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Articles of War: Winners, Losers, and Some who Were Both in ...

Articles of War: Winners, Losers, and Some who Were Both in ...

Albert E. Castel

Winners, Losers, and Some who Were Both in the Civil War Albert E. Castel. ( continued from front flap) Nathan Bedford Forrest, and William Clarke Quantrill, to name just a few. Noted Civil War historian Albert Castel sets the stage for his ...
William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times

William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times

Albert E. Castel

In William Clarke Quantrill, Albert Castel's classic biography, the story of Quantrill and his men comes alive through facts verified from firsthand, original sources.
Sam Houston's Last Fight:

Sam Houston's Last Fight:

Albert Castel

At sixty-six, Sam Houston's bones ached from the wounds of two wars, but as Southern pressure for secession mounted, writes historian Albert Castel in this essay, "Old Sam Jacinto" battled to keep his beloved Texas in the Union.
The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest

The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest

Paul Ashdown

Fuchs, An Unerring Fire, 23, 69, 104-25; Cimprich and Mainfort, "The Fort Pillow Massacre," 835-37; Albert E. Castel, "The Fort Pillow Massacre: A Fresh Examination of the Evidence," in Albert E. Castel, Winning and Losing in the Civil War: ...
Les tapisseries

Les tapisseries

Albert Castel

Albert Castel. LES TAPISSERIES Les tapisseries dans l'antiquité. —— Le métier grec. — Le métier égyptien. —— La tapisserie d'Arachné décrite par Ovide. Procédés de teinture employés par les anciens. — Le travail dans la Gaule sous la ...
William Clarke Quantrill: His Life And Times

William Clarke Quantrill: His Life And Times

Alfred E. Castel

In William Clarke Quantrill, Albert Castel’s classic biography, the story of Quantrill and his men comes alive through facts verified from firsthand, original sources.
General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West

General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West

Albert Castel

Indeed, the story of General Price -- as this account by Albert Castle shows -- is the story, in large part, of the Confederacy's struggle in the West.
General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West

General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West

Albert Castel

Indeed, the story of General Price -- as this account by Albert Castle shows -- is the story, in large part, of the Confederacy's struggle in the West.
Fort Pillow: Victory Or Massacre?.

Fort Pillow: Victory Or Massacre?.

Albert Castel

One fact is certain: After the firing stopped, 231 Union soldiers -- mostly black -- were dead.
"Our Little War with the Heathen."

"Our Little War with the Heathen."

Albert Castel

Our first Korean War, in 1871, was fought to open the Hermit Kingdom to Western trade. But the hermits wanted very much to be left alone.
Decision in the West: the Atlanta Campaign of 1864

Decision in the West: the Atlanta Campaign of 1864

Albert E. Castel

A detailed history of one of the most grisly episodes of the Civil War provides a balanced treatment of the North's invasion of Atlanta, debunking many long-standing myths and misconceptions of the battle.
Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War ...

Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War ...

Albert E. Castel

The actual first name of Bill Anderson's youngest sister was Martha, the same as her mother's, but she was called Janie, presumably because her middle name was Jane. 7. Connelley interviews with Sewell, Strieby, and Meunkers, Box 13, ...
Winning and Losing in the Civil War: Essays and Stories

Winning and Losing in the Civil War: Essays and Stories

Albert E. Castel

In addition, he uses the volume as a forum for reflecting on his role as historian, identifying the primary problem facing present-day practitioners of Civil War historiography, and illumining what remains to be accomplished in this heavily ...
Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind

Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind

Albert E. Castel

"My purpose in writing this book was twofold: first, to supply a long-standing deficiency in Kansas historical literature (which has concentrated almost exclusively on the pre-Civil War period) by describing the political, military, social ...
Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward ...

Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward ...

Samuel Jones Spalding

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Journal of Singing: The Official Journal of the National ...

Journal of Singing: The Official Journal of the National ...

More editions

Edited by Suzanne Rhodes Draayer. Foreword by Nico Castel. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2007. With Volume Three of Canciones de Esparia Suzanne Draayer has, in the words of Nico Castel, "completed her vision" of providing ...
The Schoonmaker Family: Descendants of Hendrick Jochemsz ...

The Schoonmaker Family: Descendants of Hendrick Jochemsz ...

William Mercer Shoemaker

E-0556, F-2969 Lander*, Jane Albert E. 1863 - G-0786 Decker, Carrie Albert E. 1863 - 6-0786 Decker, Cornelia Albert E. 1919 - 1-1505 Sager, Dorothy Albert L.x 1940 - 1-1476 Albert V. 1876 - G-4582 Smith, Flora E. Alfred - F-1082, H-3629 ...
Women of the Day: An American Comedy of Modern Society in ...

Women of the Day: An American Comedy of Modern Society in ...

Charles H. Morton

ALBERT. (Astonished.) Why of what should they accuse you? CLARA. Of being the mistress of Theodore Prescott. ALBERT. (Forcibly.) ... going towards the ball- room, enter — -from there ; Mrs. Sampson, Bella, and Cornelia. Albert with Clara  ...
The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois: Containing ...

The Good Old Times in McLean County, Illinois: Containing ...

E. Duis

ALBERT YoUNG PHILLIPs. Albert Y. Phillips was born April 14, 1812, at Huntsville, Alabama. His father's name was Glenn Phillips and his mother's name before her marriage was Leah McCord. Albert Y. Phillips is of Scotch and Irish descent.
Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem

Albert of Aachen's History of the Journey to Jerusalem

Albert (of Aachen)

Albert (of Aachen) Susan B. Edgington. Book 3 1. Where Christ's faithful pitched camp after their victory; and how many died, wretchedly tortured by thirst After the enemy attack abated, as dusk of the fourth day' was drawing on, the Franks, ...
Letters of Albert Gallatin on the Oregon Question: ...

Letters of Albert Gallatin on the Oregon Question: ...

Albert Gallatin

Originally Published in the National Intelligencer, January, 1846 Albert Gallatin. 36 men, whether American, English, or other foreigners, sailing under and protected by the American flag. I am not aware that there has ever been any powerful ...

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