The Class of 1846 - 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 Class of 1846 write by John C. Waugh. This book was released on 2010-12-29. The Class of 1846 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. No single group of men at West Point--or possibly any academy--has been so indelibly written into history as the class of 1846. The names are legendary: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George B. McClellan, Ambrose Powell Hill, Darius Nash Couch, George Edward Pickett, Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, and George Stoneman. The class fought in three wars, produced twenty generals, and left the nation a lasting legacy of bravery, brilliance, and bloodshed. This fascinating, remarkably intimate chronicle traces the lives of these unforgettable men--their training, their personalities, and the events in which they made their names and met their fates. Drawing on letters, diaries, and personal accounts, John C. Waugh has written a collective biography of masterful proportions, as vivid and engrossing as fiction in its re-creation of these brilliant figures and their pivotal roles in American history.
The Class of 1846
The Class of 1846 - 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 Class of 1846 write by John C. Waugh. This book was released on 1999-06-01. The Class of 1846 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. No single group of men at West Point--or possibly any academy--has been so indelibly written into history as the class of 1846. The names are legendary: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George B. McClellan, Ambrose Powell Hill, Darius Nash Couch, George Edward Pickett, Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, and George Stoneman. The class fought in three wars, produced twenty generals, and left the nation a lasting legacy of bravery, brilliance, and bloodshed. This fascinating, remarkably intimate chronicle traces the lives of these unforgettable men--their training, their personalities, and the events in which they made their names and met their fates. Drawing on letters, diaries, and personal accounts, John C. Waugh has written a collective biography of masterful proportions, as vivid and engrossing as fiction in its re-creation of these brilliant figures and their pivotal roles in American history.
Last in Their Class
Last in Their Class - 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 Last in Their Class write by James Robbins. This book was released on 2017-03-21. Last in Their Class available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today’s Goat, the celebrated West Point cadet finishing at the bottom of his class, carries on a long and storied tradition. George Custer’s contemporaries at the Academy believed that the same spirit of adventure that led him to “blow post” at night to carouse at local taverns also motivated his dramatic cavalry attacks in the Civil War and afterwards. And the same willingness to stoically accept punishment for his hijinks at the Academy also sent George Pickett marching into the teeth of the Union guns at Gettysburg. The story James S. Robbins tells goes from the beginnings of West Point through the carnage of the Civil War to the grassy bluffs over the Little Big Horn. The Goats he profiles tell us much about the soul of the American solider, his daring, imagination and desire to prove himself against high odds.
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.
The West Point History of the Civil War
The West Point History of the Civil 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 The West Point History of the Civil War write by United States Military Academy. This book was released on 2014-10-21. The West Point History of the Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Comprises six chapters of the West Point history of warfare that have been revised and expanded for the general reader"--Page vii.
