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Books on: yorktown campaign

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The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis, 1781

Book by Henry P. Johnston; Harper & Brothers, 1881

Subjects:

Southern States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781

Collections: History, Entire Library

THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN AND THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS...LOUIS XVI 160 THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER I. SIGNIFICANCE...history of what may be called the Yorktown Campaign. The British general who was finally...
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The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps

Book by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain; University of Nebraska Press, 1998

Subjects:

Appomattox Campaign, 1865--Personal Narratives, Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence--1828-1914, United States--Army--Corps, 5th (1862-1865), United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental Histories, Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental Histories

Collections: History, Entire Library

An unlikely hero to the Army of the Potomac, college professor Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain led the 20th Maine Division in all the fiercest battles of the Eastern theatre, winning the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership at Gettysburg. A brilliant, insightful, must-read for all Civil War buffs ...
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An unlikely hero to the Army of the Potomac, college professor Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain led the 20th Maine Division in all the fiercest battles of the Eastern theatre, winning the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership at Gettysburg. A brilliant, insightful, must-read for all Civil War buffs. Introduction by James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom. Period artwork, photos, and engravings. Reprint.
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Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862

Book by Joseph L. Harsh; Kent State University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Confederate States Of America--Military Policy, Lee, Robert E--(Robert Edward)--1807-1870--Military Leadership, Maryland Campaign, 1862, Strategy--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

Complementing Confederate Tide Rising, Taken at the Flood is a detailed account of the Maryland military campaign itself. This volume focuses on military policy and strategy and the circumstances under which the two commanders, Lee and McClellan, labored. Joseph Harsh advocates rethinking the ...
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Complementing Confederate Tide Rising, Taken at the Flood is a detailed account of the Maryland military campaign itself. This volume focuses on military policy and strategy and the circumstances under which the two commanders, Lee and McClellan, labored. Joseph Harsh advocates rethinking the Maryland campaign and promotes the argument that Antietam was one of the most interesting, critical, and potentially enlightening episodes in U.S. history.
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The Antietam Campaign: August-September 1862

Book by John Cannan; Combined Books, 1994

Subjects:

Antietam, Battle Of, Md., 1862, Maryland Campaign, 1862

Collections: History, Entire Library

Antietam, the scene of the bloodiest day of battle in the entire course of the Civil War, was the victory that enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Cannan conveys the military, political and social significance of the campaign.
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Death in September: The Antietam Campaign

Book by Perry D. Jamieson; McWhiney Foundation Press, 1995

Subjects:

Antietam, Battle Of, Md., 1862, Maryland Campaign, 1862

Collections: History, Entire Library

...courier galloping across the field, had dropped a copy of Lees campaign plan on this campground, carelessly leaving it for the Yankees...promotion to brigadier general; in 1862, he saw action at Yorktown before being promoted to major general in May; he fought at...

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Journal Articles on: yorktown campaign

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The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781

Journal article by Michael P. Gabriel; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 72, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...ISBN 1-932714-05-7.) This most recent work on the Yorktown campaign grew out of a National Park Service (NPS) study prepared...contemporary maps, The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 could easily be a guide for visitors to the...
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The First Team: Pacific Navy Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway

Journal article by Stu Tobias; Air Power History, Vol. 53, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942 (Book)--Book reviews, The First Team: Pacific Navy Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to...Navy on its Pacific carriers--Lexington, Yorktown, Enterprise, and Saratoga--is stressed...developing Pacific war with the Guadalcanal campaign. He provides in-depth facts and figures...
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Southern History in Periodicals, 2000: A Selected Bibliography

Journal article; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 67, 2001

Collections: History, Entire Library

...TINDER. Extraordinary Measures: Maryland and the Yorktown Campaign, 1781. Md. Hist. Mag., v. 95, Summer, 133-59. NOAH...94, July, 365-88. JAKE C. MILLER. Harry T. Moores Campaign for Racial Equality. Jour. Black Stud., v. 31, Nov...
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Historical News and Notices

Journal article; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 67, 2001

Subjects:

Southern Historical Association

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Continental Line concerning the Yorktown Campaign in Virginia and the surrender...the Suffolk and Bermuda Hundred campaigns and the Battle of Williamsburg...deeds, bills of sale, printed campaign speeches, receipts, promissory...
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Angel of Light: Helen L. Gilson, Army Nurse

Journal article by Edward A. Miller Jr.; Civil War History, Vol. 43, 1997

Subjects:

Gilson, Helen L.--Conduct of life, Nurses--Conduct of life, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865

Collections: History, Entire Library

...requirement during the Peninsula campaign. It was an entirely civilian...slow march up the Peninsula to Yorktown and the Chickahominy swamps...downriver from White House to Yorktown, to "scour the country to pick...combat during the Peninsula campaign, the Fair Oaks engagement on...

