The Hawkins Zouaves
The Hawkins Zouaves

Author: J. H. E. Whitney

Publisher: Trieste Publishing

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780649048304

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The Hawkins Zouaves; Their Battles and Marches
The Hawkins Zouaves; Their Battles and Marches

Author: J. H. E. Whitney

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9781230275611

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT. "I believe the fellowship begotten of .army association scarcely has its counterpart in any other of the relations of life. It is stronger than a three-fold cord that can not be broken. Your comrade in battle, your habitual file-leader, your next-hand man in the ranks, and, most of all, your messmate and blanket-fellow, is your friend for life. The feelings you cherish for him differ, somehow, from those you have toward any one else. Partnership in danger, privation, and toil, communion in sorrows, sufferings, and triumphs, have inseparably knit your hearts together. Diversely as your paths may now be leading, you all love to go back to the time when they were one, and your lives had all things in common."-- Beadle's Monthly. (J?astle (patjden to BiHetfs Island. HEN" Abraham Lincoln issued his proclamation f f calling for troops to save the country, in all the length and breadth of the loyal North patriots of future renown arose from apparent obscurity. So simultaneously did they go forth with that generous enthusiasm so inherent in the national character, that it seemed as though they issued in a resurrection of those who, in the Revolution, laid down their lives that the same Providence they then obeyed might lift them up again. The very first to respond to the sudden call was the Colonel who commanded that small but faithful band of heroes whose name occupies these pages. Upon the same day that the proclamation was received, he went to Albany, and offered the services of a company of New-York Zouaves, * which was accepted by the Governor, and permission granted for the raising of a regiment of Zouaves. * Note A in Appendix.: "Bp"?n li DEGREESVetiirn the next day, Colonel Hawkins had out "to unfurl fhe flag, ...

A Fierce Glory
A Fierce Glory

Author: Justin Martin

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 2018-09-11

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0306825260

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On September 17, 1862, the "United States" was on the brink, facing a permanent split into two separate nations. America's very future hung on the outcome of a single battle--and the result reverberates to this day. Given the deep divisions that still rive the nation, given what unites the country, too, Antietam is more relevant now than ever. The epic battle, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was a Civil War turning point. The South had just launched its first invasion of the North; victory for Robert E. Lee would almost certainly have ended the war on Confederate terms. If the Union prevailed, Lincoln stood ready to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. He knew that freeing the slaves would lend renewed energy and lofty purpose to the North's war effort. Lincoln needed a victory to save the divided country, but victory would come at a price. Detailed here is the cannon din and desperation, the horrors and heroes of this monumental battle, one that killed 3,650 soldiers, still the highest single-day toll in American history. Justin Martin, an acclaimed writer of narrative nonfiction, renders this landmark event in a revealing new way. More than in previous accounts, Lincoln is laced deeply into the story. Antietam represents Lincoln at his finest, as the grief-racked president--struggling with the recent death of his son, Willie--summoned the guile necessary to manage his reluctant general, George McClellan. The Emancipation Proclamation would be the greatest gambit of the nation's most inspired leader. And, in fact, the battle's impact extended far beyond the field; brilliant and lasting innovations in medicine, photography, and communications were given crucial real-world tests. No mere gunfight, Antietam rippled through politics and society, transforming history. A Fierce Glory is a fresh and vibrant account of an event that had enduring consequences that still resonate today.