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Hace 6 días · This treasure trove of original documents – many never-before published – creates a uniquely personal, day-by-day eyewitness account of the monumental collision at Gettysburg, in the words of the commanders, soldiers, politicians, and civilians from both the North and the South who experienced firsthand the changing course of the ...
Hace 3 días · Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia —the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in 1865, earning a ...
Hace 5 días · Robert J. Cook. Baltimore, MD, John Hopkins University Press, 2017, ISBN: 9781421423494; 288pp.; Price: £18.50. Reviewer: Jack Noe. University of Leeds. Citation: Jack Noe, review of Civil War Memories: Contesting the Past in the United States Since 1865, (review no. 2238) DOI: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2238. Date accessed: 22 May, 2024.
10 de may. de 2024 · Biography of Robert E. Lee, Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and later all Southern armies during the American Civil War (1861–65). The Army of Northern Virginia was the most successful of the Southern armies. Lee became an enduring symbol for the people of the American South.
Hace 6 días · This treasure trove of original documents – many never-before published – creates a uniquely personal, day-by-day eyewitness account of the monumental collision at Gettysburg, in the words of the commanders, soldiers, politicians, and civilians from both the North and the South who experienced firsthand the changing course of the ...
Hace 4 días · In God is our trust.” he wrote on the October 5, 1863, “What hard can befall if he is our friend.”. This diary is one of three kept by physician John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan, describing his experience as a Civil War surgeon for the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Click on the image for a closer look.
Hace 23 horas · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
