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The journal of Johann Michael Lindenmuth (1737-1812)

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Author: Lindenmuth, Johann Michael,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Call Number: 973.2 L744

Responsibility: transcribed and translated by Brigitte Burkett ; foreword by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach.

ISBN: 0897254058 (alk. paper)

Author: Lindenmuth, Johann Michael,

Place of Publication: Rockport, Me

Publisher: Picton Press,

Date of Publication: c2000.

Physical Description: 128 p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: "Johann Michael Lindenmuth has left us one of the better day-to-day journals of the French & Indian War as well as a brief journal of his service in the Revolutionary War...When Lindenmuth was discharged in December 1759, he had fought through a multitude of the battles, skirmishes, and ambushes in western Pennsylvania. In a laconic, direct, and simple style he tells of what happened, who did it, and why. Amid the tales of scalping, looting, murder, mayhem, and of boredom, fatigue, huger, and desparir, Lindemuth also tells us of his family and friends, his ancestors, and his children and grandchildren." [from the back cover]

Subjects: Lindenmuth, Johann Michael, - 1737-1812; Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Diaries.; German Americans - Pennsylvania - Diaries.; Farmers - Pennsylvania - Diaries.; United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Personal narratives.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1776-1783 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Personal narratives.

Additional Author: Burkett, Brigitte.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.2 L744

Pennsylvania's Forbes Trail : gateways and getaways along the legendary route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh

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Author: Kummerow, Burton K.

Date of Publication: c2008.

Call Number: 973.26 K96

Alternate Title: Forbes Trail

Responsibility: Burton K. Kummerow, Christine H. O'Toole, R. Scott Stephenson.

ISBN: 9781589793880; 1589793889

Author: Kummerow, Burton K.

Place of Publication: Lanham, MD

Publisher: Taylor Trade Pub.,

Date of Publication: c2008.

Physical Description: 204 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 x 28 cm.

Notes: "French & Indian War Commemoration : 250 years"--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: "The year: 1758. A global conflict known as the French and Indian War rages, with the British battling the French and their Indian allies for control of North America. This spellbinding chapter in American history unfolds in a lively historic narrative, punctuated with rich, original illustrations. Join a headstrong young George Washington and British General John Forbes as they carve a trail through the Pennsylvania wilderness, capture Fort Duquesne and help set the stage for the birth of a nation. Let history be your guide as you experience the Forbes Trail today. Start at one of seven gateways as you traverse250 years of American history-and explore the authentic historic sites, natural wonders, restored houses and gardens, and extensive recreational opportunities that define the Forbes Trail." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Forbes, John, - 1710-1759.; Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne, 1758.; United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Campaigns.; Fort Duquesne (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History.; Pennsylvania - Guidebooks.

Additional Author: O'Toole, Christine H.; Stephenson, R. Scott.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.26 K96

"The rage of opposing government" : the Stump affair of 1768

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Author: Ries, Linda A.

Date of Publication: 1984

Call Number: 974.843 CCH v.1, no.1

Responsibility: by Linda A. Ries.

Author: Ries, Linda A.

Place of Publication: Carlisle, Pa

Publisher: Cumberland County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1984

Physical Description: p. 21 - 45 ; 23 cm.

Series: Cumberland County History ; v.1, no.1

Subjects: Stump, Frederick.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Stump Affair, Pa., 1768.; Pennsylvania - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 974.843 CCH v.1, no.1

Lebanon County in the French and Indian War : a compilation of stories

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Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.19 no.1

Place of Publication: Lebanon, Pa

Publisher: Lebanon County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 41 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents: Introduction /Beverly Manbeck--Lebanon County in the 1750's /Beverly Manbeck--250th anniversary of difficult colonial days, Fort Swatara in the French and Indian War/Bruce D. Bomberger--The Journal of Lieut. Philip Marzloff at Ft. Swatara /Ralph S. Shay--Early settlers in the "Hohl"/Alice Behney Spayd--The Paxton Boys/James A. Dibert.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.; Paxton Boys.; Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.

Additional Author: Manbeck, Beverly.; Bomberger, Bruce D.; Shay, Ralph S.; Spayd, Alice Behney.; Dibert, James A.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.19 no.1

The Slaves' War : the Civil War in the words of former slaves

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Author: Ward, Andrew,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Responsibility: Andrew Ward.

