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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

Archive

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Collection: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection

Title: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection (MG-0029)

Object ID: MG0029

Date Range: 1916-1993

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Collection: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection

Title: Lt. General Daniel B. Strickler Collection (MG-0029)

Description: General Strickler was a three star general who served in the Mexican Conflict, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Far East Command in Japan. He was born in Columbia, Pa., educated as a lawyer, and served as Pennsylvania's Republican Lieutenant Governor from 1947-1950. Collection includes military citations and certificates, correspondence when elected, speaking engagements, clubs and organizations, and photographs.

Admin/Biographical History: Daniel Bursk Strickler; Personal Life:; Daniel Bursk Strickler was born on 17 May 1897 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His parents, Calvin Ruby Strickler and Harriet Bursk Strickler, raised him in Columbia. Strickler married Caroline Grace Bolton on 11 October 1924. Daniel and Caroline Strickler had two children, Nancy Cupper Strickler and Daniel Bursk Strickler, Jr. Daniel Bursk Strickler, Sr. died on 21 June 1992.; Military Career:; Daniel Strickler enlisted in the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry of the Army National Guard under the command of General Edward C. Shannon as a private on 31 January 1916. By April, Strickler was promoted to corporal and in July was assigned to the Mexican Border Conflict as a sergeant. He soon showed his value as a soldier and leader, and in April of 1917 was elected second lieutenant of Company C of the 4th Pennsylvania Infantry of the Army National Guard.; In September, Strickler was promoted once again to first lieutenant, at the same time that Company C became Company B of the 109th Machine Gun Battalion of the 28th Infantry Division of the United States Army. His company was deployed to France in September 1917 during World War I. Strickler served in five French campaigns including the Battle of Argonne Forest, which was when he received his Purple Heart. He obtained several commissions over the next eleven years including captain in 1918, major in 1922 and lieutenant colonel in 1928.; Just seven years after being promoted to colonel, Strickler was sent to France for a second time. He was in command of the 28th Division, Infantry Regiment during World War II. In 1942, he started command with the 109th Unit and then the 110th Unit of the 28th Division. In June of 1944, Strickler and his men landed at Omaha Beach. Strickler commanded troops during the Battle of the Bulge in the following December. He returned to the United States after three years of fighting.; Strickler was presented the honor of brigadier general in March of 1946 and on 24 December 1947, he was promoted to major general. Strickler remained in the Army and served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. Afterwards, he served as an advisor for the Army as a diplomat to Korea until his retirement in 1957. Strickler's final commission occurred on 8 February 1960 to lieutenant general. He had been honored many times and received military decorations for valor, heroism, and dedication including three stars.; Education:; Daniel Strickler attended Columbia area public schools until he graduated from Columbia High School in 1916. He was the captain of the track team, president of the junior and senior class, and a member of the baseball and basketball teams. Upon his return from World War I in 1918, Strickler enrolled at Cornell University Law School in Ithaca, New York. He took on many more responsibilities at this stage of his life. Not only did he receive his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1922, but he was also a member of various organizations, clubs and teams during his three years at Cornell University. He was captain of the track team and a member of the Senior Honor Society. Strickler was also president of the following organizations: Senior Class, Student Council, Quill and Dagger Society and Alpha Kappa Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.; Professional Career:; Daniel Strickler was admitted to the Bar of several courts during the 1920s including Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Courts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Superior Court of Pennsylvania; United States District Court; and United States Supreme Court. He worked with several law firms after obtaining his degree and in 1930, between the births of his two children, he established his own law firm in Lancaster. His legal career was not much different from his military or educational careers. He was involved with various professional organizations such as Pennsylvania Bar Association, Lancaster Bar Association, The American Bar Association, the Blackstonian Club of Lancaster, and the Republican Club. Strickler served as Auditor for Lancaster County from 1927 to 1929 and on a Special Counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1928 to 1930. In 1931, Strickler was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature to serve in the House of Representatives, thus jump-starting his political career.; Political Career:; The political career of Daniel Strickler brought him several new titles including auditor, special counsel member, representative, commissioner, solicitor, committeeman, delegate and lieutenant governor. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives during 1931 and 1932, General and Special Sessions. In 1931, Strickler served as the delegate for Pennsylvania at the National Young Republican Conference in Washington, DC. He was the temporary president of the Young Republican State Committee (YRSC) during 1931 as well. After his temporary appointment, he became an executive committee member of YRSC until 1936 and was also appointed as treasurer from 1934 until 1936.; From April to December of 1932, Strickler became the commissioner of the police department of Lancaster City as a special temporary appointment. During this time, he was in charge of cleaning up the police department and taking a stand against corruption and crime. He was a strong prohibitionist and cleaned up the city. Upon selection, he became the solicitor for Lancaster County, the York-Lancaster Inter-County Bridge Commission, and the Lancaster Municipal Airport from 1933 to 1941. He also served as the Republican County Committeeman for the 1st Precinct, 6th Ward, in Lancaster City until 1941. In 1946, Strickler was elected lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, which he fulfilled from 1947 until 1950 when he resigned to serve in the Korean War.

