An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States, Containing an Index of All the Counties, Districts, Townships, Towns, Etc., in the the Union; Together with an Index of the Rivers; by which Any County, District, Township, &c. Or River, May be Found on the Map, Wihout Difficulty: Also, a General View of the United States, and the Several States and Territories; with an Account of Actual and Prospective Internal Improvements Throughout the Union: the Whole, in Connection with the Map, Illustrating the Geography, Topography, and Statistics of the Union, in a More Complete and Satisfactory Manner Than Has Been Hitherto Attempted
An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States, Containing an Index of All the Counties, Districts, Townships, Towns, Etc., in the the Union; Together with an Index of the Rivers; by which Any County, District, Township, &c. Or River, May be Found on the Map, Wihout Difficulty: Also, a General View of the United States, and the Several States and Territories; with an Account of Actual and Prospective Internal Improvements Throughout the Union: the Whole, in Connection with the Map, Illustrating the Geography, Topography, and Statistics of the Union, in a More Complete and Satisfactory Manner Than Has Been Hitherto Attempted

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Published: 1836

Total Pages: 358

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Panting For Glory
Panting For Glory

Author: Richard Bruce Winders

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2016-05-15

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1623494176

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Armed with percussion rifles when most other US soldiers still carried flintlock muskets, the “Mississippi Rifles” served in the war against Mexico that followed the annexation of Texas in 1845. In Panting for Glory: The Mississippi Rifles in the Mexican War, Richard Bruce Winders skillfully uncovers the contrasting wartime experiences of two regiments, the 1st and 2nd Mississippi Rifles. The 1st Mississippi Rifles were lauded for their service and remain a familiar part of the history of the Mexican War. Under the leadership of Col. Jefferson Davis—later the President of the Confederate States of America—the 1st enjoyed significant victories at the Battle of Buena Vista and the Battle of Monterey. The 2nd Mississippi Rifles, by contrast, saw little action and returned home overlooked and largely forgotten. Panting for Glory compares these regiments to show that the contours of history were sometimes arbitrary and that military historians, in their analysis of failure, should take into account a wide range of factors that influence outcomes, not merely records of wins and losses. As Winders concludes, “the 1st and 2nd Mississippi Rifles . . . offer the perfect opportunity to examine two sides of war: glory gained and glory denied.”

Blount Springs
Blount Springs

Author: Greg Burden

Publisher: Fifth Estate

Published: 2014-02-19

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1936533405

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For close to a hundred years Blount Springs was the center of society for many of the elite of Alabama and the South. It served as a watering place and social gathering spot serving the planter class and later the industrialists of the New South. Patrons came to enjoy the health-giving water, dancing, spirits and especially legal gambling Preserving history is an important aspect of our society that, unfortunately, is often overlooked in our fast-paced, I want it now world. Slow down and take a look at a time when leisure and socializing were the preferred way to spend time. Look back at a cure for life's ills and pains that were available at the "Saratoga of the South".

The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860
The Social Life of Maps in America, 1750-1860

Author: Martin Brückner

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1469632616

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In the age of MapQuest and GPS, we take cartographic literacy for granted. We should not; the ability to find meaning in maps is the fruit of a long process of exposure and instruction. A "carto-coded" America--a nation in which maps are pervasive and meaningful--had to be created. The Social Life of Maps tracks American cartography's spectacular rise to its unprecedented cultural influence. Between 1750 and 1860, maps did more than communicate geographic information and political pretensions. They became affordable and intelligible to ordinary American men and women looking for their place in the world. School maps quickly entered classrooms, where they shaped reading and other cognitive exercises; giant maps drew attention in public spaces; miniature maps helped Americans chart personal experiences. In short, maps were uniquely social objects whose visual and material expressions affected commercial practices and graphic arts, theatrical performances and the communication of emotions. This lavishly illustrated study follows popular maps from their points of creation to shops and galleries, schoolrooms and coat pockets, parlors and bookbindings. Between the decades leading up to the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, early Americans bonded with maps; Martin Bruckner's comprehensive history of quotidian cartographic encounters is the first to show us how.