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The Man Behind the Guns: A Military Biography of General Henry J. Hunt, Commander of Artillery, Army of the Potomac
ISBN: 9780306811548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The deadly accurate guns of the Union artillery were the most feared weapons on Civil War battlefields. General Henry Jackson Hunt, the highest-ranking artillery officer in the Union army, was "the man behind the guns"-the military genius who transformed a disorganized artillery corps into the most effective service arm of the army. Even the Confederates admired General Hunt. One Rebel general once boasted, "Give me Confederate infantry and Union artillery, and I'll whip the world "The Man Behind the Guns tells the life story of General Hunt, who, by the time he died in 1889, was recognized...
The deadly accurate guns of the Union artillery were the most feared weapons on Civil War battlefields. General Henry Jackson Hunt, the highest-rankin...
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137,54 zł |
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The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861 Volume 46
ISBN: 9780806165349 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 682 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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160,87 zł |
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Gentleman and Soldier: A Biography of Wade Hampton III
ISBN: 9780803213548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, Gentleman and Soldier is the first biography in more than fifty years of Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), a Confederate general whose life provides a unique, sweeping insight into the entire history of the Civil War in the South. Hampton was a leading citizen of South Carolina before the war and the highest-ranking cavalry leader on either side during the war. He fought in a remarkable number of battles from Antietam to Gettysburg to Bentonville and after the war served as governor of South Carolina and in the U.S. Senate. Hampton's life,...
Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, Gentleman and Soldier is the first biography in more than fifty years of Wade Hampton III (1818-...
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94,40 zł |
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Joshua Chamberlain: The Solider and the Man
ISBN: 9780306813122 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Joshua Chamberlain became the "hero of Gettysburg" when he and his regiment, the 20th Maine, bravely held Little Round Top against a determined Rebel assault. Chamberlain's reputation as a celebrated soldier continued to grow in the decades that followed the war. Yet, Joshua Chamberlain, the soldier, is only part of the story of his remarkable life.Edward G. Longacre's biography of Joshua Chamberlain is the first biography to examine the entire life and career of this complicated man. The author skillfully investigates and analyzes all aspects of his life and character-before and after the...
Joshua Chamberlain became the "hero of Gettysburg" when he and his regiment, the 20th Maine, bravely held Little Round Top against a determined Rebel ...
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155,44 zł |
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J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man
ISBN: 9781611216806 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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149,00 zł |
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Grant's Cavalryman
ISBN: 9780811727808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At the start of the Civil War, the cavalry of the Union army seemed to lag behind its Confederate opponents. Once Union authorities applied some system to their service, telling results rewarded their efforts. The man responsible for that success was General James H Wilson. This is the biography of the man who revolutionised the Union cavalry.
At the start of the Civil War, the cavalry of the Union army seemed to lag behind its Confederate opponents. Once Union authorities applied some syste...
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113,12 zł |
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General John Buford
ISBN: 9780306812743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The film Gettysburg introduced the general public to Union cavalry leader John Buford and his key role on the first day of the battle; no full-length biography of the general has ever been written until now.
The film Gettysburg introduced the general public to Union cavalry leader John Buford and his key role on the first day of the battle; no full-...
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137,54 zł |
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Unsung Hero of Gettysburg: The Story of Union General David McMurtrie Gregg
ISBN: 9781640124295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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149,00 zł |
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Fitz Lee: A Military Biography of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, C.S.A.
ISBN: 9780803230088 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. As the grandson of Henry Light-Horse Harry Lee and the nephew of Robert E. Lee, Fitzhugh Lee nicknamed Fitz was born into one of Virginia s most distinguished families.Upon graduation from West Point, Fitz Lee served in the U.S. Army until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he joined the Confederate cavalry forces. After participating in the Peninsula Campaign, he rapidly rose in rank, promoted first to brigadier general in July 1862, then to major general in the fall of 1863. Only twenty-seven years old, he commanded with distinction at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and...
As the grandson of Henry Light-Horse Harry Lee and the nephew of Robert E. Lee, Fitzhugh Lee nicknamed Fitz was born into one of Virginia s most disti...
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104,88 zł |
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General Ulysses S. Grant: The Soldier and the Man
ISBN: 9780306815416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military career for insights into his great battlefield successes as well as his personal misfortunes. Longacre concentrates on Grant's boyhood and early married life; his moral, ethical, and religious views; his troubled military career; his strained relationships with wartime superiors; and, especially, his weakness for alcohol, which exerted a major influence on both his military and civilian careers. Longacre, to a degree that no other historian has...
In this new biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, acclaimed Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant's early life and his military car...
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93,74 zł |
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Worthy Opponents: William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston--Antagonists in War, Friends in Peace
ISBN: 9780806159096 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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155,21 zł |
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Lee's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
ISBN: 9780806142302 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Since the first histories of the Civil War appeared after Appomattox, the cavalry has received intermittent, uneven, and even romanticized coverage. Historian Edward G. Longacre has corrected this oversight." Lee s Cavalrymen," not only details the organizational and operational history of the mounted arm of the Army of Northern Virginia but also examines the personal experiences of officers and men.
Longacre chronicles the salient characteristics of the regiments, brigades, and divisions, and explores the evolution of cavalry leadership, with emphasis on the personalities, interpersonal... Since the first histories of the Civil War appeared after Appomattox, the cavalry has received intermittent, uneven, and even romanticized coverage. H...