ISBN: 9780618634002; 0618634002; 9780547237923; 0547237928

Author: Ward, Andrew,

Place of Publication: Boston

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Date of Publication: 2008.

Physical Description: xiv, 386 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-372) and index.

Summary: The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Here is the Civil War as seen from slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, swamps, and fields. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the Civil War to their frank assessments of major figures; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, this is a transformative vision of America's second revolution.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Slaves - Southern States - Biography.; Freedmen - United States - Biography.; African Americans - Biography.; African Americans.; Freedmen.; Slaves.; Social aspects.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Southern States.; United States.; Biography.; History.; Personal narratives.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.711 W256

Clash of empires : the British, French & Indian War, 1754-1763

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Author: Stephenson, R. Scott.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2005.

Call Number: 973.26 S837

Responsibility: by R.S. Stephenson.

ISBN: 0936340134

Author: Stephenson, R. Scott.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Pittsburgh, PA

Publisher: Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Physical Description: ix, 108 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: An expedition to save New France -- A people between -- The storm rising in the West -- The great warpaths -- The backcountry war -- The fight for Canada -- The world on fire -- First rebels -- The triumph of Britannia? -- Canadians.

Subjects: United States - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763 - Exhibitions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.26 S837

Dear Catharine, dear Taylor : the Civil War letters of a Union soldier and his wife

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Author: Peirce, Taylor,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 973.781 P378

Responsibility: edited by Richard L. Kiper ; letters transcribed by Donna B. Vaughn.

ISBN: 070061205X (alk. paper)

Author: Peirce, Taylor,

Place of Publication: Lawrence

Publisher: University Press of Kansas,

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: xii, 448 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Series: Modern war studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-438) and index.

Contents: August 20, 1862 to March 22, 1863, Missouri -- March 28 to September 24, 1863, the Vicksburg Campaign -- October 4, 1863 to July 24, 1864, Texas and Louisiana -- July 26, 1864 to December 25, 1864, Virginia -- January 9, 1865 to August 2, 1865, South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa.

Summary: "While there are many collections of letters from Civil War soldiers to their wives, very few include such a rich trove of letters from the homefront. Together they paint an engrossing portrait of a soldier and husband who was trying to do his patriotic and familial duty, and of a wife trying to cope with loneliness and responsibility while longing for her husband's safe return. Beautifully edited and annotated...they bring to life a nation under siege and provide a rare look at the war's impact on both the common soldier and his family." [from the book jacket]

Subjects: Peirce, Taylor, - 1822-1901; Peirce, Catherine L., - d. 1867; United States. - Army. - Iowa Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865); Soldiers - United States - Correspondence.; Army spouses - Iowa - Des Moines - Correspondence.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; Iowa - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; Des Moines (Iowa) - Biography.

Additional Author: Peirce, Catherine L.,; Kiper, Richard L.,; Vaughn, Donna B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 P378

The Southern journey of a Civil War marine : the illustrated note-book of Henry O. Gusley

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Author: Gusley, Henry O.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 973.758 G982

Responsibility: edited and annotated by Edward T. Cotham, Jr.

ISBN: 0292712839 (alk. paper); 9780292712836 (alk. paper)

Author: Gusley, Henry O.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Austin

Publisher: University of Texas Press,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: x, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Series: Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series ; no. 10

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-206) and index.

Contents: Galveston Tri-Weekly News introduction to the Note-Book -- 1. The Battle below New Orleans -- 2. Ship Island, the Pearl River, and Lake Pontchartrain -- 3. Pensacola -- 4. New Orleans -- 5. The Mississippi River -- 6. Baton Rouge, Plaquemine, and Donaldsonville -- 7. The Return to Pensacola and Ship Island -- 8. The Capture of Galveston -- 9. Matagorda Bay -- 10. The Battle of Galveston -- 11. The Capture of U.S.S. Hatteras -- 12. A New Commander -- 13. Mississippi Sound -- 14. The Swamps of Louisiana -- 15. Butte a la Rose -- 16. Mobile Bay -- 17. The Return to the Teche Country -- 18. The Battle of Sabine Pass -- 19. Letters from Prison.

