The bravest of the brave [[electronic resource] ] : the correspondence of Stephen Dodson Ramseur / / edited by George G. Kundahl ; foreword by Gary W. Gallagher

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460050203321
• Autore: Ramseur Stephen Dodson <1837-1864.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-4696-0402-7; 0-8078-9570-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Collana: Civil War America
• Altri autori (Persone): KundahlGeorge G. <1940->
• Disciplina: 973.7/82
• Soggetti: Generals - Confederate States of America; Generals - United States; Electronic books.; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The formative years, 1837-1855 -- Wearing the military uniform of the United States : the West Point years and service as an army officer, 1855-1861 -- Confederate artillery officer, 1861-1862 -- Regimental commander, April-October 1862 -- Brigade commander (I), November 1862-October 1863 -- Brigade commander (II), November 1863-May 1864 -- Division commander, May-October 1864 -- Death and aftermath.
• Sommario/riassunto: Born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, in 1837, Stephen Dodson Ramseur rose meteorically through the military ranks. Graduating from West Point in 1860, he joined the Confederate army as a captain. By the time of his death near the end of the war at the Battle of Cedar Creek, he had attained the rank of major general in the Army of Northern Virginia. He excelled in every assignment and was involved as a senior officer in many of the war's most important conflicts east of the Appalachians. Ramseur's letters--over 180 of which are collected and transcribed here by George Kundahl--provide hi

Frontier naturalist [[electronic resource] ] : Jean Louis Berlandier and the exploration of northern Mexico and Texas / / Russell M. Lawson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464520303321
• Autore: Lawson Russell M. <1957->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-62126-6; 9786613933713; 0-8263-5219-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 508.72
• Soggetti: Natural history - Mexico, North; Natural history - Texas, South; Scientific expeditions - Mexico, North - History - 19th century; Scientific expeditions - Texas, South - History - 19th century; Naturalists - France; Explorers - Mexico, North; Explorers - Texas, South; Electronic books.; Mexico, North Description and travel; Texas, South Description and travel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Savant of Matamoros -- Lock of the Rhône -- Río Pánuco -- The Arms of God -- River of the Comanches -- Father of Rivers -- Waters of the High Sierra -- Río Bravo del Norte -- River of Death -- Appendix One: Fauna and Flora Named for Jean Louis Berlandier -- Appendix Two: Chronology of the Journeys of Jean Louis Berlandier.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1826, Jean Louis Berlandier, a French naturalist, was part of a team sent to explore what is now northern Mexico and the Gulf Coast of Texas. Here, historian Russell Lawson tells the story of this multinational expedition, using Berlandier's copious records as a way of conveying his view of the natural environment.