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English
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"From Adam Gamal, one of the only Muslim Arab Americans to serve inside "the Unit," comes a firsthand account of our nation's most secretive military group. When Adam arrived in the United States at the age of nineteen, he spoke no English, and at 5'1" and 112 pounds, he was far from what you might expect of a soldier. But compelled into service by a debt he felt he owed to his new country, he rose through the ranks of the military to become one of...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the often-contradictory role played by Black soldiers throughout American history. Established by Congress, the 14th Amendment of 1886 promised citizenship in exchange for enlistment, prompting many African American men to serve.
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of the twentieth century, field artillery was a small, separate, unsupported branch of the U.S. Army. By the end of World War I, it had become the 'King of Battle,' a critical component of American military might. Million-Dollar Barrage tracks this transformation. Offering a detailed account of how American artillery crews trained, changed, adapted, and fought between 1907 and 1923, Justin G. Prince tells the story of the development...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 459 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's defeat in the...
Author
Series
PSU Faculty or Staff Author volume 2015
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"John T. Wilder was an influential nineteenth-century American industrialist, and a successful foundry owner at Greensburg, Indiana, when he enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War in April 1861. He was quickly promoted to the rank of colonel, and eventually earned the brevet rank of brigadier general. Wilder distinguished himself as the leader of the 17th Indiana Volunteers, aka "Wilder's Lightning Brigade." He was among the first officers...
Author
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In The Last Southern Fire-Eater, renowned historian of the American South William Link examines the life of Roger Atkinson Pryor-a Virginia secessionist, Civil War general, and earnest advocate of postwar sectional reconciliation. Link shows that Pryor's life involved a series of re-makings. As a newspaper editor and politician, Pryor began his career as a moderate but eventually enthusiastically endorsed secessionism and war. Unlike most "fire-eaters,"...
Author
Series
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xi, 324 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dillon J. Carroll's Invisible Wounds examines the effects of military service, particularly combat, on the psyches and emotional well-being of Civil War soldiers-Black and white, North and South. Soldiers faced harsh military discipline, arduous marches, poor rations, debilitating diseases, and the terror of battle, all of which took a severe psychological toll. While mental collapses sometimes occurred during the war, the emotional damage soldiers...
11) They served: stories of the United States Colored Troops from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Author
Publisher
Heritage Library
Pub. Date
©2017
Physical Desc
vi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxxii, 742 pages, 72 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, : 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book offers the first full account of Harriet Tubman's Civil War service and the Combahee River Raid. It details how Tubman commanded a ring of spies, scouts, and pilots and participated in military expeditions behind Confederate lines. It also recounts the story of enslaved families living in bondage and fighting for their freedom, using their own distinct and individual voices. The book uses more than 175 US Civil War pension files of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiv, 189 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Stephen Atkins Swails played significant roles in the Civil War and Reconstruction in South Carolina. Born a free Black in Pennsylvania, Swails volunteered to serve in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the first African American regiment raised in the North. He earned distinction in a series of major battles, including the bloody assault to capture Battery Wagner in Charleston Harbor, the Battle of Olustee in north Florida, and Potter's raid into...
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