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University of Tennessee Press Decisions at Shiloh: The Twenty-Two Critical
Book SynopsisThe Battle of Shiloh took place April 6–7, 1862, between the Union Army of the Tennessee under General Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate Army of Mississippi under General Albert Sidney Johnston. Johnston launched a surprise attack on Grant but was mortally wounded during the battle. General P. G. T. Beauregard, taking over command, chose not to press the attack through the night, and Grant, reinforced with troops from the Army of the Ohio, counterattacked the morning of April 7th and turned the tide of the battle.Decisions at Shiloh introduces readers to critical decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders throughout the battle. Dave Powell examines the decisions that prefigured the action and shaped the contest as it unfolded. Rather than a linear history of the battle, Powell’s discussion of the critical decisions presents readers with a vivid blueprint of the battle’s developments. Exploring the critical decisions in this way allows the reader to progress from a sense of what happened in these battles to why they happened as they didComplete with maps and a guided tour, Decisions at Shiloh is an indispensable primer, and readers looking for a concise introduction to the battle can tour this sacred ground—or read about it at their leisure—with key insights into the battle and a deeper understanding of the Civil War itself.Decisions at Shiloh is Powell’s second contribution and the fourteenth in a series of books that will explore the critical decisions of major campaigns and battles of the Civil War.
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University of Massachusetts Press In Pursuit of Justice: The Life of John Albion
Book SynopsisWidely known as the “poor man’s lawyer” in antebellum Boston, John Albion Andrew (1818–1867) was involved in nearly every cause and case that advanced social and racial justice in Boston in the years preceding the Civil War. Inspired by the legacies of John Quincy Adams and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and mentored by Charles Sumner, Andrew devoted himself to the battle for equality. By day, he fought to protect those condemned to the death penalty, women seeking divorce, and fugitives ensnared by the Fugitive Slave Law. By night, he coordinated logistics and funding for the Underground Railroad as it ferried enslaved African Americans northward. In this revealing and accessible biography, Stephen D. Engle traces Andrew’s life and legacy, giving this important, but largely forgotten, figure his due. Rising to national prominence during the Civil War years as the governor of Massachusetts, Andrew raised the African American regiment known as the Glorious 54th and rallied thousands of soldiers to the Union cause. Upon his sudden death in 1867, a correspondent for Harper’s Weekly wrote, “Not since the news came of Abraham Lincoln’s death were so many hearts truly smitten.”Trade ReviewStephen D. Engle reintroduces us to one of the nineteenth century’s leading political reformers, abolitionists, and citizens. John Andrew deserves to be more widely known, and this book is the kind of biography he deserves. Through the story Andrew’s life, Engle illuminates the contentious and exhilarating era in which Andrew played such a pivotal role." - Robert Allison, author of The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction"In an engagingly written book, Stephen Engle traces Andrew’s trajectory from young idealistic student and abolitionist lawyer to his career as Lincoln’s most effective ally among the Civil War governors. A first-class biography, Engle’s book is also a comprehensive history of the one of the most consequential governorships in American history. It will be read by many; it will be essential reading for those working in the political history of the Civil