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TitleRecord of officers and men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865. Vol II: Compiled in the office of the Adjutant General

Date Created1876

DescriptionThis is volume II of the registry of New Jersey soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, the United States Civil War, by William S. Stryker. This volume continues the list and finishes with a report of...

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TitleRecord of officers and men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861-1865, Vol. I: Compiled in the office of the Adjutant General

Date Created1876

DescriptionWilliam S. Stryker, newly appointed Adjutant General of New Jersey in 1867, was asked by Governor Marcus L. Ward to prepare an Official Register of the officers and men of New Jersey in the "War of...

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TitlePersonal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan

AuthorSheridan, Philip Henry

Date Created1888-08-02

DescriptionSheridan's two autobiographical volumes explored life in the United States before, during and after the 'War of Rebellion.' Sheridan was born to immigrant Irish parents who moved with the westward...

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TitleRoster of the First Connecticut Heavy Artillery: historical sketch and present addresses of members

Date Created1890

DescriptionCompilation of names and places of residence for United States Civil War members of the Connecticut Heavy Artillery, "1st Ct. V.H. Artillery", circa 1890. Work included a historical sketch of the...

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TitleThe black experience in America: The immigrant heritage of America

Date Created1993-05-00

DescriptionThis study described the character and culture the African-American people have created for themselves in the United States, first as slaves and then as a free people. It pointed to the many important...

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TitleHasty recognition of rebel belligerency and our right to complain of it.

Date Created1865

DescriptionThis short text of four chapters plus an appendix seek to meet and answer the position, set up by Earl Russell, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1861, that the recognition of the...

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TitleReview of the Judge Advocate General of the proceedings, findings, and sentence of a general court martial held in the city of Washington, for the trial of Major General Fitz John Porter of the United States Volunteers

Date Created1863

DescriptionJoseph Holt, Judge Advocate General in a report to President Lincoln reviewed the court martial proceedings, findings and sentence in the trial of Major General Fitz John Porter charged with...

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TitleA sermon of the Mexican War

Date Created1848

DescriptionAn anti-war and anti-slavery sermon that condemned President James A. Polk for the hasty annexation of Texas territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers and criticized the large cost in money...

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TitleDid General Meade desire to retreat at the Battle of Gettysburg?

Date Created1883

DescriptionThis book examined discrepancies in the testimony and historical writings by Generals Pleasanton, Butterfield and Doubleday in which General Meade (1815-1872) is accused of desiring a retreat on July...

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TitleThe present crisis and its issues: an address delivered before the literary societies of Washington and Lee University

Date Created1872

DescriptionAfter an historic overview of power shifts and the demise of nations throughout history, the speaker points to the positioning of political parties in the U.S. during the post Civil War period of...