In the fall of 1861, fifty-one-year-old Rev. Francis Springer enlisted in the Union army. The following spring, Reverend Springer, a friend and one time neighbor to Abraham Lincoln, rode away with the 10th Illinois Calvary. A witness to the Battle of Prairie Grove, Springer was later named post chaplain at Fort Smith, where, in addition to preaching and ministering to the troops, he was placed in charge of refugees — widows, orphans, and contrabands — the displaced victims ofSale Price: [...]
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Pharaoh’s Army
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LIGHT CASUALTIES: A Private War – VIETNAM 1968
This is the story of a young man drafted in the largest call in U.S. history to fight a shadowy enemy halfway across the globe for reasons that were never fully understood.The events in this narrative are real. Names have been changed and some characters are composites. Concerning events reported by hearsay accounts: In the Army there is a saying, “Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.”The private’s world in the Army is not one [...]
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An Army at Dawn Book (Paperback)
Description: Read the An Army at Dawn book (paperback), and find out more about a stage of World War 2 that is often overlooked. Author Rick Atkinson describes the early American military initiative in North Africa. How did it affect the course of the war? The military book An Army at Dawn provides insight into an event that would change American history. Rick Atkinsons An Army at Dawn book provides the background to the enthralling tale of the liberation of [...]
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SitRep Negative: A Year In Vietnam
In April 1968, we were a country at war with ourselves and increasingly with a small country halfway around the world: Vietnam. I don’t recall ever thinking about Vietnam when I started college in 1963. By 1968, it was all any of us could think about. The book begins with my being drafted into the Army and ends with my return to civilian life. I wrote this for my grandchildren, but it will give anyone some sense of what it [...]
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The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves [...]
