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The Perfect Scout

A Soldier’s Memoir of the Great March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas

By: George W. Quimby

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The Perfect Scout

A Soldier’s Memoir of the Great March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas

By: George W. Quimby

A rare and dramatic first-person account by a Union scout who served General William Tecumseh Sherman on his “march to the sea” After his father-in-law passed away, Stephen Murphy found, among the voluminous papers left behind, an ancestral memoir. Murphy quickly became fascinated with the recollections of George W. Quimby (1842–1926), a Union soldier and scout for General William Tecumseh Sherman. Before Quimby became a part of Sherman’s March, he was held captive by Nathan Bedford Forrest’s troops in western Tennessee. He joined Sherman’s Army in Vicksburg, destroying railroads and bridges across Mississippi and Alabama on the way to Georgia. As the notorious march began, Quimby became a scout and no longer experienced war as his fellow soldiers did. Scouts moved ahead of the troops to anticipate opportunities and dangers. The rank and file were instructed to be seen and feared, while scouts were required to be invisible and stealthy. This memoir offers the rare perspective of a Union soldier who ventured into Confederate territory and sent intelligence to Sherman. Written around 1901 in the wake of the Spanish American War, Quimby’s memoir shows no desire to settle old scores. He’s a natural storyteller, keeping his audience’s attention with tales of drunken frolics and narrow escapes, providing a memoir that reads more like an adventure novel. He gives a new twist to the familiar stories of Sherman’s March, reminding readers that while the Union soldiers faced few full-scale battles, the campaign was still quite dangerous. More than a chronicle of day-to-day battles and marches, The Perfect Scout is more episodic and includes such additional elements as the story of how he met his wife and close encounters with the enemy. Offering a full picture of the war, Quimby writes not only about his adventures as one of Sherman’s scouts, but also about the suffering of the civilians caught in the war. He provides personal insight into some of the war’s historic events and paints a vivid picture of the devastation wreaked upon the South that includes destroyed crops and homes and a shattered economy. He also tells of the many acts of kindness he received from Southerners, including women and African Americans, who helped him and his fellow scouts by providing food, shelter, or information.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817319719

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9780817319717

The Ever-Changing Leaders and Organization of the Army of the Potomac

By: George S. Maharay

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The Ever-Changing Leaders and Organization of the Army of the Potomac

By: George S. Maharay

This book describes the changes in leadership and organization for the Army of the Potomac. The author explores the reasons for the changes and shows them in 23 pictorial organization charts.

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254

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iUniverse

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1440179476

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9781440179471

Laboratory for Liberty

The South Carolina Legislative Committee System 1719–1776

By: George Edward Frakes

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Laboratory for Liberty

The South Carolina Legislative Committee System 1719–1776

By: George Edward Frakes

This comprehensive study highlights the importance of legislative and extralegal committees in the political and institutional development of early American history, showing how the colonial experience modified a basic British institution, using it in the cause of legislative supremacy and, eventually, independence. The book illuminates the role played by committees in the growth of colonial self-government, tracing the committee system to its origins in the parliamentary committees of medieval England, then following the permutations of the committee system through the decades in which self-government emerged in South Carolina. Solid, penetrating, the book offers new depths of insight into an important process that had vital importance to the growth of representative government in America.

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173

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813187982

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9780813187983

Conflict of Command

George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War

By: George C. Rable

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Conflict of Command

George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and the Politics of War

By: George C. Rable

The fraught relationship between Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan is well known, so much so that many scholars rarely question the standard narrative casting the two as foils, with the Great Emancipator inevitably coming out on top over his supposedly feckless commander. In Conflict of Command, acclaimed Civil War historian George C. Rable rethinks that stance, providing a new understanding of the interaction between the president and his leading wartime general by reinterpreting the political aspects of their partnership. Rable pays considerable attention to Lincoln’s cabinet, Congress, and newspaper editorials, revealing the role each played in shaping the dealings between the two men. While he surveys McClellan’s military campaigns as commander of the Army of the Potomac, Rable focuses on the political fallout of the fighting rather than the tactical details. This broadly conceived approach highlights the army officers and enlisted men who emerged as citizen-soldiers and political actors. Most accounts of the Lincoln-McClellan feud solely examine one of the two individuals, and the vast majority adopt a steadfast pro-Lincoln position. Taking a more neutral view, Rable deftly shows how the relationship between the two developed in a political context and ultimately failed spectacularly, profoundly altering the course of the Civil War itself.

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491

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LSU Press

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080718103X

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9780807181034

George W. Bushisms

The Slate Book of Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President

By: Jacob Weisberg

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George W. Bushisms

The Slate Book of Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President

By: Jacob Weisberg

They misunderestimated me." Or did they? Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced by Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg. "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers." "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." "I do know I'm ready for the job [the presidency]. And if not, that's just the way it goes.

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100

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Gallery Books

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0743222229

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9780743222228

The Wit and (Anti)Wisdom of George W. Bush

A Hysterical Timeline

By: George Walker Bush,Sourcebooks, Inc Staff

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The Wit and (Anti)Wisdom of George W. Bush

A Hysterical Timeline

By: George Walker Bush,Sourcebooks, Inc Staff

Hang in there-it's almost over! Much of the nation has been counting the days since the first inauguration of the president who said, "I'm the commander-see, I don't need to explain-I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." Yes, there is hope-and now you can count down the days while enjoying: --the best of Bush bloopers and blunders --the indictments, scandals, embarrassments and audacity of the president's advisors, admirers (think Harriet), cronies, appointees (see "cronies") and strange bedfellows

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212

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Sourcebooks Hysteria

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1402209436

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9781402209437

The George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown

Hang in There! It's Almost Over!

By: George Walker Bush

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The George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown

Hang in There! It's Almost Over!

By: George Walker Bush

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Sourcebooks Hysteria

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1402209045

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9781402209048

Book's by George W. Quimby

The Perfect Scout

The Perfect Scout

The Ever-Changing Leaders and Organization of the Army of the Potomac

The Ever-Changing Leaders and Organization of the Army of the Potomac

Laboratory for Liberty

Laboratory for Liberty

Conflict of Command

Conflict of Command

George W. Bushisms

George W. Bushisms

The Wit and (Anti)Wisdom of George W. Bush

The Wit and (Anti)Wisdom of George W. Bush

The George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown

The George W. Bush Out of Office Countdown

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