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The Drums of the 47th
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Robert Jones Burdette
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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This eloquent memoir records the Civil War experiences of Robert J. Burdette, private in the 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment. From Peoria to Corinth, from Corin
The Drums of the 47th
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Robert Jones Burdette
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1914 - Publisher:

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A narrative of service in the 47th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865.
Nothing but Victory
Language: en
Pages: 965
Authors: Steven E. Woodworth
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-18 - Publisher: Vintage

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Composed almost entirely of Midwesterners and molded into a lean, skilled fighting machine by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, the Army of the Ten
The Mystery of Courage
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: William Ian Miller
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-01 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Few of us spend much time thinking about courage, but we know it when we see it--or do we? Is it best displayed by marching into danger, making the charge, or b
The Civil War in Louisiana
Language: en
Pages: 564
Authors: John D. Winters
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-08-01 - Publisher: LSU Press

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This comprehensive history fills an important gap in the story of the Civil War. Too often the war waged west of the Mississippi River has been given short shri