A Very Fine Regiment

A Very Fine Regiment
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Publisher : From Reason to Revolution
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 1914059867
ISBN-13 : 9781914059865
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis A Very Fine Regiment by : Paul Knight

The 47th Regiment of Foot served in North America during the whole of the American War of Independence. It experienced the transition from peacetime soldiering, through the deteriorating political situation, to open rebellion.

Fusiliers

Fusiliers
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Publisher : Walker Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0802716881
ISBN-13 : 9780802716880
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Fusiliers by : Mark Urban

A unique perspective on the American Revolution, seen through the eyes of a redcoat regiment. From Lexington Green in 1775 to Yorktown in 1781, one British regiment marched thousands of miles and fought a dozen battles to uphold British rule in America: the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Their story, and that of all the soldiers England sent across the Atlantic, is one of the few untold sagas of the American Revolution, one that sheds light on the war itself and offers surprising, at times unsettling, insights into the way the conflict was conducted on both sides. Drawing on a wealth of previously unused primary accounts, Mark Urban describes how British troops adopted new tactics and promoted new leaders, showing how the foundations were laid for the redcoats' subsequent heroic performance against Napoleon. But the letters from members of the 23rd and other archival accounts reveal much more than battle details. Living the revolution day-to-day, the Fusiliers witnessed acts of kindness and atrocity on both sides unrecorded in histories of the war. Their observations bring the conflict down to human scale and provide a unique insight into the inner life of the soldier in the late eighteenth century.

The Good Regiment

The Good Regiment
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9780773508132
ISBN-13 : 0773508139
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Good Regiment by : Jack Verney

The story of the Carignan-Salières Regiment which Louis XIV sent to Canada in 1665 to secure the colony from Mohawk Iroquois attacks.

Black Watch

Black Watch
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Publisher : Headline
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781472202635
ISBN-13 : 1472202635
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Black Watch by : John Parker

The Black Watch is one of the finest fighting forces in the world and has been engaged in virtually every worldwide conflict for the last three centuries. Named after the dark tartan of the soldiers' kilts, it is the oldest Highland regiment. As part of the British army, their first battle abroad was in Flanders in 1745 but the regiment soon moved to North America to fight the French, and then shared the capture of Montreal, the Windward Islands and Martinique. The American War of Independence saw the regiment once again in America, fighting horrific battles and eventually storming Fort Washington in 1776. Since then the regiment has held its own from the Napoleonic Wars to the Indian mutiny to Iraq. The Black Watch is the UK's most decorated regiment, combining the proud history and tradition of an organisation that has been soldiering for over 250 years.

One Good Regiment

One Good Regiment
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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9781552124604
ISBN-13 : 1552124606
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis One Good Regiment by : Harold Hand

A historical non-fiction account of the 117th Pennsylvania volunteer regiment in the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865. This is the regimental history of the unit much better known as the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Congress's Own

Congress's Own
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 409
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780806169927
ISBN-13 : 0806169923
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Congress's Own by : Holly A. Mayer

Colonel Moses Hazen’s 2nd Canadian Regiment was one of the first “national” regiments in the American army. Created by the Continental Congress, it drew members from Canada, eleven states, and foreign forces. “Congress’s Own” was among the most culturally, ethnically, and regionally diverse of the Continental Army’s regiments—a distinction that makes it an apt reflection of the union that was struggling to create a nation. The 2nd Canadian, like the larger army, represented and pushed the transition from a colonial, continental alliance to a national association. The problems the regiment raised and encountered underscored the complications of managing a confederation of states and troops. In this enterprising study of an intriguing and at times “infernal” regiment, Holly A. Mayer marshals personal and official accounts—from the letters and journals of Continentals and congressmen to the pension applications of veterans and their widows—to reveal what the personal passions, hardships, and accommodations of the 2nd Canadian can tell us about the greater military and civil dynamics of the American Revolution. Congress’s Own follows congressmen, commanders, and soldiers through the Revolutionary War as the regiment’s story shifts from tents and trenches to the halls of power and back. Interweaving insights from borderlands and community studies with military history, Mayer tracks key battles and traces debates that raged within the Revolution’s military and political borderlands wherein subjects became rebels, soldiers, and citizens. Her book offers fresh, vivid accounts of the Revolution that disclose how “Congress’s Own” regiment embodied the dreams, diversity, and divisions within and between the Continental Army, Congress, and the emergent union of states during the War for American Independence.

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

A Monstrous Regiment of Women
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Publisher : Minotaur Books
Total Pages : 303
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781429936521
ISBN-13 : 1429936525
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis A Monstrous Regiment of Women by : Laurie R. King

Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective. Russell's attentions turn to the New Temple of God and its leader, Margery Childe, a charismatic suffragette and a mystic, whose draw on the young theology scholar is irresistible. But when four bluestockings from the Temple turn up dead shortly after changing their wills, could sins of a capital nature be afoot? Holmes and Russell investigate, as their partnership takes a surprising turn in A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King.

The Second United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War

The Second United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9780786453023
ISBN-13 : 0786453028
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis The Second United States Sharpshooters in the Civil War by : Gerald L. Earley

The Second United States Sharpshooters was a hodgepodge regiment, composed of companies raised in several New England states. The regiment was trained for a specific mission and armed with specially ordered breech-loading target rifles. This book covers the origin, recruitment, training, and battle record of the regiment and features 32 photographs, four battlefield maps, and a regimental roster.

Rally Cry

Rally Cry
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0451450078
ISBN-13 : 9780451450074
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Rally Cry by : William R. Forstchen

When Union Colonel Andrew Keane and his soldiers were swept through a space-time warp, they found themselves in an alternate world where their rifles were centuries advanced over swords, spears and crossbows. But they also found themselves up against creatures who considered humans mere cattle to sacrifice!