War." - John L. Brooke, author of “There Is a North”: Fugitive Slaves, Political Crisis, and Cultural Transformation in the Coming of the Civil WarTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Windham Origins: 1818–1833 Chapter 2: The Bowdoin College Years: 1834–1837 Chapter 3: The Poor Man’s Lawyer: 1837–1845 Chapter 4: The Emerging Politician: 1846–1849 Chapter 5: On the Right Side of God: 1850–1854 Chapter 6: The Republican Tide: 1855–1856 Chapter 7: The Radical Champion: 1857–1858 Chapter 8: Republican Star Rising: 1858–1859 Chapter 9: The Governorship: 1860 Chapter 10: Man for the Hour: January–April 1861 Chapter 11: “A Grand Era Has Dawned”: April–May 1861 Chapter 12: Communities at War: June–September 1861 Chapter 13: The Politics of Command: October–November 1861 Chapter 14: The Lord Is Marching On: November 1861–January 1862 Chapter 15: The Changing War: January–July 1862 Chapter 16: Emancipation: July–November 1862 Chapter 17: Slaves No More: December 1862–May 1863 Chapter 18: Opening Eyes of North and South: May–December 1863 Chapter 19: The Promise of a New Year: January–June 1864 Chapter 20: This Justice: July–December 1864 Chapter 21: Thirteenth Amendment: January–June 1865 Chapter 22: Last Months in the Statehouse: July–December 1865 Chapter 23: Working for the Ages: January–April 1866 Chapter 24: Postwar Yankee: May 1866–May 1867 Epilogue Children Will Call You Blessed: April 1866–October 1897 Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Massachusetts Press In Pursuit of Justice: The Life of John Albion
Book SynopsisWidely known as the “poor man’s lawyer” in antebellum Boston, John Albion Andrew (1818–1867) was involved in nearly every cause and case that advanced social and racial justice in Boston in the years preceding the Civil War. Inspired by the legacies of John Quincy Adams and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and mentored by Charles Sumner, Andrew devoted himself to the battle for equality. By day, he fought to protect those condemned to the death penalty, women seeking divorce, and fugitives ensnared by the Fugitive Slave Law. By night, he coordinated logistics and funding for the Underground Railroad as it ferried enslaved African Americans northward. In this revealing and accessible biography, Stephen D. Engle traces Andrew’s life and legacy, giving this important, but largely forgotten, figure his due. Rising to national prominence during the Civil War years as the governor of Massachusetts, Andrew raised the African American regiment known as the Glorious 54th and rallied thousands of soldiers to the Union cause. Upon his sudden death in 1867, a correspondent for Harper’s Weekly wrote, “Not since the news came of Abraham Lincoln’s death were so many hearts truly smitten.Trade ReviewStephen D. Engle reintroduces us to one of the nineteenth century’s leading political reformers, abolitionists, and citizens. John Andrew deserves to be more widely known, and this book is the kind of biography he deserves. Through the story Andrew’s life, Engle illuminates the contentious and exhilarating era in which Andrew played such a pivotal role." - Robert Allison, author of The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction"In an engagingly written book, Stephen Engle traces Andrew’s trajectory from young idealistic student and abolitionist lawyer to his career as Lincoln’s most effective ally among the Civil War governors. A first-class biography, Engle’s book is also a comprehensive history of the one of the most consequential governorships in American history. It will be read by many; it will be essential reading for those working in the political history of the Civil War." - John L. Brooke, author of “There Is a North”: Fugitive Slaves, Political Crisis, and Cultural Transformation in the Coming of the Civil War
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University of South Carolina Press Patriots in Exile: Charleston Rebels in St.
