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Veterans North and South: The Transition from Soldier to Civilian after the American Civil War
The Transition from Soldier to Civilian after the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Nothing transforms "dry, boring history" into fascinating and engaging stories like learning about long-ago events through the words of those who lived them. What was it like to witness—and participate in—the horrors of a war that lasted four years and claimed over half a million lives,...
Occupied Women
Gender, Military Occupation, and the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
In the spring of 1861, tens of thousands of young men formed military companies and offered to fight for their country. Near the end of the Civil War, nearly half of the adult male population of the North and a staggering 90 percent of eligible white males in the South had joined the military. With...
by Peter G. Tsouras
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The vital role of the military all-source intelligence in the eastern theater of operations during the U.S. Civil War is told through the biography of its creator, George H. Sharpe. Renowned historian Peter Tsouras contends that this creation under Sharpe’s leadership was the combat multiplier that...
Ross' Texas Brigade: The Texas Rangers & Cavalry In The Civil War
Civil War Texas Rangers & Cavalry, #3
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
"Ross' Texas Brigade: The Texas Rangers & Cavalry In The Civil War" by Victor M. Rose is a history of the famous Texas Brigade of cavalry, made up of the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 27th cavalry regiments, commanded by General Laurence Sullivan Ross. The Ross Brigade was named after Ross, its...
Selma to Saigon
The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
The civil rights and anti--Vietnam War movements were the two greatest protests of twentieth-century America. The dramatic escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1965 took precedence over civil rights legislation, which had dominated White House and congressional attention during the first half...
Stokely
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for Black Power” during a speech one Mississippi night in 1966. A firebrand who straddled both the American civil rights and Black Power movements, Carmichael would stand for...
Jimmie Lee & James
Two Lives, Two Deaths, and the Movement that Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
In the early months of 1965, the killings of two civil rights activists inspired the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, which became the driving force behind the passage of the Voting Rights Act. This is their story.
“Bloody Sunday”—March 7, 1965—was a pivotal moment in the civil rights struggle....
Adela Sloss-Vento
Writer, Political Activist, and Civil Rights Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
This work probes into the socio-political and cultural setting in South Texas (1915-1992) via data found in the private archival collection of Adela Sloss-Vento; it focuses on her role as an activist, writer and civil/human rights pioneer. It is only through this archive that documentation becomes...
by John G. Nicolay
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2012
John G. Nicolay (1832-1901) was an undeniably apt and brilliant choice to inaugurate the landmark Campaigns of the Civil War series. Private secretary to President Lincoln and coauthor (with John Hay) of the monumental, ten-volume Lincoln biography, Nicolay experienced the Civil War from a unique...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
The Confederacy and its leaders continue to be the most popular topics of Civil War history, as historians attempt to analyze exactly why they lost, and how to attribute blame and success to its leaders. Foremost among the South's leaders were President Jefferson Davis and his two most popular and successful...
Down to the Crossroads
Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
In 1962, James Meredith became a civil rights hero when he enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. Four years later, he would make the news again when he reentered Mississippi, on foot. His plan was to walk from Memphis to Jackson, leading a "March Against...
Shattered Glass in Birmingham
My Family's Fight for Civil Rights, 1961-1964
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Shattered Glass in Birmingham traces the experiences of a white northern family during the climax of the civil rights movement in Alabama's largest city. Recounted primarily from Randall Jimerson's perspective as one of five children of Reverend Norman C. "Jim" Jimerson, executive director...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 1996
In the early morning of April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter, beginning a war that would last four horrific years and claim a staggering number of lives. Since that fateful day, the debate over the causes of the American Civil War has never ceased. What events...
by Wayne H. Bowen
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In the mid-1800s, Spain experienced economic growth, political stabilization, and military revival, and the country began to sense that it again could be a great global power. In addition to its desire for international glory, Spain also was the only European country that continued to use...