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St. Paul's Church, Red Hook, Duchess County, New York

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St. Paul's Church, Red Hook, Duchess County, New York

By: John Watts De Peyster

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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3385440459

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Major General Philip Schuyler, and the Burgoyne Campaign in the Summer of 1777. The Annual Address Delivered Tuesday Evening, 2d January, 1877, Before the New York Historical Society

By: John Watts De Peyster

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Major General Philip Schuyler, and the Burgoyne Campaign in the Summer of 1777. The Annual Address Delivered Tuesday Evening, 2d January, 1877, Before the New York Historical Society

By: John Watts De Peyster

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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3385537487

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Indiana to 1816

The Colonial Period

By: Dorothy L. Riker,John D. Barnhart

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Indiana to 1816

The Colonial Period

By: Dorothy L. Riker,John D. Barnhart

In Indiana to 1816: The Colonial Period (vol. 1, History of Indiana Series), authors John D. Barnhart and Dorothy L. Riker present Indiana's past from its prehistory through the advance to statehood. Topics covered include the French and British presence, the American Revolution, and the territorial days. Reprinted in 1999, the book includes a bibliography, notes, and index.

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Indiana Historical Society

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0871951096

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9780871951090

A Manual of American Literature

By: John S. Hart

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A Manual of American Literature

By: John S. Hart

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

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3368194674

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Gates vs. Burgoyne

By: John Watts De Peyster

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Gates vs. Burgoyne

By: John Watts De Peyster

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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3385302587

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The Life and Misfortunes and the Military Career of Brig.-Gen. Sir John Johnson, Bart.

By: John Watts de Peyster

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The Life and Misfortunes and the Military Career of Brig.-Gen. Sir John Johnson, Bart.

By: John Watts de Peyster

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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3385433282

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The Thirty Years War, 1618–1648

The First Global War and the End of the Habsburg Supremacy

By: John Pike

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The Thirty Years War, 1618–1648

The First Global War and the End of the Habsburg Supremacy

By: John Pike

The 'Defenestration of Prague', the coup d'etat staged by Protestant Bohemian nobles against officials of the Hapsburg Emperor triggered the Thirty Years War. When Habsburg Spain intervened in support of their Holy Roman Emperor relative, what had started as a localised political and religious dispute in Germany, transformed into a European and global conflict. In seeking to exploit the Bohemian revolt, Spanish Habsburg revanchist ambitions directed by the Spanish Count of Olivarez at the economically powerful Dutch Republic were allied with the Habsburg Emperor’s counter-reformation ambitions. After the Bohemian defeat at the White Mountain in 1620 the war widened as the Dutch Republic, England, Transylvania, Denmark, Sweden, and Richelieu’s France all intervened to roll back Habsburg hegemony and restore the balance power. There was extensive fighting across the globe, as the Dutch and English sought to challenge the Spanish Habsburg global monopoly. These colonial wars were a major factor in the Iberian revolutions with brought down the Habsburg Imperium. Professor Charles Boxer called it: “the first world war”. It was a tragic war of attrition but also an epic story of remarkable individuals including the 'titans’ of the era,' Imperial General Wallenstein, warrior King Gustavus, sinister Count Olivarez, and the masters of international intrigue, realpolitik and diplomacy- Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin. Above all there were the decisive victories of the under-sung military genius of the era, Lennart Torstensson. The Treaties of Westphalia followed a war which not only changed the global balance of power, but accelerated over thirty years the transformation of the European continent from a world characterized by dynasties and the medieval concept of United Christendom to a European order that was recognisably modern.

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Pen and Sword Military

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152677576X

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9781526775764

“Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children”

John Reynolds’ I Corps at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863

By: John Michael Priest

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“Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children”

John Reynolds’ I Corps at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863

By: John Michael Priest

The fighting on the first day at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, was unexpected, heavy, confusing, and in many ways, decisive. Much of it consisted of short and often separate simultaneous engagements or “firefights,” a term soldiers often use to describe close, vicious, and bloody combat. Several books have studied this important inaugural day of Gettysburg, but none have done so from the perspective of the rank and file of both armies. John Michael Priest’s “Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children”: John Reynolds’ I Corps at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 rectifies this oversight in splendid style. When dawn broke on July 1, no one on either side could have conceived what was about to take place. Anticipating a fight and with a keen appreciation for terrain, Brig. Gen. John Buford deployed his Union cavalry in a giant arc north and west of Gettysburg to slow down any Confederate advance until Maj. Gen. John Reynolds could bring up his infantry. By the time the foot soldiers of the I Corps arrived, A. P. Hill’s heavy Confederate formations had pushed back the troopers from the west. Richard Ewell’s troops would soon arrive from the north, threatening the town and its key road network. Reynolds, who would die early in the fighting, poured his troops in as they arrived. The road system and undulating ground broke up command control, and the various ridges, tall ground cover, and powder smoke made target recognition difficult. Brigades and regiments often engaged on their own initiatives without the direction of a division or corps commander. The men of both armies fought with determination born of desperation, valor, and fear. By the time the fighting ended, the I Corps was in shambles and in pell-mell retreat for Cemetery Hill. Its bold stand, together with the XI Corps north of town, bought precious hours for the rest of the Army of the Potomac to arrive and occupy good defensive ground. Priest, who Edwin Bearss hailed as “the Ernie Pyle of the Civil War,” spent a decade researching this study and walking the ground to immerse readers into the uncertain world of the rank-and-file experience. He consulted more than 300 primary sources, including letters, diaries, memoirs, newspaper accounts, recollections, casualty lists, and drill manuals to present the battle from the ground up. Nineteen detailed regimental-level maps illustrate the ebb and flow of the battle. The result is a fast-paced narrative sure to please the most demanding students of the Civil War. The footnotes alone are worth the price of admission. Readers will close the book with a full understanding of why a veteran New Yorker spoke for the survivors of both armies when he wrote, “Strong men of the regiment sobbed like children.”

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Savas Beatie

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1954547617

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The Burgoyne Campaign. An Address Delivered on the Battle-field on the One Hundredth Celebration of the Battle of Bemis Heights, September 19, 1877

By: John Austin Stevens

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The Burgoyne Campaign. An Address Delivered on the Battle-field on the One Hundredth Celebration of the Battle of Bemis Heights, September 19, 1877

By: John Austin Stevens

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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St. Paul's Church, Red Hook, Duchess County, New York

St. Paul's Church, Red Hook, Duchess County, New York

Major General Philip Schuyler, and the Burgoyne Campaign in the Summer of 1777. The Annual Address Delivered Tuesday Evening, 2d January, 1877, Before the New York Historical Society

Major General Philip Schuyler, and the Burgoyne Campaign in the Summer of 1777. The Annual Address Delivered Tuesday Evening, 2d January, 1877, Before the New York Historical Society

Indiana to 1816

Indiana to 1816

A Manual of American Literature

A Manual of American Literature

Gates vs. Burgoyne

Gates vs. Burgoyne

The Life and Misfortunes and the Military Career of Brig.-Gen. Sir John Johnson, Bart.

The Life and Misfortunes and the Military Career of Brig.-Gen. Sir John Johnson, Bart.

The Thirty Years War, 1618–1648

The Thirty Years War, 1618–1648

“Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children”

“Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children”

The Burgoyne Campaign. An Address Delivered on the Battle-field on the One Hundredth Celebration of the Battle of Bemis Heights, September 19, 1877

The Burgoyne Campaign. An Address Delivered on the Battle-field on the One Hundredth Celebration of the Battle of Bemis Heights, September 19, 1877

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