GPS guided tour of the battlefield. Just before dawn on June 9, 1863, Union soldiers materialized from a thick fog near the banks of Virginia's Rappahannock River to ambush sleeping Confederates. The ensuing struggle, which lasted throughout the day, was to be known as the Battle of Brandy Station—the largest cavalry battle ever fought on North American soil. These events marked a major turning point in the Civil War: the waning era of Confederate cavalry dominance in the East gave way to a confident and powerful Union mounted arm. Historian Eric J. Wittenberg meticulously captures the drama and significance of these events in this fascinating volume. The GPS guided tour of the battlefield is supplemented with illustrations and maps by master cartographer Steven Stanley.

Author : Edward S. Alexander
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611212804
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dawn of Victory written by Edward S. Alexander and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the unprecedented violence of the 1864 Overland Campaign, Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant turned his gaze south of Richmond to Petersburg, and the key railroad junction that supplied the Confederate capital and its defenders. Nine grueling months of constant maneuver and combat around the “Cockade City” followed. As massive fortifications soon dominated the landscape, both armies frequently pushed each other to the brink of disaster. As March 1865 drew to a close, Grant planned one more charge against Confederate lines. Despite recent successes, many viewed this latest task as an impossibility—and their trepidation had merit. “These lines might well have been looked upon by the enemy as impregnable,” admitted Union Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, “and nothing but the most resolute bravery could have overcome them.” Grant ordered the attack for April 2, 1865, setting the stage for a dramatic early morning bayonet charge by his VI Corps across half a mile of open ground into the “strongest line of works ever constructed in America.” Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at Petersburg by Edward S. Alexander tells the story of the men who fought and died in the decisive battle of the Petersburg campaign. Readers can follow the footsteps of the resolute Union attackers and stand in the shoes of the obstinate Confederate defenders as their actions decided the fate of the nation.

Author : David H. Jacobs
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806527574
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mafia's Greatest Hits written by David H. Jacobs and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joey Gallo - killed in Umberto's Clam House, Little Italy, 1975; Abe Reles, the Murder Inc. stoolpigeon who was tossed out of a hotel window in Coney Island in 1941; Albert Anastasa, cut down in a barber's chair in 1957; Carmine Galante, killed in a hail of bullets as he finished lunch in a Brooklyn restaurant in 1977; Joe 'the Boss' Massiera, whacked in a Coney Island restaurant in 1933 - all are celebrated episodes of big-time gangland executions, told in the breezy, vividly direct tone of a sportswriter covering a ball game. With an introduction by Henry Hill.

Author : Albert Barnes
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes on the New Testament, Explanatory and Practical: Revelation written by Albert Barnes and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American reverend Albert Barnes began writing notes on the New Testament in order to spare his Sunday School teachers from having to wade through lengthy and complex material in order to instruct their pupils. His style is concise and (for Victorian readers) very accessible. This book covers the text of Revelations, probably one of the hardest books to understand in the Bible..

Author : Albert Barnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes, explanatory and practical, on the New Testament. ed. by R. Frew written by Albert Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frances H. Casstevens
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476607044
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edward A. Wild and the African Brigade in the Civil War written by Frances H. Casstevens and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Wild, the controversial Union general who headed the all-black African Brigade in the Civil War, was one of the most loved and most hated figures of the 19th century. The man was neither understood nor appreciated by military or civilian, black or white, Northerner or Southerner. After enlisting at the outbreak of the war, Wild was promoted to Brigadier General and placed in charge of the United States Colored Troops. In fulfilling his assignment to free slaves and gain recruits, he took three women as hostages and ordered a great deal of property destruction. He freed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of slaves and settled them safely on Roanoke Island. Wild then not only recruited the newly freed blacks but trained them and gave them the opportunity to prove their worth in battle. Nobody, it seems, was happy about serving with them, but the African Brigade performed courageously in several battles. Wild did some inexplicable things. Were his actions typical of the 19th century or did he act outside the norm? Was the criticism he suffered from his fellow Union officers valid--or was it due to personality conflicts? Did he deserve to be arrested, court-martialed, and even wiped from the history books--or was he the victim of discrimination? This work draws its answers from extensive research and includes many rare letters to and from Wild, including one from one of the North Carolinian hostages.

Author : BC Dick
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312602643
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Troidai written by BC Dick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-12-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than three millennia ago, during the Age of Legends, an Anatolian youth departed the mortal world to dwell among the Undying - what people call gods. From that time to this, as deathless and un-aging as legend claims, Ganumedos Troides has watched human history unfold; the wondrous rise and calamitous ruin of heroes, empires, and religions alike. Now he's returned to the world of the Dying, revealing long-forgotten truths that underlie the greatest of legends. In Troidai, Ganymede weaves the tale of his mortal life in Bronze Age Idaea; the land destined to host the most famous military conflict of the ancient world. From his childhood as a hostage in the stronghold of an usurper-king to his startling rise as Seer-Prince and ultimate exile as a nameless shepherd, Ganymede confronts political intrigue and orgiastic rites in a world on the brink of monumental change, all the while tormented by the adoration of the gods themselves.

Author : John Shakespear
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book The Lushei Kuki Clans written by John Shakespear and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lieutenant-Colonel John Shakespear
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465614613
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lushei Kuki Clans written by Lieutenant-Colonel John Shakespear and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lushei chiefs now rule over the country between the Kurnaphuli river and its main tributary, the Tuilianpui on the west, and the Tyao and Koladyne river on the east, while their southern boundary is roughly a line drawn east and west through the junction of the Mat and Koladyne rivers and their most northerly villages are found on the borders of the Silchar district. Within this area, roughly 7,500 square miles, there are only a few villages ruled over by chiefs of other clans, and outside it there are but few true Lushei villages, though I am told that there are villages of people very closely connected with the Lusheis, on the southern borders of Sylhet, in Tipperah and in the North Cachar Hills, and there are a few in the Chittagong Hill tracts. All the Lushai Kuki clans resemble each other very closely in appearance and the Mongolian type of countenance prevails. One meets, however, many exceptions, which may be due to the foreign blood introduced by the many captives taken from the plains and from neighbouring tribes; but these are not worth considering, and the description of the Kuki written by Lt. Stewart close on 80 years ago cannot be improved on. “The Kukis are a short, sturdy race of men with a goodly development of muscle. Their legs are, generally speaking, short in comparison with the length of their bodies, and their arms long. The face is nearly as broad as it is long and is generally round or square, the cheek bones high, broad and prominent, eyes small and almond-shaped, the nose short and flat, with wide nostrils. The women appear more squat than the men even, but are strong and lusty.” In Lushai clans both sexes are as a rule rather slighter made than among the Thado and cognate clans, whom Lt. Stewart was describing. Adopting the scale given in the handbook of the Anthropological Institute, the colour of the skin varies between dark yellow-brown, dark olive, copper-coloured and yellow olive. Beards and whiskers are almost unknown, and a Lushai, even when able to grow a moustache, which is not often, pulls out all the hairs except those at the corners of his mouth. The few persons with hairy faces may, I think, be safely said to be of impure blood.