Soldiers in the Army of Freedom: The 1st Kansas Colored, the Civil War's First African American Combat Unit, Hardcover - Ian Michael Spurgeon

Reducere. It was 1862, the second year of the Civil War, though Kansans and Missourians had been fighting over slavery for almost a decade. For the 250 Union...

Their nickname was the Bloody First, given to them in recognition of their courageous conduct and supreme sacrifice in battle. In the midst of the ...

Reducere. DescriptionRecommended by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Autostraddle Nominated for a 2019 NAACP image award, a groundbreak...

Reducere. Formed in 1866, the African-American army units known as Buffalo Soldiers acquired near-mythical status for their fortitude and courage. At the out...

The AEF Way of War: The American Army and Combat in World War I - Mark Ethan Grotelueschen

Reducere. In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies converged on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the cent...

Combat and Morale in the North African Campaign: The Eighth Army and the Path to El Alamein - Jonathan Fennell

Miller Cornfield at Antietam: The Civil War's Bloodiest Combat, Hardcover

DescriptionThough early laws prohibited women from becoming soldiers, they still found ways to serve, even disguising themselves as men in order to...

DescriptionIn 1898, in an era of racial terror at home and imperial conquest abroad, the United States sent its troops to suppress the Filipino str...

Reducere. The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully ...

Reducere. DescriptionAmerican Founders reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how bla...

Reducere. The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse ar...

DescriptionProlific Italian artist and author, Bruno Mugnai introduces the Dutch Army of the third quarter of the 17th century in the first of a ne...

Publisher: Leonaur LtdAuthor(s): Henry M CistNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 138 x 215 x 16Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Reducere. On September 17, 1862, the forces of Major General George B. McClellan and his Union Army of the Potomac confronted Robert E. Lee's entire Army of ...

Publisher: Leonaur LtdAuthor(s): Richard B IrwinNumber of pages: 420Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 217 x 139 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. The Civil War was just days old when the first enslaved men, women, and children began fleeing their plantations to seek refuge inside the lines of...

Reducere. Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the t...

Reducere. "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and front-line grunts battl...

Reducere. The unveiling of the Irish Brigade Memorial at Antietam this year focuses attention on one of the most colorful units of the American Civil War. De...

Opening up for the first time about his combat experience, Congressman Ruben Gallego (D, AZ) delivers a moving and unforgettable memoir of the eter...

DescriptionAt the crux of America's history stand two astounding events: the immediate and complete destruction of the most powerful system of slav...

Reducere. It was in Hampton Roads, Virginia, that hundreds gained their freedom. The teeming wharves were once a major station on the Underground Railroad, a...

Reducere. From the American Revolution to the global war on terror, U.S. Army doctrine has evolved to regulate the chaos of armed conflict by providing an in...

Reducere. Mary Church Terrell was an icon in the civil rights movement, advocating for equality and social justice for black women through a lifetime of camp...

Reducere. During the Civil War, Union and Confederate politicians, military commanders, everyday soldiers, and civilians claimed their approach to the confli...

The reader is introduced to a little-known side of Custer--a deeply personal side. George Custer grew up in an expanding young country and his earl...

On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380, ...

DescriptionDuring the Second World War over half-a-million African troops served with the British Army as combatants and non-combatants in campaign...

Reducere. Bondspeople who fled from slavery during and after the Civil War did not expect that their flight toward freedom would lead to sickness, disease, s...

Reducere. *Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingDuring the Civil War, over 180, 000 black ...

Publisher: Citadel Press Inc., U.S.Author(s): Michael L. LanningNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 226 x 28Cover type: Pap...

An African American Dilemma offers the first social history of northern Black debates over school integration versus separation from the 1840s to t...

Reducere. Swashbuckling stories of the Union naval blockade of the Southern states and the blockade runners who smuggled goods to the Confederacy have long b...

Reducere. The service of African Americans in defense of the Union during the Civil War required African American nurses, doctors and surgeons to heal those ...

I Freed Myself: African American Self-Emancipation in the Civil War Era - David Williams