Book SynopsisIn the months following the May 1780 capture of Charleston, South Carolina, by combined British and loyalist forces, British soldiers arrested sixty-three paroled American prisoners and transported them to the borderland town of St. Augustine, East Florida--territory under British control since the French and Indian War. In Patriots in Exile, James Waring McCrady and C. L. Bragg chronicle the banishment of these elite southerners, the hardships endured by their families, and the plight of the enslaved men and women who accompanied them, as well as the motives of their British captors. McCrady and Bragg thoroughly examine the exile from the standpoint of the British who governed occupied Charleston, the families left behind, the armies in the field, the Continental Congress, and finally the Jacksonboro Assembly of January and February 1782. Using primary sources and archival materials, the authors develop biographical sketches of each exile and illuminate important facets of the American Revolution's southern theater. While they shared a common fate, the exiles were a diverse lot of tradesmen, artisans, prominent civilians, and military officers--among them three signers of the Declaration of Independence. Although they had clear socioeconomic differences, most were unrepentant patriots. In this first comprehensive examination and narrative history of these patriots, McCrady and Bragg reveal how the exiles navigated their new surroundings within the context of a revolutionary conflict that involved various imperial powers of the Old World--Britain, France, and Spain--and American colonists seeking to create an independent nation.Trade ReviewA detailed, fascinating account of a neglected facet of the history of the American Revolution in South Carolina." —Walter Edgar, author of South Carolina: A History"Patriots in Exile fills a significant gap in the history of the American Revolution and broadens the perspective by exploring events that took place outside the limits of the thirteen colonies. This book will appeal to both academic and general readers, particularly those whose interests are focused on the South." —Jim Piecuch, author of Three Peoples, One King"Bragg and McCrady have highlighted a frequently neglected topic of the Revolutionary War in the South: the travails of men who were torn from families and familiar surroundings, often not knowing what awaited them in this forced removal from South Carolina. Engaging and original." —Carl Borick, Charleston Museum"McCrady and Bragg shed new light on how in 1780 the patriot elite of Charleston, South Carolina, came to be exiled to one of the most isolated corners of the British empire. While not quite a gulag or Guantanamo Bay, St. Augustine served a similar function as a place where the British could make disappear individuals deemed to be dangerous enemies of the state." —David K. Wilson, author of The Southern Strategy: Britain's Conquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 1775-1780
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Ransoming Prisoners in Precolonial Muslim Western
Book SynopsisExamines African debates on captivity, legal and illegal enslavement, and religious and ethnic identity in the era of West African jihads. In this pioneering study—the first to cover ransoming, or the release of a prisoner prior to enslavement for cash or kind, in African regions south of the Sahara—Jennifer Lofkrantz focuses on a broad temporal and geographical area ranging from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries and including present-day Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Morocco. The work concentrates particularly on the nineteenth-century jihad era and on the Sokoto Caliphate and the Umarian States. The overall period was a time of intense intellectual debate over the questions of who was and who was not a Muslim, how Islamic law could and should be implemented, what rights and protections recognized freeborn Muslims should have, and what role governments should play in ensuring those rights especially during a time when slavery was legal. Ransoming discourses and procedures expose Muslim West African answers to these questions as well as providing a lens on broader issues and ideas on slavery, freedom, and religious and ethnic identity. Based on research conducted mostly in Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and France and on Arabic-, French-, and English-language archival sources, treatises, personal correspondence, oral sources and testimony, biographical data, travel reports, and early colonial documents, this study approaches the question of ransoming of captives through an examination, first, of intellectual debates among pre-nineteenth-century West African scholars on issues of ransoming; second, of nineteenth-century policies based on understandings of those intellectual debates in the context of the jihads; and, finally, of West African practices of ransoming in the nineteenth century.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Tables Introduction Chapter 1 - Islamic Discourse on Slavery and Ransoming before 1800 Chapter 2 - The Policy and Practice of Ransoming in the Maghrib Chapter 3 - Jihad, the Sokoto Caliphate, and Ransoming Chapter 4 - The Jihad of 'Umar Taal and its Ransoming Non-Policies Chapter 5 - The Negotiation and Practice of Ransoming Prisoners Conclusion Bibliography Index
