Triumph Amidst Bloodshed
Triumph Amidst Bloodshed

Author: Craig L. Claybrook

Publisher: Primedia E-launch LLC

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1622091108

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"TRIUMPH AMIDST BLOODSHED Civil War Soldiers Spiritual Victories give eye witness accounts about hundreds of Union Soldiers during those fateful days. An organization, called the United States Christian Commission, sprang forth from the Y.M.C.A. To care for Soldiers throughout the duration of the war. More than 5,000 pastors and Christian laypeople contributed their time and thousands more donated Resources to the effort. At the conclusion of the war, these "delegates," As they were called, submitted around 10,000 stories, of which more than 500 were selected for publication in the book, Incidents of the U.S. Christian Commission (1869). This present book is an updated version of the Earlier in both language and writing style and gives the reader an amazing glimpse into the tragedy and triumph of the times. Simply put, the book presents men coming to Christ, coming back to Christ, or going to Christ. It shows how God used this incredible, yet largely unknown, ministry. In as much as possible, TRIUMPH is well documented in terms of time frames and Battles, names of participants and the eye witnesses who provided these Stories. The major contribution of this edition is the reference index which makes the stories highly accessible. This illustrative material is well-suited for pastors and other communication professionals. The book is equally inspiring for history or military buffs, seekers of truth, workers. In Christian ministry, and those who want to see some "high intensity" Christianity (revival) in action. The moving stories fall in the range from interesting to gut wrenching with a little humor thrown in as well. The editors wish for this book to be a fitting contribution to the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War with its accounts of the soldiers, many of whom gave their limbs while still others gave "their last full measure of Devotion."

The Summer of '63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma
The Summer of '63: Vicksburg & Tullahoma

Author: Chris Mackowski

Publisher: Savas Beatie

Published: 2021-08-10

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1954547056

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“An important contribution to Civil War scholarship, offering an engrossing portrait of these important campaigns . . . this reviewer recommends it highly.” —NYMAS Review The fall of Vicksburg in July 1863 fundamentally changed the strategic picture of the American Civil War, though its outcome had been anything but certain. Union general Ulysses S. Grant tried for months to capture the Confederate Mississippi River bastion, to no avail. A bold running of the river batteries, followed by a daring river crossing and audacious overland campaign, finally allowed Grant to pen the Southern army inside the entrenched city. The long and gritty siege that followed led to the fall of the city, the opening of the Mississippi to Union traffic, and a severance of the Confederacy in two. In Tennessee, meanwhile, the Union Army of the Cumberland brilliantly recaptured thousands of square miles while sustaining fewer than six hundred casualties. Commander William Rosecrans worried the North would “overlook so great an event because it is not written in letters of blood”—and history proved him right. The Tullahoma campaign has stood nearly forgotten compared to events along the Mississippi and in south-central Pennsylvania, yet all three major Union armies scored significant victories that helped bring the war closer to an end. The public historians writing for the popular Emerging Civil War blog, speaking on its podcast, or delivering talks at its annual Emerging Civil War Symposium in Virginia always present their work in ways that engage and animate audiences. Their efforts entertain, challenge, and sometimes provoke with fresh perspectives and insights born from years of working at battlefields, guiding tours, and writing for the wider Civil War community. The Summer of ’63: Vicksburg and Tullahoma is a compilation of some of their favorites, anthologized, revised, and updated, together with several original pieces. Each entry includes helpful illustrations. This important study, when read with its companion volume The Summer of ’63: Gettysburg, contextualizes the major 1863 campaigns in what arguably was the Civil War’s turning-point summer.