Author: Thomas Hughes
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-08-19
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 3368913913
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Author: Thomas Hughes
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-09-25
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 3387082800
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author: Thomas Hughes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-07-25
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780282563295
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A Boy's Experience in the Civil War: 1860-1865 Free access to the Capitol gave me the opportunity to observe minutely the funeral arrangements for General Thomas J. Jackson. Stonewall Jackson' s remains were brought to Richmond to he in stateinthe Capitol pi epara tory to his funeral. And they arrived late one evening and were first deposited in a little room on the left of the entrance to the Capitol on the side next to the Governor's house. The burial casket was placed onabier, uncovered, and the custodian of the Capitol permitted a favored few including myself to view the remains. The cofiin had ever green heavily intertwined around it. Theic were no flowers. His face was exactly as appears in his photo graphs, except it was thinner, the features were perfectly placid, not evidencing that he had suffered pain, his whiskers and mustache were of unusual thickness, his forehead high and his hair coal black. I brought a small portion of the evergreen on the casket away with me. After lying in state whenhis funeral took place the cortege was preceded by a brass band that played afuneraldirge; the horse that General Jackson rode with General J ack son's boots hanging down one on each side of his saddle came next to the hearse and was led by his body servant. The funeral was impressive as only such a one could be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Published: 2000
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries offer access to the full text of "A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865," written by Thomas Hughes (1850-?). The libraries provide the text as part of the Documenting the American South (DAS) collection on Southern history.
Author: Jim Murphy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780395664124
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An ALA Best Book for Young Adults: Firsthand accounts of the experiences of boys sixteen and younger who fought in the Civil War, with photos included. Winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction "Making extensive use of the actual words--culled from diaries, journals, memoirs, and letters--of boys who served in the Union and Confederate armies as fighting soldiers as well as drummers, buglers, and telegraphers, Murphy describes the beginnings of the Civil War and goes on to delineate the military role of the underage soldiers and their life in the camps and field bivouacs. Also included is a description of the boys' return home and the effects upon them of their wartime experiences...An excellent selection of more than 45 sepia-toned contemporary photographs augment the text of this informative, moving work." --School Library Journal (starred review) "This wrenching look at our nation's bloodiest conflict through the eyes of its youthful participants serves up history both heartbreaking and enlightening." --Publishers Weekly "This well-researched and readable account provides fresh insight into the human cost of a pivotal event in United States history." --The Horn Book (starred review)
Author: David E. Johnston
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-12-06
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the firsthand account of David Johnston's experiences in the 7th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate, during the Civil War, originally published in 1914. Written by Johnston himself, it provides a richly detailed narrative of the battles and the daily lives of the soldiers.
Author: Edward K. Spann
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2002-09-01
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1461714168
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gotham at War is an accessible, entertaining account of America's biggest and most powerful urban center during the Civil War. New York City mobilized an enthusiastic but poorly trained military force during the first month of the war that helped protect Washington, D.C., from Confederate capture. Its strong financial support for the national government may well have saved the Union. New York served as a center for manpower, military supplies, and shipbuilding. And medically, New York became a center for efforts to provide for sick and wounded soldiers. Yet, despite being a major Northern city, New York also had strong sympathy for the South. Parts of the city were strongly racist, hostile to the abolition of slavery and to any real freedom for black Americans. The hostility of many New Yorkers to the military draft culminated in one of the greatest of all urban upheavals, the draft riots of July 1863. Edward K. Spann brings his experience as an urban historian to provide insights on both the varied ways in which the war affected the city and the ways in which the city's people and industry influenced the divided nation. This is the first book to assess the city's contributions to the Civil War. Gotham at War examines the different sides of the city as some fought to sustain the Union while others opposed the war effort and sided with the South. This unique book will entertain all readers interested in the Civil War and New York City. About the Author Edward K. Spann is professor emeritus of history at Indiana State University. He is a specialist in nineteenth-century history and urban history. Spann has authored a number of books, including The New Metropolis: New York City 1840-1857 and Ideals and Politics: New York Intellectuals and Liberal Democracy, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Author: Duane Damon
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2002-09-01
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9780822506560
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presents details of daily life of American children during the period from 1860 to 1865.