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137,30 zł |
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Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861
ISBN: 9780806144986 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 682 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign would bring an early end to the Civil War. But when Confederate troops launched a strong counterattack, both sides realized the war would be longer and costlier than anticipated. First Bull Run, or First Manassas, set the stage for four years of bloody conflict that forever changed the political, social, and economic fabric of the nation. It also introduced the commanders, tactics, and weaponry that would define the American way of war through the turn of the...
When Union and Confederate forces squared off along Bull Run on July 21, 1861, the Federals expected this first major military campaign would bring an...
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304,71 zł |
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The Lightning Mule Brigade: Abel Streight's 1863 Raid into Alabama
ISBN: 9781439219966 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. To pit the legendary Confederate cavalry leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and his veteran cavalry regiments against a rookie Union Infantry colonel and his four infantry regiments mounted on mules might seem laughable, but it turned out to be anything but. The Union Raid began with a 300 mile boat trip, then began its move toward Georgia from the Mississippi/Alabama border. Its goal was to disrupt the rail line supplying Confederate troops in Tennessee. In a textbook tactical campaign, Streight held off the veteran Forrest until exhaustion, bad luck, and poor equipment did him in. This book...
To pit the legendary Confederate cavalry leader Nathan Bedford Forrest and his veteran cavalry regiments against a rookie Union Infantry colonel and h...
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76,05 zł |
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The Cavalry at Gettysburg: A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations During the Civil War's Pivotal Campaign, 9 June-14 July 1863
ISBN: 9780803279414 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "For cavalry and/or Gettysburg enthusiasts, this book is a must; for other Civil War buffs, it possesses the qualities sought by students of the conflict. . . . It] bristles with analysis, details, judgements, personality profiles, and evaluations and combat descriptions, even down to the squadron and company levels. The mounted operations of the campaign from organizational, strategic, and tactical viewpoints are examined thoroughly. The author's graphic recountings of the Virginia fights at Brandy Station, Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville, the Pennsylvania encounters at Hanover,...
"For cavalry and/or Gettysburg enthusiasts, this book is a must; for other Civil War buffs, it possesses the qualities sought by students of the confl...
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104,88 zł |
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Lincoln's Cavalrymen: A History of the Mounted Forces of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865
ISBN: 9780806142296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "Lincoln s Cavalrymen" describes the organizational, administrative, and operational history of the mounted arm of Mr. Lincoln s Army. Historian Edward G. Longacre consulted at least fifty manuscript collections pertaining to general officers of cavalry, as well as the unpublished letters and diaries of more than 450 officers and enlisted men, representing almost every mounted unit in the Army of the Potomac.
The result is the most comprehensive history of the Union cavalry to date. It covers the gamut of cavalry life not only field operations but also the recruiting, organizing,... "Lincoln s Cavalrymen" describes the organizational, administrative, and operational history of the mounted arm of Mr. Lincoln s Army. Historian Edwar...
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137,30 zł |
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A Soldier to the Last: Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in Blue and Gray
ISBN: 9781597971584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler served in two armies, playing a major role in the development of Confederate cavalry in the Civil War's western theater, and, more than thirty years afterwards, commanded troops in the Spanish-American War. After leaving the U.S. Army to join the Confederacy, Wheeler served in artillery and infantry units before joining the cavalry. Subsequently, he fought at Shiloh, the Battle of Murfreesboro, and other engagements. As a cavalry commander in the Army of Tennessee from mid-1862 almost to the war's end, he raided Gen. William T. Sherman's lines of communication and...
Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler served in two armies, playing a major role in the development of Confederate cavalry in the Civil War's western theater, and,...
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97,84 zł |
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The Sharpshooters: A History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
ISBN: 9781612348070 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide. The only New Jersey regiment to reenlist for the duration of the Civil War at the close of its initial three-year term, the Ninth saw action in forty-two battles and engagements across three states. Throughout the South, the regiment broke up enemy camps and supply depots, burned bridges, and destroyed railroad tracks to thwart Confederate movements. Members of the Ninth also suffered disease and... Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry... |
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157,35 zł |
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A Regiment of Slaves: The 4th United States Colored Infantry, 1863-1866
ISBN: 9780803237940 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late 1863 to mid-1865. The regiment drawn largely from freedmen and liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England states served in Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler s Army of the James, whose mission was to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. From May to December 1864, the 4th saw action in the Bermuda Hundred and Richmond-Petersburg campaigns, and in early 1865 helped capture the defenses of Wilmington, North Carolina, the last open seaport of value to the... The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late 1863 to mid-1865. The r... |
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89,15 zł |
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Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher
ISBN: 9780807131527 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. P>The only comprehensive account of the Battle of Fort Fisher and the basis for the television documentary Confederate Goliath, Rod Gragg's award-winning book chronicles in detail one of the most dramatic events of the American Civil War. Known as "the Gibraltar of the South," Fort Fisher was the largest, most formidable coastal fortification in the Confederacy, by late 1864 protecting its lone remaining seaport -- Wilmington, North Carolina. Gragg's powerful, fast-paced narrative recounts the military actions, politicking, and personality clashes involved in this unprecedented land and... P>The only comprehensive account of the Battle of Fort Fisher and the basis for the television documentary Confederate Goliath, Rod Gragg's award-w... |
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127,68 zł |
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