United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
Contains a biography of Sam Houston and his involvement in the Texas War of Independence and creation of the Republic of Texas. Includes a bibliography and index.
This volume is a series of pen-pictures of the every-day life of the soldier during the Georgia campaigns beginning with the movement against Atlanta, how he lived, how he marched, and how he fought on the skirmish line and the line-of-battle.
This biography is written through personal acqaintance of the author and covers Lincoln's life before and during politics, as it examines Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery in the United States during the 19th century.
"A faithful record of the life, service, and suffering, of the rank and file of the regiment, on the march, in camp, in battle, and in prison. Especially devoted to giving the reader a definite knowledge of the service of the common soldier. With...
This thesis examines Brigadier General Henry A. Wise's involvement in the Western Virginia Campaign of 1861. This Confederate defeat resulted in the Federal occupation of a large, strategically important section of the Confederacy in the first year...
Proceedings of the Army Intelligence Officers' Conference, held in New Orleans, Louisiana 17-19 November, 1943. Discussions include the functions of the Director of Intelligence, accomplishments of the CIC in the US and abroad, the collecting of...
About a month after the Civil War began Blacks were willing to join the Union Army and fight for this great nation. Frederick Douglas, who was a Black abolitionist, wrote a letter to President Lincoln asking to let Blacks serve. His request was...
Peleck, Michael J.; Harris, Christopher; Neascu-Mogos, George E.; Reed, Kurt L.; Sims Jr., Oscar; Todd, Timothy
Abstract: Racial acceptance and equality in the United States would have been established in the early 1900s had the Republican Party “stayed the course” with its Civil War Reconstruction initiatives that foreshadowed today’s Full-Spectrum...
According to Associate Professor John C. McManus, PhD,
security is the key element human existence. Without it, there
is no civilization; no prosperity of human existence. Without
it, there is no civilization; and certainly, no prosperity (at
least...
Although historians have written a great deal on "Bleeding Kansas" and on the frontier army's constabulary role in the trans-Missouri west, little scholarship exists regarding how the army performed its peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions...
An officially recorded number of 178,892 black men served in the Union Armies, including some 7,000 noncommissioned officers. The regiments all were racially segregated and were comprised 120 Infantry regiments, 12 heavy-artillery regiments, 10...
Camp Chase, four miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio, began in May 1861 as a mustering center for units entering Union service during the American Civil War. By June 1861 it picked up additional responsibilities of housing Confederate prisoners...
Colonel Edward Hatch, Commander 9th Cavalry Regiment, following the resolution of a 1877 uprising in San Elizario, Texas, submitted a report to the Secretary of War. His concluding statement suggested that the existence of Fort Bliss, as a...
Cultural differences and beliefs divided the North and the South. The South felt that the Federal Government had greater rights and that the states needed more. The greatest percentage of industry existed in the North, whereas the South imported...
During the Civil War, the Confederate government passed legislation creating a national military academy and establishing the rank of Cadet. The national military college was unnecessary because the Confederacy already possessed numerous state...
It is quite possible that after the events of 11 September 2001, the roles and missions of the Department of Defense in the area of Homeland Security are destined for change. This monograph provides and examination of the legal, and traditional...
John Singleton Mosby led a successful partisan campaign during the American Civil War for the Confederacy. Prior to the war, Mosby was a frail nondescript lawyer. Entering the war as a private; Mosby eventually rose to the rank of Colonel. He...