Forts Henry and Donelson: The Key to the Confederate Heartland
Author: Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781572332652
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Struggle for the Heartland
Author: Stephen D. Engle
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2005-03-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780803267534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStruggle for the Heartland tells the story surrounding the military campaign that began in early 1862 with the advance to Fort Henry and culminated in late May with the capture of Corinth, Mississippi. The first significant Northern penetration into the Confederate west, this campaign saw the military coming-of-age of Ulysses S. Grant and offered a hint as to where the Federals might win the war. For the South, it dashed any hopes of avoiding a protracted conflict. Stephen D. Engle colors in the details that bring great clarity and new life to the scene of these battles as well as to the social and political context in which they occurred.
Fort Story and Cape Henry
Author: Fielding Lewis Tyler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2005-08-10
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 1439613001
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn April 26, 1607, the English colonists anchored at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay and came ashore to the historic piece of land they named Cape Henry. Then, in 1917, a military post was established and fortified to protect the southern portion of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay during World War I; it was named Fort Story. Expanded and heavily fortified to meet the demands of the Second World War, the post served as a principal installation for the Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. The big guns fell silent after that conflict, and the post became the Home of Army Amphibians with over-the-beach operations. Today Fort Story continues to provide a superb training installation for the Army Transportation Corps and Special Operations.
Where the South Lost the War
Author: Kendall D. Gott
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2011-07-20
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 081173160X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the collapse of the Confederate defenses at Forts Henry and Donelson, the entire Tennessee Valley was open to Union invasion and control.
Massacre at Fort William Henry
Author: David R. Starbuck
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781584651666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn archeologist's lively illustrated portrayal of 18th-century America's most infamous siege and massacre.
The Siege of Fort William Henry
Author: Ben Hughes
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781594161469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe opening years of the French and Indian War were disastrous for the British. Fort William Henry on the southern shore of New York's Lake George was a key fortification supporting British interests along the frontier with French America.
How to Love Animals
Author: Henry Mance
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-07-13
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1984879669
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA personal journey into our evolving relationships with animals, and a thought-provoking look at how those bonds are being challenged and reformed across disciplines We love animals, but does that make the animals' lives any happier? With factory farms, climate change and deforestation, this might be the worst time in history to be an animal. If we took animals' experiences seriously, how could we eat, think and live differently? How to Love Animals is a lively and important portrait of our evolving relationship with animals, and how we can share our planet fairly. Mance works in a slaughterhouse and on a pig farm to explore the reality of eating meat and dairy. He explores our dilemmas over hunting wild animals, over-fishing the seas, visiting zoos and saving wild spaces. What might happen if we extended the love we show to our pets to other sentient beings? In an age of extinction and pandemics, our relationship with animals has become unsustainable. Mance argues that there has never been a better time to become vegetarian or vegan, and that the conservation movement can flourish, if people in wealthy countries shrink their footprint. Mance seeks answers from chefs, farmers, activists, philosophers, politicians and tech visionaries who are redefining how we think about animals. Inspired by the author's young daughters, his book is a story of discovery and hope that outlines how we can find a balance with animals that fits with our basic love for them.
Fort William Henry 1755–57
Author: Ian Castle
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-11-20
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1782002766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated history of the French siege of Fort William Henry in 1757 and the most infamous incident of the French-Indian War: the massacre that inspired the book The Last of the Mohicans. After the British garrison of Fort William Henry in the colony of New York surrendered to the besieging army of the French commander Marquis de Montcalm in August 1757, it appeared that this particular episode of the French and Indian War was over. What happened next became the most infamous incident of the war: the 'massacre' of Fort William Henry. As the garrison prepared to march for Fort Edward a flood of enraged Native Americans swept over the column, unleashing an unstoppable tide of slaughter. James Fenimore Cooper's version has coloured our view of the incident, so what really happened? Ian Castle details updated research on the campaign, including some fascinating archaeological work that took place over the last 20 years, updating the view put forward by The Last of the Mohicans.
Fort Henry
Author: Mecredy, Stephen
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 98
ISBN-13: 1550286315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStephen D. Mecredy tells the story of Fort Henry, the people and events--hangings, escapes, cholera outbreaks--involved in its colourful past. Fort Henry, with its massive limestone walls and elegant Martello towers, was once central to the defence of Canada; today, its precision drill and battle reenactments attract visitors from the world over. This book offers a richly illustrated guide to the fort: its history is shown in dramatic photographs and rare nineteenth-century prints and paintings, while an illustrated walking tour takes the visitor through the main rooms at the site. Fort Henry: An Illustrated History is a handsomely illustrated glimpse into the past that shows how the fort was experienced by those who garrisoned and preserved it.
Grant Invades Tennessee
Author: Timothy B. Smith
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780700623136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThough the battles of Forts Henry and Donelson are often neglected in Civil War historiography, their importance cannot be overstated. It was there that Ulysses S. Grant became a national hero, that a Southern field army ceased to exist, and most importantly, where the Confederacy's vital western defense line was broken and shattered. The South was hard pressed to ever recover.
