The Gettysburg Nobody Knows
Title | The Gettysburg Nobody Knows PDF eBook |
Author | Gabor S. Boritt |
Publisher | Gettysburg Civil War Institute |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195129069 |
Leading authorities shed new light on the greatest battle in American history, focusing in particular on the unknown, the controversial, and what might have been.
The Gettysburg Gospel
Title | The Gettysburg Gospel PDF eBook |
Author | Gabor Boritt |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 437 |
Release | 2008-02-05 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0743288211 |
Describes the events surrounding Abraham Lincoln's historic speech following the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, how he responded to the politics of the time, and the importance of that speech.
The Lincoln Nobody Knows
Title | The Lincoln Nobody Knows PDF eBook |
Author | Richard N. Current |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 326 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0809000598 |
"Abraham Lincoln as politician, president, and human being comes to life in all the conflicts, paradoxes, and seeming contradictions that surround him. Packed with fascinating details, The Lincoln Nobody Knows is a study of the obscure and misunderstood facets of the great statesman's career and private life."--Back cover
The Gettysburg Address
Title | The Gettysburg Address PDF eBook |
Author | Abraham Lincoln |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 114 |
Release | 2009-08-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0141956631 |
The Address was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the decisive Battle of Gettysburg. In just over two minutes, Lincoln invoked the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a struggle not merely for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens, and that would also create a unified nation in which states' rights were no longer dominant. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
Slavery, Resistance, Freedom
Title | Slavery, Resistance, Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Robert C Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies Gabor S Boritt |
Publisher | Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | 188 |
Release | 2007-06-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0195102223 |
Essays address the issue of freedom as it applies to slaves in American history, discussing how African Americans resisted slavery and what their response was to freedom during and after the Civil War.
Braxton Bragg
Title | Braxton Bragg PDF eBook |
Author | Earl J. Hess |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | 544 |
Release | 2016-09-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469628767 |
As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817–1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for losing battles. This public image established him not only as a scapegoat for the South's military failures but also as the chief whipping boy of the Confederacy. The strongly negative opinions of Bragg's contemporaries have continued to color assessments of the general's military career and character by generations of historians. Rather than take these assessments at face value, Earl J. Hess's biography offers a much more balanced account of Bragg, the man and the officer. While Hess analyzes Bragg's many campaigns and battles, he also emphasizes how his contemporaries viewed his successes and failures and how these reactions affected Bragg both personally and professionally. The testimony and opinions of other members of the Confederate army--including Bragg's superiors, his fellow generals, and his subordinates--reveal how the general became a symbol for the larger military failures that undid the Confederacy. By connecting the general's personal life to his military career, Hess positions Bragg as a figure saddled with unwarranted infamy and humanizes him as a flawed yet misunderstood figure in Civil War history.
Days of "uncertainty and Dread"
Title | Days of "uncertainty and Dread" PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald R. Bennett |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 148 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
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