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Magazine Articles on: yorktown campaign

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Reform beyond the Beltway: States as Laboratories of Clean Money

Magazine article by Robert Dreyfuss; The American Prospect, May-June 1998

Subjects:

Campaign funds--Moral and ethical aspects, Political reform--Management, State government--Innovations

Collections: Entire Library

...were the Lexington and Concord of public financing, then Michigan may be its Yorktown--or, to mix martial metaphors, its Waterloo. Many activists involved in campaign finance reform are skeptical about the meaning of the results in Maine. Said...
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1704: Blenheim, Gibraltar and the Making of Great Power: Jeremy Black Recalls Two Events, 300 Years Ago This Summer, That Heralded the Emergence of Britain as a Continental Power

Magazine article by Jeremy Black; History Today, Vol. 54, August 2004

Subjects:

Battle of Blenheim, 1704, British history--1704 AD, United Kingdom--International relations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...other battles in the age of sail--for example that between the British and the French off the Chesapeake during the Yorktown campaign in 1781--no ships were actually sunk, but hard pounding from the cannon caused heavy casualties on both sides, and...
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Financier of Freedom: When Robert Morris Pledged His Fortune as He Signed the Declaration of Independence, He Meant It. His Resources and Financial Skills Helped Win America's Freedom

Magazine article by Thomas R. Eddlem; The New American, Vol. 18, November 18, 2002

Collections: Entire Library

...lead, flour, and other necessities at other times during the war, including using his personal credit toward the Yorktown campaign, his other main contribution was the service he rendered in Congress as financial officer of the United States...
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Victory at Sea

Magazine article by David M. Kennedy; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, March 1999

Subjects:

Naval battles--Analysis, World War, 1939-1945--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...against Fletchers flagship, the battered Yorktown, which the sea enveloped at last at dawn...submariners themselves described the campaign against U.S. coastal shipping as the...Trinidad to support the North African campaign. Just as the Casablanca conference opened...
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Victory at Sea: Recent Movies ... Have Vididly Depicted the Face of Land Battle in the Second World War, but the Story of the American War Is Incomplete without the Sweep and Strategic Stakes of the War at Sea

Magazine article by David M. Kennedy; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 283, March 1999

Subjects:

Air warfare, Japan--History, Japanese history, Naval warfare, World War II, 1939-1945

Collections: Entire Library

...against Fletchers flagship, the battered Yorktown, which the sea enveloped at last at dawn...submariners themselves described the campaign against U.S. coastal shipping as the...Trinidad to support the North African campaign. Just as the Casablanca conference opened...

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Newspaper Articles on: yorktown campaign

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An Effortful Yet Rewarding Read; Long Civil War Book Details McClellan Campaign

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 16, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...against Rebel fortifications at Yorktown from land and water. Inept...the outset of the Peninsula Campaign. The author identifies Gens...in the faltering military campaigns. By working together, McClellan...have been employed against Yorktown is one example. Historian...
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Kerry Campaign Lacks Political Maestro

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 24, 2004

Subjects:

Kennedy, Edward M., Kerry, John F., Rove, Karl

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...S.C. The speech had been written by Jim Jordan, his then-campaign manager and longtime political aide. But at the last minute...speech that Mr. Kerry gave - against the backdrop of the USS Yorktown. "That was the beginning of the end of Jordan," Ms. Duffy...
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Foot Soldiers for Their Causes

Newspaper article by Christian Toto; The Washington Times, March 4, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...vehicle. Mrs. Haddocks walk may be over, but the drive for campaign finance reform remains unfinished business. She plans to lobby...journey in November, walking 36 miles from Jamestown Island to Yorktown and back to Williamsburg on his 36th birthday. Since then...
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Inside Politics

Newspaper article by Greg Pierce; The Washington Times, November 2, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...candy-seekers began arriving in late afternoon; both were away campaigning. Instead, Secret Service agents at the gate handled the customary...in devil horns, who said they had driven 30 minutes from Yorktown to knock on the first familys door. The agent who turned...
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First President Gets Image Consultant; Mount Vernon Tries to Raise Profile

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 14, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...replied correctly that Washington was the victorious general at the Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown, the report also noted. Mount Vernons campaign, "To Keep Him First," is planning new ways to introduce the personality of Washington to its...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: yorktown campaign

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Yorktown Campaign

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN 1781, the closing military...unsuccessful Carolina campaign General Cornwallis moved...peninsula. Cornwallis fortified Yorktown and waited for reinforcements...See H. P. Johnston, The Yorktown Campaign (1881, repr. 1971); T...
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Yorktown

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...zenith c.1750. The Yorktown campaign (1781) brought...In the Civil War, Yorktown was besieged (Apr...the Peninsular campaign , and the city was...See B. Davis, The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown (1970...
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Carolina Campaign

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...campaign was a British failure and was, moreover, a triumph for the patriots because it set the stage for the Yorktown campaign . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed...
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Peninsular Campaign

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN in the American Civil...purpose. Evacuation of Yorktown Early in Apr., 1862...Diversion At the same time as Yorktown, the Union advance into...However, the brilliant campaign of Thomas (Stonewall...
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Graves, Thomas Graves, Baron

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Grasse at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, a defeat that led directly to Lord Cornwalliss surrender at Yorktown (see Yorktown campaign ). In the French Revolutionary Wars, Graves was second in command to Admiral Richard Howe in the victory over...

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