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State House Press Tempest over Texas: The Fall and Winter Campaigns
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The British Civil Wars at Sea, 1638-1653
Book SynopsisA comprehensive overview of the subject, demonstrating that the maritime aspects of the civil wars were much more important than has hitherto been acknowledged. NOMINATED FOR THE MILITARY HISTORY MONTHLY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD! The civil wars in England, Scotland and Ireland in the period 1638-1653 are usually viewed from the perspective of land warfare. This book, on the other hand, presents a comprehensive overview of the wars from a maritime perspective. It considers the structure, organisation and manning of the parliamentarian, royalist, and Irish confederate navies, discussing how these changed overthe course of the wars. It also traces the development of the wars at sea, showing that the initial opting for parliament by seamen and officers in 1642 was a crucial development, as was the mutiny and defection of part of the parliamentarian navy in 1648. Moving beyond this it examines the nature of maritime warfare, including coastal sieges, the securing of major ports for parliament, the attempts by royalists to ship arms and other supplies from continental Europe, commerce raiding, and the transportation of armies and their supporters in the invasions of Scotland and Ireland. Overall the book demonstrates that the war at sea was an integral and important part of these dramatic conflicts. RICHARD J. BLAKEMORE is a Lecturer in the History of the Atlantic World at the University of Reading. ELAINE MURPHY is a Lecturer in Maritime/Naval History at the University of Plymouth and author of Ireland and the War at Sea, 1641-1653 (Boydell Press, 2012).Trade ReviewThis fine study by two of our foremost younger naval and maritime historians [is] doubly welcome [and] will undoubtedly remain the standard account of its subject for many years to come. * HISTORY *Not since Bernard Capp's Cromwell's Navy: The Fleet and the English Revolution, 1648-1660 (1992) has a work so thoroughly covered the war at sea as this one. . . . [A]n excellent book [that]demonstrates a great deal of careful, and moreover, thoughtful research into a subject that needs to have more attention from civil war historians, naval historians, and the historians of the illusive 'military revolution. -- Martyn Bennett * H-NET REVIEWS *This timely study presents a comprehensive analysis..It fills a significant void in the understanding of the British Civil Wars, and as such is a valuable contribution to the military history of the period. * MILITARY HISTORY MONTHLY *[A]n accessible survey of a neglected dimension of Britain's civil wars that nuances our understanding of that conflict. . . It is essential reading for any historian or student of the civil wars, and it makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the "military revolution." -- Jon Fitzgibbons * Journal of British Studies *'A very clearly written and convincingly argued book . deeply researched and effectively constructed. It fills a significant historiographical gap with much new research; it does so from an archipelagic rather than an Anglocentric perspective; and it is an important contribution to the maritime and military histories of mid-seventeenth-century Britain and Ireland.' - -- David Smith Selwyn College Cambridge'This is going to be a very important and well-received book.' - -- J D Davies, author of numerous books on the seventeenth century navy'An excellent book . extremely well written, with a clear set of aims and objectives, a strong narrative and a staggering range of detailed footnotes - enough detail to hook academics, but general enough to make it extremely applicable to a student and non-specialist audience. -- Annaleigh Margey, Dundalk Institute of TechnologyThe British Civil Wars at Sea is well written and strongly argued, and its aim to give a full, comprehensive and evidence based view on the importance of the navies to the outcome of the Civil Wars and the evolution of the British State is convincingly achieved. -- Jonathan Turner * South West Soundings *Table of ContentsIntroduction Warfare at Sea in the Early Modern Period The Outbreak of War, 1638-1642 The War at Sea, 1642-1646 Parliament's Navy, 1642-1646 Royalist, Confederate, and Scottish Naval Efforts, 1642-1653 Revolution, 1647-1649 Conquest, 1649-53 Conclusion Appendix 1: Timeline of the Civil Wars at Sea, 1638-1653 Appendix 2 : Parliamentarian Fleets, 1642-1649 Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Black Prince and the Grande Chevauchée of
