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3021) The most hated man in Kentucky: the Lost Cause and the legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
viii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For the last third of the nineteenth century, Union General Stephen Gano Burbridge enjoyed the unenviable distinction of being the most hated man in Kentucky. From mid-1864, just months into his reign as the military commander of the state, until his death in December 1894, the mere mention of his name triggered a firestorm of curses from editorialists and politicians. By the end of Burbridge's tenure, Governor Thomas E. Bramlette concluded that...
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
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A portrait of one of the greatest leaders of modern history, George Catlett Marshall, and a distillation of the essential lessons his formation offers to the leaders of today and tomorrow. George Marshall was a soldier-statesman who guided the Allies to victory during World War II and set Europe on the postwar path to recovery with the plan that bears his name, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. But how did he become such an effective leader?...
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...
3027) The Civil War
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (approximately 11 hours) : sound, color with black &white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
Author
Publisher
The University of Tennessee Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 535 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"John T. Wilder was an entrepreneur, Civil War general, and business leader who would become influential in the development of post-Civil War Chattanooga. A northern transplant who made his early fortune in the iron industry, Wilder would gain notoriety in the Western Theater through his victories at the battles of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and throughout the Tullahoma and Atlanta Campaigns while leading the famous "Lightning Brigade." After the Civil...
Author
Publisher
Lioncrest Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
363 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare. Poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 483 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North's greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed and bestselling author of Hemingway's Boat, the profoundly moving story of his father's wartime service as a night fighter pilot, and the prices paid by him, and other soldiers, for their acts of selfless, patriotic sacrifice"--
Author
Series
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xix, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Between March 1863 and July 1865, Confederate newlyweds Brigadier General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton wrote 524 letters, and all survived, unknown until now. Separated by twenty years in age and differing opinions on myriad subjects, these educated and articulate Confederates wrote frankly and perceptively on their Civil War world. Sharing opinions on generals and politicians, the course of the war, the fate of the Confederacy, life...
3037) The Eisenhowers
Author
Series
Publisher
Crestwood House
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the World War II general who became the thirty-fourth president of the United States and describes his relationship with his wife, Mamie.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
384 p.
Language
English
Description
"From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of courage, resilience, and faith during the Second World War General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans...
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