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Rodenbach to Rodenbough

By: Charles D. Rodenbough

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In 1891, retired Union General Theophilus Francis Rodenbough published a genealogy about his extended family which he called "Autumn Leaves From Family Trees." About six generations have passed and the access to broader ranges of research, particularly using the computer, have made possible this update of the General's work For the author it has been the accumulated work of about 60 years. He has expanded the sources and has investigated families who, particularly at the time of emigration, were associated with the Rodenbach/Rodenbough family. This expands the story to a study of a particular category of German immigration to America and its roots in Europe. The Rodenbach/Rodenbough family is covered in 4 generations in Germany and 10 in America. Eleven allied families including: Rockefeller, Hockenberry, Brown, Shatwell, Teel, Letsch, Cline, Silverthorne, Major, Okeson, and Albertson are covered in multiple generations and there are 20 Genealogical charts, mostly German in origin and over 55 illustrations.

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131272496X

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9781312724969

What We Lost of the Greatest Generation

By: Charles Rodenbough

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What We Lost of the Greatest Generation

By: Charles Rodenbough

A biography of Lt. Victor H. Idol, Jr., who was an American pilot shot down June 17, 1944 during the days of the Normandy Invasion. When he landed behind German lines, he was shot by the SS. His story is typical of the men who lost their lives in that conflict and have become known as the "Greatest Generation." He enlisted before Pearl Harbor and his life ended just after his 24th birthday. The record takes him from his college days when he became a student pilot and through his military training. Out of England, he flew his Thunderbolt over the battlefields of Europe through the invasion of Normandy. He sought no glory. He served as his duty to the United States. His family suffered through the uncertainty of "Missing in Action" and the delayed grief of "Killed in Action." The Allies were victorious. The memorabilia of his life and service have been preserved by his family in his foot locker. Sixty nine years later, they have been archived at the Museum & Archives of Rockingham County (MARC).

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1300782285

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9781300782285

History of a Dream Deferred

By: Charles Rodenbough

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History of a Dream Deferred

By: Charles Rodenbough

Describes the history of a tract of land in modern-day Rockingham County, N.C., that was purchased by William Byrd II and later owned by the Farley family.

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1300840374

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9781300840374

If the Lord Is Willing

By: Charles Rodenbough

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If the Lord Is Willing

By: Charles Rodenbough

Historical novel based on life of Rev. David and Rachel Craighead Caldwell. His life spanned the Colonial period, Revolution, organization of a nation, and forty-five years of national independence - ninety-nine years plus. On this stage of history he was a noted Presbyterian minister, Revolutionary, Constitutional delegate, pre-eminant educator, medical doctor, farmer, miller, and trained carpenter. He wasa friend and confidant of Governor Alexander Martin, Andrew Jackson, Dr. Benjamin Rush, and particularly of young men who would be the ministers, doctors and political leaders of the young nation. In everything his wife, Rechel Craighead, was his partner, lover, and sustainer.

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0557381975

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9780557381975

Governor Alexander Martin

Biography of a North Carolina Revolutionary War Statesman

By: Charles D. Rodenbough

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Governor Alexander Martin

Biography of a North Carolina Revolutionary War Statesman

By: Charles D. Rodenbough

Governor Alexander Martin of North Carolina was one of the most important figures in the colonial and early state history of North Carolina. A 1756 graduate of Princeton, he was the first president of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina. He served longer as governor of the state than any other person until the election of Luther Hodges in the 20th century. He was conferred an honorary doctorate by Princeton and elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society while he was a U.S. senator. While in the Senate, he fought successfully to open the Senate to the public. He was one of five North Carolina delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. He was a friend and protector of the Moravians and other non-conformists. He was the most powerful and effective leader from the frontier region of North Carolina for a quarter of a century. The first chapters of this biography discuss Martin's parents and their high regard for education, his time at Princeton, and his arrival in North Carolina in 1760. The next chapters explore Martin's and Rev. David Caldwell's effort to prevent bloodshed during Governor Tryon's confrontation with the Regulators that led up to the Battle of Alamance, Martin's experiences in the war as second in command of the North Carolina Regiment, his election as senator from Guilford County to the General Assembly in 1777, and his much-celebrated election as governor in 1781. The final three chapters of the book include information about his years in the U.S. Senate, his retirement at his home "Danbury" in Rockingham, North Carolina, his relationship with his family and his very detailed last will and testament. His home, "Danbury," later gave its name to Danbury, North Carolina, in Stokes County, which his nephews helped found about 1848, long after his death.