Book SynopsisDetailed account and analysis of a major event of the Hundred Years War, stressing the logistical efforts behind the fighting. On 19 September 1356 Edward of Woodstock, known as the Black Prince, and his Anglo-Gascon army defeated Jean II of France at the Battle of Poitiers. The victory was the culmination of an expedition which had begun in England in 1355, and saw the successful undertaking of the so-called "grande chevauchée" - which depended on a system of purveyance and recruitment in England, in addition to an efficient supply train which accompanied the army. This book examines in detail the efficient and effective logistics that drove that success; it also shows the powerful connection between tactics and strategy on the one hand, and geography, human topography, and the need for food, water and rest, on the other. MOLLIE M. MADDEN holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota.Trade ReviewMadden has provided a landmark study . . . built on intensive use of the available sources and a clear, well-reasoned and ultimately persuasive thesis: as an exhaustive, empirical account of military procedures in action, it commands respect and deserves careful reading. * DE RE MILITARI *Madden adds to the existing historiography of the Black Prince's expeditions, providing a valuable service in highlighting the extent to which the strategy of the Hundred Years War-like all military strategy throughout history-was shaped and determined by the demands of supply, and the difficulties of keeping an army fed on the march through enemy territory. -- Andy King * Journal of British Studies *[A] useful addition to the field of medieval military history, and an original one as well. . . . [T]his book makes a powerful and well-supported statement about logistics and its significance to the study of tactics, strategy, and even politics,and we can only hope Madden's line of inquiry and method to be expanded beyond the strict context of the Black Prince's chevauchée. * SPECULUM *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Preparations for the Chevauchée: England's Existing System of Purveyance A Competent Military Force: England's Existing System of Recruitment The Campaign to Narbonne: An Efficient System of Supply The Return to Bordeaux: A Test of Endurance After the Campaign Conclusion Appendix 1: Ships of the Prince's Fleet Appendix 2: Edward of Woodstock's Army Appendix 3: The Prince's March Appendix 4: Financial Tables Bibliography Index
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The National Covenant and the Solemn League and
Book SynopsisExamines how the form and function of the Covenants were shorn of religious implications and repurposed, serving a pluralistic vision of the role of religion in politics and public life. Until now, scholarship on the Covenants has mainly focussed on their role in the conflicts of the 1640s, with discussion of the Covenants after 1660 mostly limited to the context of violent Scottish radicalism. This book moves beyond a rigid focus on Scotland to explore the legacy of the Covenants in England. It examines the discourse surrounding key events in the Restoration period and traces the influence of the Covenants in the context of radical Presbyterianism, and in mainstream debates around politics, church government, and the constitution of the British kingdoms. The Covenants continued to have relevance in two primary respects. Firstly, the Covenants were used as reference points for discussing the competing legacies of the English and Scottish Reformations and the confused issues of church and state that defined the Restoration period. Furthermore, the form of the Covenants as solemn individual subscriptions to a constitutional and religious model, and the political ideas that underpinned them, were emulated by those seeking to resist royal authority during the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81, and during the events surrounding the Revolution of 1688. Thus, this book holds particular interest for students of constitutionalism, legal pluralism or civil religion in seventeenth-century Britain, and for those seeking to deepen their understanding of the intellectual origins of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the Revolution of 1688-9.Trade Review[A] very detailed academic account of the latter part of the Covenanting period. -- SCOTTISH COVENANTER MEMORIALS ASSOC.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The 1638 National Covenant and the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant 2 1660: What was to be Restored? 3 The Act of the Uniformity and the 'Great Ejection' 4 Crisis and Toleration in the 1660s 5 Exclusion and Association in the Late Restoration Period 6 The Revolution of 1688 and the Association of 1696 Conclusion
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Royalism, Religion and Revolution: Wales,
Book SynopsisAnalyses the role of long-term continuities in the political and religious culture of Wales from the eve of the Civil War in 1640 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 In Royalism, Religion and Revolution: Wales, 1640-1688, Sarah Ward Clavier provides a ground-breaking analysis of the role of long-term continuities in the political and religious culture of Wales from the eve of the Civil War in 1640 to the Glorious Revolution. A final chapter also extends the narrative to the Hanoverian succession. The book discusses three main themes: the importance of continuities (including concepts of Welsh history, identity and language); religious attitudes and identities; and political culture. As Ward Clavier shows, the culture of Wales in this period was not frozen but rather dynamic, one that was constantly deploying traditional cultural symbols and practices to sustain a distinctive religious and political identity against a tide of change. The book uses a wide range of primary research material: from correspondence, diaries and financial accounts, to architectural, literary and material sources, drawing on both English and Welsh language texts. As part of the 'New Regional History' this book discusses the distinctively Welsh alongside aspects common to English