Lincoln's Generals' Wives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lincoln's Generals' Wives write by Candice Shy Hooper. This book was released on 2016. Lincoln's Generals' Wives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chapter 24: "Is this my destiny?"--Chapter 25: "secesh wives with their own little slaves"--Chapter 26: "Do stop digging at this old canal" -- Chapter 27: Lieutenant General's Wife -- Chapter 28: "I did not want to go to the theater" -- Chapter 29: "the sunlight of his loyal love
The General’s Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant
The General’s Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The General’s Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant write by Ishbel Ross. This book was released on 2016-03-28. The General’s Wife: The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An excellent and diligently researched biography of Julia Boggs Dent Grant (1826-1902), the wife of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877. An active participant in presidential matters, The First Lady was widely regarded to possess tremendous strength of character, sharing in the mixed fortunes of her husband, promoting his welfare, loved and cared for her family, and fulfilled her patriotic duty as First Lady. She reveled in her role as hostess to the nation, and by all accounts brought warmth and a home-like atmosphere to the White House. Includes over 15 B&W illustrations.
Rebel Yell
Rebel Yell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rebel Yell write by S. C. Gwynne. This book was released on 2014-09-30. Rebel Yell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson became a great and tragic national hero. Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon—even Robert E. Lee—he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country’s greatest military figures. In April 1862, however, he was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting what seemed to be a losing cause. But by June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western world. Jackson’s strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged; he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future. In his “magnificent Rebel Yell…S.C. Gwynne brings Jackson ferociously to life” (New York Newsday) in a swiftly vivid narrative that is rich with battle lore, biographical detail, and intense conflict among historical figures. Gwynne delves deep into Jackson’s private life and traces Jackson’s brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War, the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend; his stunning effect on the course of the war itself; and his tragic death, which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero.
House of Abraham
House of Abraham - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook House of Abraham write by Stephen Berry. This book was released on 2009. House of Abraham available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Award-winning historian Berry charts the devastating effects of the Civil Waron Mary Todd Lincoln's family, and the surprising impact this struggle had onthe president.
A Wicked War
A Wicked War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Wicked War write by Amy S. Greenberg. This book was released on 2013-08-13. A Wicked War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The definitive history of the often forgotten U.S.-Mexican War paints an intimate portrait of the major players and their world—from Indian fights and Manifest Destiny, to secret military maneuvers, gunshot wounds, and political spin. “If one can read only a single book about the Mexican-American War, this is the one to read.” —The New York Review of Books Often overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and legacies. Along the way it captures a young Lincoln mismatching his clothes, the lasting influence of the Founding Fathers, the birth of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and America’s first national antiwar movement. A key chapter in the creation of the United States, it is the story of a burgeoning nation and an unforgettable conflict that has shaped American history.
