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Fairfax Davis Downey (1893–1990)

Auteur van American Heritage Junior Library: Texas and the War with Mexico

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Guns at Gettysburg (1958) 48 exemplaren
Indian-Fighting Army (1941) 30 exemplaren
Louisbourg: Key to a Continent (1965) 24 exemplaren
Horses Of Destiny (1949) 12 exemplaren
Burton, Arabian nights adventurer (1931) 11 exemplaren
Dogs of destiny; (1949) 10 exemplaren
When we were rather older (1926) 8 exemplaren
It happened in New Hampshire (1981) 7 exemplaren
Famous Horses of the Civil War (1960) 6 exemplaren
Richard Harding Davis: His day (1933) 5 exemplaren
A horse for General Lee; (1953) 5 exemplaren
War Horse (1942) 5 exemplaren
Guns for General Washington (1961) 5 exemplaren
Fife, drum & bugle (1971) 4 exemplaren
Army Mule (1945) 4 exemplaren
Civil War Ordnance-I (1960) 3 exemplaren
Dogs for defense (1955) 3 exemplaren
The Shining Filly (1954) 3 exemplaren
Great dog stories of all time (1962) 3 exemplaren
Cats of destiny 3 exemplaren
Cavalry Mount (1946) 2 exemplaren
Mascots (1954) 2 exemplaren
My Kingdom for a Horse (1960) 2 exemplaren
Disaster fighters 1 exemplaar
Jezebel the Jeep (1944) 1 exemplaar
The Yale batteries, (1971) 1 exemplaar
General Crook: Indian fighter (1957) 1 exemplaar
The color-bearers (1975) 1 exemplaar
LORILLARD AND TOBACCO (1951) 1 exemplaar
Dog of War 1 exemplaar
Horses of destiny, 1 exemplaar
Casacas azules 1941 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum
1893-11-28
Overlijdensdatum
1990-05-31
Graflocatie
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Plaats van overlijden
New London, New Hampshire, USA
Woonplaatsen
California, USA
Opleiding
Yale University
Beroepen
journalist
historian
army officer
Organisaties
United States Army
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Silver Star

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A book still in print today, as it has much to offer. The appendices contain the official reports from both sides regarding the three day battle. There is also a handbook for artillerymen and other useful material for the study of the artillery for the rest of the war. The text is also interspersed with the tunes of the artillery bugle calls, a useful detail. It sets a high standard for later publications on this material.
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DinadansFriend | Sep 20, 2019 |
During the American Civil War, numerous improvements were made to the "art of war" for the time but the most surprising may have been the improvement of the Calvary for the Northern/Union forces. This may have been best seen at the battle of Brandy Station (a small railroad post near Culpepper VA less than 40 miles from Washington, D.C. so named because "they had Brandy") which was fought on June 9, 1863 and by some historians was the opening of the Gettysburg campaign.

The main focus for the Confederate Army was to take the war to the North while for the Union forces, their goal was reconnaissance of the Rebel army. During this battle with JEB Stuart in charge of the Southern units and Pleasanton commanding the Union troops, the northern Calvary made tremendous gains in confidence while the battle was a considered a draw.

Many historians apparently argue over the importance of this battle citing the start of the supremacy of Northern Calvary troops and at the same time, the deterioration of Stuart's Confederate dominion.

This was an unusual book and I don't necessarily mean that in a good way. It was filled with information - maps that were too small to read, lists of military officers and units from numerous states and areas of the nation, commanders of both sides, descriptions of horses and what color horse went with what unit (did I really need to read that?), sheet music which told the troops to charge, retreat, etc., pictures of armaments and their use and descriptions, troop movements, it went on and on. I did manage to gather in the midst of all this miscellaneous information the value of the Calvary officers and their role in the battles - not clearly but to a certain extent. This book was poorly written, very disjointed and jumpy and, I fear, that this little known battle does not receive it's proper significance because of such coverage. But I am glad I read it.
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cyderry | Sep 9, 2010 |
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448
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