and, indeed, European culture, and argues that the creative construction of continuity allowed the gentry of North-East Wales to maintain and adapt their identity even in the face of rupture and crisis.Trade ReviewAn important work and one which will be of considerable use to scholars studying religion in Wales in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. * ANGLICAN AND EPISCOPAL HISTORY *Ward Clavier's study illuminates an often neglected period of Welsh social history. [...] In Royalism, Religion and Revolution, Ward Clavier has provided a convincing new answer to Gwyn A. William's old question, "When was Wales?" -- SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NEWSA well-written, clearly structured and provocative book, offering significant insights into the culture of the gentry of north-east Wales during decades of upheaval and resilience. -- PARLIAMENTARY HISTORYA necessary tool to understanding a society far removed from London and far from Anglocentric readings of British history as a whole. -- CONGREGATIONAL HISTORY SOCIETY MAGAZINETable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1. Welsh Historical Culture 1. How Was History Written in Wales? 2. The Character and Purpose of Welsh Historical Culture 3. Connecting Welsh Historical Culture 4. Thomas Mostyn: Collections, Historical Writing and Welsh Identity Part 2. Religion 5. The Welshness of the Church of England 6. The North-East Welsh Gentry and Their Catholic Neighbors 7. Puritanism and the North-East Welsh Gentry 1640-88 8. Sir Thomas Hanmer: Episcopalian Squire or 'Church-Papist'? Part 3. Royalism and Loyalism 9. Loyalty in the Region and the Nation 10. Royalism 11. North-East Welsh Royalism and Loyalism 1660-85 12. Robert Davies III: Royalism and Loyalism in North-East Wales Epilogue Bibliography
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Gunpowder Technology in the Fifteenth Century: A
Book SynopsisThe first full edition and English translation of the RA I.34 Firework Book. Produced from the early fifteenth century onwards, Firework Books are, broadly speaking, manuals on how to use gunpowder, witnessing a major development in warfare. Surviving in a corpus of some 65, each text has different content and components, but core elements are present throughout. An important example is a manuscript in the collection of the Royal Armouries (RA I.34), written in Early New High German, and (unlike many other manuscripts) still in what appears to be its original format and binding; it also, unusually, contains a number of illustrations. This volume provides the first full edition and English translation of the material, with a detailed analysis of its content and context. It positions the Firework Books at a crucial stage in the development of gunpowder artillery, offering an unparalleled insight into fifteenth-century gunpowder technology at a critical juncture of military and technological change at the end of the Middle Ages.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Firework Book Tradition 2. The Use and Reception of the Firework Book 3. The Leeds Firework Book 4. The Text of Royal Armouries I.34 Editorial Principles Edition and Translation 5. Analysis of the Text Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Liverpool University Press Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first full-scale, scholarly analysis of the political, religious and social rationale which underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688. In the context of the Huguenot exodus from France and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the role of the Huguenot soldiers within an international Protestant political context is explained through the use of rich biographical and historical detail. Special attention is given to the role played by the most prominent Protestant soldiers of William's army, the Huguenot refugees and the British soldiers of the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. The importance of issues of loyalty and conscience amongst Europe's professional international officer corps is addressed, thereby placing the valuable service rendered to William III by his Huguenot soldiers in an international context encompassing political, religious and social aspects. This book will be a rich source of biographical information about hundreds of Huguenot soldiers in British, Dutch and Brandenburg service in the period 1670 to 1700.Trade Review"Glozier's study is most impressive in its reconstruction of the Huguenot community. His book has a prosopographical approach and contains a treasury of biographical information, based upon which the author analyzes the social and religious background of the soldiers... an important and innovative contribution to Dutch military historiography as well as Huguenot studies and may prove an important incentive to study this topic in more depth." -- H-Albion."This book's particular merit lies in its international scope and its focus on Huguenot officers serving William in the Netherlands and Ireland... Discusses a worthwhile and neglected subject." -- Albion.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; The French Crown, the Huguenots and the Army before 1685; The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes; Huguenots in the Dutch Army, 1685--8; The Huguenots and the Anglo-Dutch Brigade; James II and the Huguenots; The Glorious Revolution' of 1688; Ireland; Epilogue; Index.
