A Soldier's Story of the Siege of Vicksburg
Author | : Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : Ohio |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : Ohio |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Ohio |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Osborn H 1842-1930 Oldroyd |
Publisher | : Andesite Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2015-08-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781297527272 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline) 18 Oldroyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2016-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781363993550 |
Author | : Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 91 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : Ohio |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christopher Richard Gabel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : |
The Vicksburg Campaign, November 1862-July 1863 continues the series of campaign brochures commemorating our national sacrifices during the American Civil War. Author Christopher R. Gabel examines the operations for the control of Vicksburg, Mississippi. President Abraham Lincoln called Vicksburg "the key," and indeed it was as control of the Mississippi River depended entirely on the taking of this Confederate stronghold.
Author | : Osborn H. 1842-1930 Oldroyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2015-02-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781295982721 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Osborne Oldroyd |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 117 |
Release | : 2016-11-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781519043795 |
Osborne Oldroyd had two residences in common with his martyred Commander-in-Chief, Abraham Lincoln. He and his family rented the Lincoln house in Springfield after the war and he was instrumental in convincing Robert Lincoln to donate the house to the state. Oldroyd later lived in the Peterson House, where the late President died across the street from Ford's Theater.What was it like day to day for the soldier in the trenches? Osborn Oldroyd, just shy of 21-years-old, kept a diary during the siege of Vicksburg and published it in 1895. For the first time, this compelling, thrilling, sad, and humorous account is available in an affordable, well-formatted abridged e-book.Far from being mere cannon fodder, many of the soldiers of the Civil War were keen observers of the events that changed America forever. They were capable of writing intimate, engaging prose and they were not insensible to the beauty of the night sky or the awful beauty of destruction. With wit, irony, and fierce patriotism, Oldroyd draws us in.From Oldroyd's diary: "...kept up the firing for four hours, during which time the smoke was so thick we could see nothing but the flash of the guns. No fog could have so completely hid from view objects around...such a screeching of shot and shell must prove a terror to them, and my heart has not yet grown so hardened that I can not feel for them."And:"Soldiers grow more friendly as they are brought better to realize the terrible ravages of war. As Colonel Force called us to 'Attention!' this morning, one of the boys remarked, 'I love that man more than ever.'"Even in the midst of the crash of battle, Oldroyd tells us, "Boys at the front have time for sport, which is not to be interrupted even by stray shells." He then goes on to describe a card game during which the boys did not even acknowledge shells flying over their heads.Later he writes of sneaking into a Vicksburg home during the siege and being invited to stay for a birthday party.No history can convey the awful and comical events of Vicksburg like the stories of the common soldiers. No general's account of strategy can bring the same kind of immediacy to events. You'll find yourself at Vicksburg in a way you never thought possible.
Author | : A. A. Hoehling |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1996-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0811749371 |
Civil War diaries and memoirs of inhabitants of besieged Vicksburg and soldiers reveal the heroism and sacrifice that marked the Confederate experience.
Author | : Andrea Warren |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2009-04-27 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1429948434 |
Meet Lucy McRae and two other young people, Willie Lord and Frederick Grant, all survivors of the Civil War's Battle for Vicksburg. In 1863, Union troops intend to silence the cannons guarding the Mississippi River at Vicksburg – even if they have to take the city by siege. To hasten surrender, they are shelling Vicksburg night and day. Terrified townspeople, including Lucy and Willie, take shelter in caves – enduring heat, snakes, and near suffocation. On the Union side, twelve-year-old Frederick Grant has come to visit his father, General Ulysses S. Grant, only to find himself in the midst of battle, experiencing firsthand the horrors of war. "Living in a cave under the ground for six weeks . . . I do not think a child could have passed through what I did and have forgotten it." – Lucy McRae, age 10, 1863 Period photographs, engravings, and maps extend this dramatic story as award-winning author Andrea Warren re-creates one of the most important Civil War battles through the eyes of ordinary townspeople, officers and enlisted men from both sides, and, above all, three brave children who were there.