[PDF] A True Confederate Hero eBook

Author : William Alan Blair
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,22 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1469614057

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With Malice toward Some: Treason and Loyalty in the Civil War Era

Author : Lochlainn Seabrook
Publisher :
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 35,47 MB
Release : 2021-04-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781955351003

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Award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook brings the Confederacy back to life in his important work Heroes of the Southern Confederacy: The Illustrated Book of Confederate Officials, Soldiers, and Civilians.

Author : John Hinman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,24 MB
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462039243

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Dubaville, PA, 1863. Thirteen-year-old Darrell Stouffer is infamous for the pranks he plays at school; in fact, they got him expelled. He also wants to win fame and glory as a soldier in the Union army, but his father forbids him from volunteering. Then, suddenly, General Robert E. Lees Confederate army appears in the area. Darrell runs away to Gettysburg, just fifteen miles from Darrells small town, hoping to join the Union soldiers gathering there to defend Pennsylvania. War, as it turns out, is not as Darrell could have ever imagined, not even in his wildest dreams. True Heroes of Gettysburg is the story of one boy rising above his fears to help the real heroes of warthe soldiers who risk their lives for their country. Though Darrell is only an observer on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the savage bloodshed shakes him to his core. In the following days, pure chance sees Darrell accompanying the medical corps amidst the thickest action. The soldiers heroism, not only on the battlefield but also in the face of dreadful wounds, amputation, and death, teaches Darrell that by facing his fears and challenges, even moments of monumental sadness can become a triumph of human spirit.

Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 2018-05-29
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ISBN : 9781720482147

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*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "On the refusal of Major Anderson to engage, in compliance with my demand, to designate the time when he would evacuate Fort Sumter, and to agree meanwhile not to use his guns against us, at 3.20 o'clock in the morning of the 12th instant I gave him formal notice that within one hour my batteries would open on him." - P.G.T. Beauregard's Official Report on Fort Sumter Despite the fact that the Civil War was fought nearly 150 years ago, it remains a polarizing topic for the country to this day, and Americans continue to debate who the greatest generals of the war were, arguing the pros and cons and battle records of the men who fought. Although Confederate generals like Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and JEB Stuart have long been the most celebrated men of the South, in April 1861, the man of the hour was P.G.T. Beauregard, the South's hero of Fort Sumter. Though Beauregard has never been considered one of the pantheon members of the South, it was he who was in command at Fort Sumter and responsible for the first shots of the Civil War. Though Beauregard is remembered for his participation at Fort Sumter, the rest of his military career and personal life have been mostly relegated to the footnotes of history books. However, Beauregard was one of the most unique men of the war. A creole born in Louisiana, Beauregard's foreign appearance and demeanor were inescapable among his contemporaries, but he had a long and distinguished career at West Point and in the Mexican-American War even before the Civil War. Furthermore, Beauregard was one of the few who fought in crucial battles in both the East and West, commanding at the First Battle of Bull Run and later Shiloh, and his defense of Petersburg in 1864 saved the Confederacy for nearly another year. The First Confederate Hero: The Life and Career of P.G.T. Beauregard looks at the life and career of one of the South's most unusual and important fighters. Along with pictures of Beauregard and other important people, places and events in his life, you will learn about the hero of Fort Sumter like you never have before, in no time at all.

Author : Iain C. Martin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,24 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1626364427

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In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia advanced into Pennsylvania in a daring offensive to win the Civil War in a single campaign. They met the Union Army at a quiet crossroads town called Gettysburg, and engaged in the greatest battle ever fought on American soil. Three days of combat ended on July 3 with Pickett's Charge, a heroic assault by nine of Lee's brigades against the Union defenses on Cemetery Ridge. Their repulse at the stone wall became known as the "high-water mark" of the Confederacy. At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery that November, Lincoln used the occasion to deliver his Gettysburg Address, a short, two-minute speech that became the most famous in American history. In this original retelling of the Gettysburg story, Iain C. Martin draws upon firsthand accounts—from the generals to the lowly privates and civilians caught in the epic struggle. Readers will discover history through the experiences of two Gettysburg teenagers—Matilda "Tillie" Pierce and Daniel Skelly. Featuring the artwork of Don Troiani, original photos, full-color maps, interesting tales, and trivia, Gettysburg gives young readers a fascinating look into this great turning point of American history—and just in time for the 150th anniversary of the epic battle.

Author : Leonard Poe
Publisher :
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 28,96 MB
Release : 2017-07-24
Category :
ISBN : 9781521888308

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The Civil War is not over. The Northern Mind is still fighting the Civil War with political correctness and public shaming. Southern heroes and iconography are attacked as mementos of a vile Southern slave-based aristocracy. The flags carried by our honored dead are removed, monuments to our great men are razed, and streets honoring our patriots are renamed. And we are shamed into silence. To those of us with a Southern Mind, we sense that a great injustice has been done to us. We feel like it's a matter of Southern Pride. "Proud of what, fighting for slavery?" the Northern Mind asks. No! We are proud of a Southern heritage that pre-existed the conflict. We are proud of Southern men who lived with personal honor and individual courage. We are proud of Southern women who were beloved for their charm and grace. We are proud of a Southern society founded on hospitality and Christian values. Pride, honor, gentility, and faith: the pillars that support the Southern Mind. Then and now. But the Northern Mind won the War, and glorified its Northern values: a classless society where anyone can be President, a strong centralized government that can dictate policy to the world, economic interests that are the measure of national morality, and victory in all things by any means necessary. Values and priorities that define the Northern Mind, then and now. This book will remind you that the Confederacy had much to be proud of. It will remind you of familiar Confederate heroes, and introduce you to some that were written out of our history. And it will challenge the popular view of "so-called" Northern heroes. It revisits the Civil War from a Southern perspective, and explores the issues of emancipation, racial integration, republican government, and appropriate usages of war from a Confederate point of view. And it is mostly true. Two hundred years ago, Southerners and Northerners had little in common socially, intellectually, spiritually, or economically. Secession made a lot of sense. Today secessionist thinking is alive and well. Scotland, Catalonia, and Crimea have recently voted on secession. Texas, California, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and other states are debating secession over many divisive issues. Yes, the Civil War is far from over. This is the history of the Civil War as a Southern Mind wishes it was. To really enjoy it, remember that history dances on a razor's edge, and small things may have large effects as alternate realities ripple over time. Robert E. Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865. Abraham Lincoln was dead only six days later. What if Lee had held on for another week? Could the Confederate States of America have survived? And what would our world look like today if it had?Well, I invite you to take a look.

Author : Rae Bains
Publisher : Troll Communications
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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Traces the life of the highly respected Confederate general, with an emphasis on his difficult boyhood in Virginia.

Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 2016-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1469628767

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As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817–1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. This public image established him not only as a scapegoat for the South's military failures but also as the chief whipping boy of the Confederacy. The strongly negative opinions of Bragg's contemporaries have continued to color assessments of the general's military career and character by generations of historians. Rather than take these assessments at face value, Earl J. Hess's biography offers a much more balanced account of Bragg, the man and the officer. While Hess analyzes Bragg's many campaigns and battles, he also emphasizes how his contemporaries viewed his successes and failures and how these reactions affected Bragg both personally and professionally. The testimony and opinions of other members of the Confederate army--including Bragg's superiors, his fellow generals, and his subordinates--reveal how the general became a symbol for the larger military failures that undid the Confederacy. By connecting the general's personal life to his military career, Hess positions Bragg as a figure saddled with unwarranted infamy and humanizes him as a flawed yet misunderstood figure in Civil War history.