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Fairfax Davis Downey (1893–1990)

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

51+ oeuvres 448 utilisateurs 3 critiques

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Œuvres de Fairfax Davis Downey

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

Oeuvres associées

The Colophon a Book Collectors Part Sixteen (1934) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
The American Legion Reader (1953) — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires

Étiqueté

Partage des connaissances

Date de naissance
1893-11-28
Date de décès
1990-05-31
Lieu de sépulture
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu du décès
New London, New Hampshire, USA
Lieux de résidence
California, USA
Études
Yale University
Professions
journalist
historian
army officer
Organisations
United States Army
Prix et distinctions
Silver Star

Membres

Critiques

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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Signalé
cyderry | Sep 9, 2010 |
A short biography of Richard Francis Burton
 
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GlenRalph | Aug 1, 2009 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
51
Aussi par
2
Membres
448
Popularité
#54,749
Évaluation
½ 3.5
Critiques
3
ISBN
23

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