Index. . 222 pages. This work represents information on some 3,000 seamen and sailors who were awarded pensions. Gleaned from annual Congressional reports, this work contains the names of the veteran, his widow, his children and heirs, and sometimes other family members, identifying altogether some 5,000 or more individuals, most of whom appear in no other Federal pension records.
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Index. . 239 pages. This highly acclaimed eyewitness account of the Civil War at sea provides fascinating insights into command decisions made on the bridge as well as life below deck. Recently discovered in the Library of Congress archives, this memoir was written just after the Civil War by John Grattan, an ensign in the Union navy who witnessed some of the war's most significant naval operations. Under the editorship of acclaimed naval historian Robert Schneller, Grattan's account of the crucial struggle for control of the Atlantic seaboard bristles with the tension of combat. With sharply ...
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216 pp., index. The definitive history of the First Minnesota Regiment and one of a handful of classic regimental histories of the Civil War.
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Index. . 441 pages. From the earliest days of the United States, millions of Americans have served their country in a military capacity. For this reason, genealogists look to military records to enhance their research. Enlistment records, muster rolls, pension applications, and other records are extremely valuable because they often contain detailed personal information. U.S. Military Records describes the records that are available and where they can be found.
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94 pages. These German soldiers fought for the British in the Revolution and many of them deserted near the end of the war, settling in Canada or indenturing themselves to Americans. Most were natives of the Duchy of Brunswick or from surrounding areas. Only a few came from the southern German states. Records are listed in alphabetical order by surname and include: place of birth, postal code of town or village, year of birth, regiment/battalion/unit/company, rank, and categories of presentation such as post-war experiences, desertion, injuries, casualties, capture by the enemy and others.
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114 pages. This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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Index. . 189 pages. World War I has passed from living memory into the history books, receding far enough into the distance to provide a genealogical challenge. In order to reconstruct the lives and locate the records of those who served, fought, volunteered, or were conscripted, we must rely on a vast but relatively unknown body of resources. Counting all combatants, the number of men who served in the Great War runs into the millions; needless to say, finding records on them in the two dozen countries that participated in the war is a daunting and laborious task--now made infinitely simpler ...
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This work opens with an overview of Black Hawk’s birth in 1767 and his growth, nothing that he was not a chief but a brave. When his father died, Black Hawk inherited his medicine bag, “with its attendant responsibility”. The bulk of the book describes his place in American history. During the 1830’s Andrew Jackson’s administration pursued a policy of forcing all eastern Indians to move west of the Mississippi River. As part of this effort a treaty of dubious merits was negotiated by the government with certain members of the Saux and Fox tribes by which they ceded to the U.S. 50 mil...
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