Summary: Information about the inner workings and day-to-day life aboard U.S. Naval vessels patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the major river systems of the Trans-Mississippi.

Subjects: Gusley, Henry O., - 1837-1884; United States. - Marine Corps - Biography.; United States. - Marine Corps - Military life - History; Seafaring life - Gulf Coast (U.S.); United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Naval operations.; Gulf Coast (U.S.) - History, Naval - 19th century.; Gulf States - History, Military - 19th century.; Mexico, Gulf of - History, Naval - 19th century.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; Gulf Coast (U.S.) - Description and travel.

Additional Author: Cotham, Edward T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.758 G982

The diaries of Willam T. Clark of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : Dating from his enlistment in Co. B 79th Penna. Vet. Vols. September 12, 1861 to November 30, 1865

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Author: Clark, William T.,

Date of Publication: 1988.

Call Number: 973.781 C596

pursuing the Army ofNorthern Virginia on the Peninsula in 1862 as occurring " ...by some fat stove.. .". He was also a deeply religious man, reading his bible daily, and eventually organizing first regimental, then brigade level prayer meetings in the field. Clark went to war a farmer, being raised on a

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Responsibility: Transcribed by William G. Davis and Janet B. Davis.

Author: Clark, William T.,

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 1988.

Physical Description: 10 vols. ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Transcribed from six volumes of daily entries while in the field with the U. S. Army of the West during the CIvil War, and three volumes of miscellaneous entries."; Library has v. 1-7; copy 2 (v.1-6 )has information about William Clark and the 79th Pennsylvania and computer disc inserted.

Contents: vol 1. 9/12/61 - 5/21/62 Enlistment; Departure; Louisville, Ky.; Tennessee; Raid into Alabama -- v. 2. 5/22/62 - 2/9/63 Tennessee; Kentucky; Battle of Chaplin Hills (Perryville, Ky.; Kentucky hospitals; Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), Tenn. -- v. 3. 2/10/63 - 10/4/63 Tennessee; Raid into Alabama; Furlough home to recruit during Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. -- v. 4. 10/5/63-6/10/64 Georgia; Tennessee; Battles of Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill; Regimental furlough home; Battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Etoway, Georgia -- v. 5. 6/11/64 - 2/11/65 Battles of Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Marietta; The campaign for Altanta; Sherman's March to the Sea;The campaign for Savannah -- v. 6. 2/12/65 - 11/30/65 North through the Carolinas; The capture of Columbia; Battle of Bentonsville, N. C.; Surrender of Gen. Johnston; March to Washinton via Richmond;Victory parade; Return to Chestnut Level -- v. 7. Company B muster list; Original roll of Company B; Reenlistment as Veteran Volunteers (2/8/64); Miscellaneous expenses from January 1864 -- v. 8. Lists of rations issued as Regimental Commissary Sergeant, 1865 -- v. 9. Addenda and maps; Brief histories of W. T. Clark, 79th Regt. P.V.V.; The Clark family; Information on a few persons of note mentioned in the diaries -- v. 10. Rewrite of volume one.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Infantry. - 87th Regiment, 1861-1864.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories - Pennsylvania Infantry - 79th.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Davis, William G.; Davis, Janet B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.781 C596

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Eyewitness to the Civil War : the complete history from secession to Reconstruction

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Date of Publication: c2006.

Call Number: 973.7 E97

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Responsibility: edited by Neil Kagan ; narrative by Stephen G. Hyslop ; introduction by Harris J. Andrews.

ISBN: 0792262069; 9780792262060; 9780792252801 (deluxe ed.); 0792252802 (deluxe ed.)

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: National Geographic,

Date of Publication: c2006.

Physical Description: 416 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-405) and index.

Contents: Prologue : A nation divided -- 1861 : First blood -- 1862 : Total war -- 1863 : Victory or death -- 1864 : Rebels under siege -- 1865 : The final act -- Epilogue : The nation reunited.

Summary: Records the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Civil War through photographs, artifacts, period illustrations, maps, essays by historians, and firsthand accounts.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Kagan, Neil.; Hyslop, Stephen G.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 E97

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