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Butler Centre for Arkansas Studies They'll Do to Tie To: The Story of Hood's
Book SynopsisThe 3rd Arkansas was one of the most distinguished and well-respected Confederate regiments of the Civil War. It was the only Arkansas regiment to serve the entire war in the east, where most of the major battles were fought. The men of the 3rd Arkansas acquired a reputation as tenacious fighters and were known for the long knives—“Arkansas toothpicks”—they carried.As part of Gen. John Bell Hood’s Texas Brigade, they found themselves in some of the fiercest fighting in the war in places such as the famous “sunken road” at Antietam and the Battle of Gettysburg. “They’ll Do to Tie To!” was originally published in 1959.
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George F. Thompson Gettysburg Contested: 150 Years of Preserving America's Cherished Landscapes
Book SynopsisAfter the American Revolution, sites representing key events in American history were crucial to the young nation's efforts to formalize its story. Following the Civil War, national history became a primary vehicle for patriotic and spiritual reconstruction, and sites such as historic battlefields served important roles in remembering the past during the nation's subsequent challenging periods, including the Great Depression and the Vietnam War.Gettysburg Contested traces patterns of commemoration back to the well-known field of battle of July 1 3, 1863, which earned a legacy as sacred ground that remains today, more than 150 years later. But the landscape history and record of preservation at Gettysburg are complicated, for Gettysburg has wrestled with large issues, ranging from public versus private development, to the role of local, state, and federal governments, to the actual implementation of memorialization on the battlefield.Although the story of the battle is ingrained in the fabric of American memory, Brian Black's account considerably broadens the scope. Never before has Gettysburg's story been told so completely, offering layer upon layer, story upon story. Gettysburg thus becomes a springboard to understanding more fully the nation's need for sacred sites and symbols of America's past, including cherished landscapes such as Gettysburg. In Gettysburg Contested, America's treasured battlefield becomes the great laboratory for how Americans preserve and honor the past.
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Taylor & Francis Ideologies of Western Naval Power c 15001815 Politics and Culture in Europe 16501750
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Taylor & Francis Philip Skippon and the British Civil Wars The Christian Centurion Warfare Society and Culture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The War of American Independence 17631783
Book SynopsisThe War of American Independence, 17631783: Falling Dominoes addresses the military, maritime and naval, economic, key personalities, key societal groups, political, imperial rivalry, and diplomatic dynamics and events from the post-Seven Years' War era in Great Britain's North American colonies through the end of the War of American Independence.Beginning in 1763 and moving through the war chronologically, the authors argue that British political and strategic leaders failed to develop an effective strategy to quell the discontent and subsequent revolt in the North American colonies and thus failed to restore allegiance to the Crown. This book describes and analyzes events and the outcomes of central players' decisionsthe British North American colonies, Great Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republicand the resultant actions. It examines events through the thematic lens of strategy, political and military leadership, public attitudes, economics, international Table of ContentsPart 1: Blowing the Matches 1. "In A Fit of Absence of Mind" 2. The Shot Heard ‘Round the World 3. High Water Mark Part 2: Stalemate in the Middle 4. Divide and Conquer 5. Shift to the Middle 6. A Harsh Winter Part 3: Southern Gambit 7. "A Want of Discrimination" 8. Campaign in the Backcountry 9. The North Carolina and Virginia Invasions Part 4: "A Measure of Utmost Importance" 10. Sea Power and the American War 11. A Global War 12. War Termination
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