Ester - Civil War Period (1850-1877) 1

On April 24, 1862, Federal gunboats made their way past two Confederate forts to ascend the Mississippi River, and the Union navy captured New Orleans. News of the loss of the Crescent City came to ……続きを見る

While numerous accounts exist of President Abraham Lincoln's often-troubled dealings with either his cabinet or his generals, Chester G. Hearn's illuminating history provides the first broad synthes……続きを見る

Much controversy exists concerning Major General Benjamin F. Butler's administration in New Orleans during the second year of the Civil War. Some historians have extolled the general as a great huma……続きを見る

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln and his highest-ranking general, George B. McClellan, agreed that the United States must preserve the Union. Their differing strategies f……続きを見る

Explores the Civil War’s related and enduring conflicts of ideas and principles through four centuries of a nation’s history. The Civil War fascinates Americans like no other war in their history. M……続きを見る

Soon after the start of the Civil War, during the naval buildup on the central Mississippi River, celebrated civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr., formed the Ram Fleet under U.S. secretary of war Edwin……続きを見る

Colonel S. Bassett French, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 31, 1820. He was educated at the Classical School of George Halson in Norfolk and at Hampton-Sidney College. He studied law with Ro……続きを見る

“Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.” - Sun Tzu. Three separate eye-witness accounts of the Hugh Glass bear attack story, a Civil War diary from a POW incar……続きを見る

Soon after the start of the Civil War, during the naval buildup on the central Mississippi River, celebrated civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr., formed the Ram Fleet under U.S. secretary of war Edwin……続きを見る

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Cecil Chesterton in World War I “A History of the United States” was published posthumously in 1919, after Cecil Chesterton died in late ……続きを見る

Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the ……続きを見る