Old Fort Jackson

Author : Laura Seifert
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467106127
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Fort Jackson written by Laura Seifert and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fort James Jackson has been the silent sentinel protecting Savannah, Georgia, for over 200 years. Never taken by force, its soldiers also never fired a shot in anger, only in celebration ... However the soldiers at the fort faced many challenges, including disease, cold, heat, mosquitoes, poor nutrition, and stress. Active during wartimes, the fort was often quietly abandoned between wars ..."--Back cover

Author : Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1469750007
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shelldrake written by Harold A. Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shelldrake is an informative and detailed synopsis of the carefully preserved and restored guns and artillery on display in Canada. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is represented by a long and distinguished line of gunners with historical ties back to the days before Canada's Confederation. The honour of defending Canada while standing steady to support operations overseas in peace and war continues to this day. In doing so, it is necessary to remember that the weapons of war are an integral part of what keeps this nation safe, although the examples that have been used to make it so are few and far between. The descriptions of Canadian artillery and the places of honour where they can be viewed highlights the importance of the equipment that brought our nation forward at key turning points in history when our guns were in use as tools of war at home and overseas. This guide book will show the interested reader where to find examples of the historical guns preserved in Canada, and perhaps serve as a window on how Canada's military contribution to security in the world has evolved."--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Holly Jackson
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 1984896385
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Good Girl's Guide to Murder written by Holly Jackson and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES—COMING SOON TO NETFLIX! • This is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger. And don't miss the sequel, Good Girl, Bad Blood! "The perfect nail-biting mystery." —Natasha Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Author : Andrew H. Myers
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813925752
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black, White, & Olive Drab written by Andrew H. Myers and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first Army bases to implement on a large scale President Truman's call for racial integration of the armed forces, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, quickly took its place in the Defense Department's official history of the process. What reporters, and later on, historians, overlooked was the interaction between the integration of Fort Jackson and developments, in particular, the civil rights movement, in the wider communities in which the base is situated.In Black, White, and Olive Drab, Andrew H. Myers redresses this oversight; taking a case-study approach, Myers meticulously weaves together a wide range of official records, newspaper accounts, and personal interviews, revealing the impact of Fort Jackson's integration on the desegregation of civilian buses, schools, housing, and public facilities in the surrounding area. Examining the ways in which commanders and staff at the installation navigated challenges over racial issues in their dealings with municipal authorities, state politicians, federal legislators, and the upper echelons of the military bureaucracy, Myers also addresses how post leaders dealt with the potential for participation in civil rights demonstrations by soldiers under their command. Original and provocative, Black, White, and Olive Drab will engage historians and sociologists who study military-social relations, the civil rights movement, African American history, and the South, as well as those who are interested in or familiar with basic training or the American armed forces.

Author : Robert V. Remini
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780141001791
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Robert V. Remini and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's "forgotten war" of 1812. Andrew Jackson led his ragtag corps of soldiers against 8,000 disciplined invading British regulars in a battle that delivered the British a humiliating military defeat. The victory solidified America's independence and marked the beginning of Jackson's rise to national prominence. Hailed as "terrifically readable" by the Chicago Sun Times, The Battle of New Orleans is popular American history at its best, bringing to life a landmark battle that helped define the character of the United States.

Author : A. J. Langguth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439126720
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Union 1812 written by A. J. Langguth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of the acclaimed Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution, a gripping narrative that tells the story of the second and final war of independence that secured the nation's independence from Europe and established its claim to the entire continent. The War of 1812 has been ignored or misunderstood. Union 1812 thrillingly illustrates why it must take its place as one of the defining moments in American history.

Author : David Heidler
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807128671
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Hickory's War written by David Heidler and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years following the War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans hero General Andrew Jackson became a power unto himself. He had earlier gained national acclaim and a military promotion upon successfully leading the West Tennessee militia in the Creek War of 1813--1814, Jackson furthered his fame in the First Seminole War in 1818, which led to his invasion of Spanish West Florida without presidential or congressional authorization and to the execution of two British subjects. In Old Hickory's War, David and Jeanne Heidler present an iconoclastic interpretation of the political, military, and ethnic complexities of Jackson's involvement in those two historic episodes. Their exciting narrative shows how the general's unpredictable behavior and determination to achieve his goals, combined with a timid administration headed by James Monroe, brought the United States to the brink of an international crisis in 1818 and sparked the longest congressional debate of the period.

Author : Bruce Ellis Mahan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Fort Crawford and the Frontier written by Bruce Ellis Mahan and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick Richard Carstens
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456867555
Total Pages : 683 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Searching For the Forgotten War - 1812 written by Patrick Richard Carstens and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about historic sites that can be visited to relive the War of 1812, including location, hours of operation and admission. Most of the sites have been visited by the authors.

Author : Michael D. Pierson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781469629117
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mutiny at Fort Jackson written by Michael D. Pierson and published by . This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mutiny at Fort Jackson: The Untold Story of the Fall of New Orleans