War & Military
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War & Military
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Samuel Greene - Monitor and the Merrimac: Both sides of the story
The American Civil War lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865. It included some iconic battles that have maintained enough interest to merit recounting the events in countless books. One such seminal battle was that of...
1 hour 10 minutes
War & Military
417
William C. Everhart - Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
In the American Civil War, the Vicksburg campaign (December 1862-July 1863) was a pivotal victory for the Union under the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant, who as a result was promoted by President Lincoln to command...
15 minutes
War & Military
461
Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi)
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies explaining why they were attempting to leave. Here are the statements, published...
1 hour 4 minutes
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422
Mary Hazel Snuff - Study Of Army Camp Life During American Revolution
Housing, Food, Clothing, Health, Sanitation, Recreation, Religion, Duties, Discipline. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts in history in the Graduate School...
1 hour 24 minutes
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438
Charles Tyrwhitt Dawkins - Night Operations For Infantry - Compiled For The Use Of Company Officers (1916)
«It must be remembered that many of our men up to the time of their enlistment have passed their lives entirely in large towns, and have rarely been beyond the range of street lamps. Such men, when first taken out in...
1 hour 5 minutes
War & Military
442
Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb
These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was tested. Each publication (about 1984 and about 1995) complements the other, though...
1 hour 1 minute
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516
George Cooreman - Martyrdom Of Belgium; Official Report Of Massacres Of Peaceable Citizens, Women And Children By The German Army; Testimony Of Eye-Witnesses
The title says it all. World War I narratives of German activities in Belgium after the German invasion of this neutral country. — Summary by david wales
1 hour
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434
Richard Wayne Lykes - Campaign For Petersburg
In the American Civil War the Union victory in the ten-month campaign for the city of Petersburg, Virginia (June 1864-March 1865), led directly to the surrender of the Confederacy within two weeks. This 1970 National...
1 hour 24 minutes
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William Tecumseh Sherman - Sherman’s Military Lessons Of The American Civil War, From His Memoirs
This librivox recording comprises chapter 25 (Conclusion – Military Lessons Of The War) of Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs, published in 1875. Sherman was one of the premier generals fighting for...
1 hour 11 minutes