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McFarland

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1476610576

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9781476610573

Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done

A History of the Regular Army in the Civil War

By: Clayton R. Newell,Charles R. Shrader

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Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done

A History of the Regular Army in the Civil War

By: Clayton R. Newell,Charles R. Shrader

On the eve of the Civil War, the Regular Army of the United States was small, dispersed, untrained for large-scale operations, and woefully unprepared to suppress the rebellion of the secessionist states. Although the Regular Army expanded significantly during the war, reaching nearly sixty-seven thousand men, it was necessary to form an enormous army of state volunteers that overshadowed the Regulars and bore most of the combat burden. Nevertheless, the Regular Army played several critically important roles, notably providing leaders and exemplars for the Volunteers and managing the administration and logistics of the entire Union Army. In this first comprehensive study of the Regular Army in the Civil War, Clayton R. Newell and Charles R. Shrader focus primarily on the organizational history of the Regular Army and how it changed as an institution during the war, to emerge afterward as a reorganized and permanently expanded force. The eminent, award-winning military historian Edward M. Coffman provides a foreword.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803219105

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9780803219106

Buffalo Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867–1898

Black and White Together

By: Charles L. Kenner

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Buffalo Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867–1898

Black and White Together

By: Charles L. Kenner

The inclusion of the Ninth Cavalry and three other African American regiments in the post–Civil War army was one of the nation’s most problematic social experiments. The first fifteen years following its organization in 1866 were stained by mutinies, slanderous verbal assaults, and sadistic abuses by their officers. Eventually, a number of considerate and dedicated officers and noncommissioned officers created an elite and well-disciplined fighting unit that won the respect of all but the most racist whites. Charles L. Kenner’s detailed biographies of officers and enlisted men describe the passions, aspirations, and conflicts that both bound blacks and white together and pulled them apart. Special attention is given to the ordeals of three black officers assigned to the Ninth: Lieutenants John Alexander and Charles Young and Chaplain Henry Plummer. The subjects of these biographies—blacks and whites alike—represent every facet of human nature. The best learned that progress could only be achieved through trust and cooperation.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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080614808X

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9780806148083

Albert Sidney Johnston

Soldier of Three Republics

By: Charles P. Roland

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Albert Sidney Johnston

Soldier of Three Republics

By: Charles P. Roland

A biography of the man whom Jefferson Davis could have considered one of his greatest generals during the American Civil War. A revised edition of the only full-scale biography of the Confederacy’s top-ranking field general during the opening campaigns of the Civil War. Albert Sidney Johnston was selected as one of the best one hundred books ever written on the Civil War by Civil War Times Illustrated in 1981 and by Civil War: The Magazine of the Civil War Society in 1995. Featuring a new forward by Gary W. Gallagher and a new preface by the author Praise for Albert Sidney Johnston “A biography of the Kentucky native who might have been mentioned in the same breath as Robert E. Lee had Johnston not died while commanding Confederate troops at the battle of Shiloh in 1862, only a year after the war started.”—Lexington Herald-Leader “Johnston’s early years, military career, and encounters with Indians, Mormons, and Union soldiers are the focus of this “masterly” study.”—Civil War Book Review “The view of army life and the terrible decisions that many southern officers had to make at the beginning will provide an excellent background for further understanding the Civil War.”—Paper Wars

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813143381

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9780813143385

On the Prairie of Palo Alto: Historical Archaeology of the U.S.–Mexican War Battlefield

Historical Archaeology of the U.S.-Mexican War Battlefield

By: Charles M. Haecker

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On the Prairie of Palo Alto: Historical Archaeology of the U.S.–Mexican War Battlefield

Historical Archaeology of the U.S.-Mexican War Battlefield

By: Charles M. Haecker

One need not be schooled in military history or archaeology to benefit from this research, for the authors do an excellent job of maintaining the interest of [both] the scholarly reader and anyone new to these subjects."--Journal of the West

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Texas A&M University Press

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160344355X

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9781603443555

America's First Battles, 1776–1965

By: Charles E. Heller,William A. Stofft

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America's First Battles, 1776–1965

By: Charles E. Heller,William A. Stofft

This volume, a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost U.S. military historians, focuses on the transition of the Army from parade ground to battleground in each of nine wars the United States has fought. Through careful analysis of organization, training, and tactical doctrine, each essay seeks to explain the strengths and weaknesses evidenced by the outcome of the first significant engagement or campaign of the war. The concluding essay sets out to synthesize the findings and to discover whether or not American first battles manifest a characteristic "rhythm." America's First Battles provides a novel and intellectually challenging view of how America has prepared for war and how operations and tactics have changed over time. The thrust of the book--the emphasis on operational history--is at the forefront of scholarly activity in military history.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700602771

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9780700602773

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Rodenbach to Rodenbough

Rodenbach to Rodenbough

What We Lost of the Greatest Generation

What We Lost of the Greatest Generation

History of a Dream Deferred

History of a Dream Deferred

If the Lord Is Willing

If the Lord Is Willing

Governor Alexander Martin

Governor Alexander Martin

Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done

Of Duty Well and Faithfully Done

Buffalo Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867–1898

Buffalo Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867–1898

Albert Sidney Johnston

Albert Sidney Johnston

On the Prairie of Palo Alto: Historical Archaeology of the U.S.–Mexican War Battlefield

On the Prairie of Palo Alto: Historical Archaeology of the U.S.–Mexican War Battlefield

America's First Battles, 1776–1965

America's First Battles, 1776–1965

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