The Mitchell family left Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1762 for North Carolina. Their story is chronicled by Mitchell descendant David Bowles, beginning when 17-year-old Adam Mitchell arrives in North Carolina with his family. The Mitchells just wanted to be left alone to farm their land, practice their faith in the Presbyterian Church, and raise their family. But the way they responded to the extraordinary circumstances of life on the new frontier, politics, and war made heroes of these ordinarySale Price: Read [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
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Lee’s Endangered Left: The Civil War In Western Virginia, Spring Of 1864
In the spring of 1864, Ulysses S. Grant as general-in-chief of the Union armies devised a plan of concerted action to bring down the Confederacy. As part of that strategy, Grant aimed to destroy General Robert E. Lee’s supply source for his Army of Northern Virginia in western Virginia and to use military activity there as an extended turning movement to threaten Lee from the west. In this outstanding study, Richard R. Duncan offers a riveting overview of these military [...]
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The Spring Offensive 1918 (Vcs of the First World War Series)
The chronicle of the fighting retreat during numerous battles from March until July 1918, during which 57 British and Empire solders won the Victoria Cross for their valor.On March 21, 1918 the German Army launched a massive assault on the Western Front hurling 59 divisions into battle against the British Fifth Army, smashing through British lines and advancing 40 miles a week. Their aim was to reempt the imminent American reinforcement of the Allied forces. Although the German Army left [...]
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Voices Almost Lost: Korea The Forgotten War
When Vickie Spring promised her dad who had served in both WWII and the Korean War, that she would one day write his story and the others with whom he served, she never imagined the challenges that lay ahead of her. After months of searching, thirteen men were found that had fought in Korea alongside her dad. Vickie has compiled these brave and noble men’s personal accounts of their experiences during the Korean War. Their stories are heartfelt and compelling. [...]