System of Arrangement: Boxes 1-6 are organized by subject. Scrapbooks are organized by volume; Book 1: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, Military Records, November 1918-February 1933; Book 2: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, [1919-1922]; Book 3: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, October 1923-January 1947; Book 4: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, April 1932-November 1933; Book 5: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, February 1942-September 1975; Book 6: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, March 1945-January 1947; Book 7: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1947-May 1948; Book 8: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1947-October 1950; Book 9: Daniel B. Strickler Scrapbook, January 1958-March 1958

Date Range: 1916-1993

Creation Date: 1897-1992

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1993

Creator: Strickler, Daniel Bursk

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Bradley, Omar Nelson; Clark, Mark; Eisenhower, Dwight David "Ike"; Eisenhower, Mary Geneva Doud "Mamie"; Groff, John; Ridgeway, Matthew Bunker; Strickler, Daniel Bursk; Taylor, Lydia Happer; Taylor, Maxwell Davenport

Subjects: Broadsides; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); College Student Government, Cornell University; Columbia (Pa.); Cornell University--Track and field; Cornell University. Law School; France; Germany; Harrisburg (Pa.); Ithaca (N.Y.); Korean War, 1950-1953; Lancaster (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local; Letters; Mexican Border Conflict; Mexico; Military decorations--United States; Pennsylvania--Lieutenant Governor (1947-1951 : Strickler); Phi Delta Phi; Political cartoons; Politicians--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University); Scrapbooks; Swimmandos; United States. Army Reserves; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Young Men's Christian Association of Lancaster, Pa.

Search Terms: Broadsides; College Student Government, Cornell University; Columbia; Cornell University Law School; Correspondence; France; Germany; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Ithaca, New York; Korean War; Lancaster; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lieutenant Governor; Mexican Border Conflict; Mexico; Military decorations; Phi Delta Phi; Political cartoons; Politicians; Quill and Dagger Society (Cornell University); Scrapbooks; Swimmandos; Track and field; Veterans; World War I; World War II; WWI; WWII; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 6 boxes, 54 folders, 9 scrapbooks, 6 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0029

Associated Material: Located at Pennsylvania State Archives:; Daniel B. Strickler Collection, 1916- 1919, 1943- 1957, 1967, & undated, 3 cu. ft., Manuscript Group 356

Related Item Notes: Located in the LancasterHistory.org research library:; Distinguished Military Men: Word Portraits of Eight of Columbia's Finest, by Wayne Von Stetten, Call No. 923.5 V945; Coming of Age in Columbia, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 905.748 SM (Oct. 1981); Memoirs of Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant General Daniel Bursk Strickler, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 923.5 S917; Lancaster Law Library Association, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, esq., Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 39; Soul of America, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 71; Daniel B. Strickler, World War I Diary, by Daniel Bursk Strickler, Call No. 923.5 S917d; 25 Cited as Most Influential Lancaster Countians of the Century, by John Ward Willson Loose, Call No. 974.9 L245 v. 102, no. 4; Please see the Curatorial Collection for objects and the Photograph Collection for photographs.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions for Boxes 1-6. Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Scrapbooks:; Book 1: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 2: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 3: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 4: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 5: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 6: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 7: Please make an appointment with the archivist.; Book 8: Please fill out a call slip for viewing.; Book 9: Please make an appointment with the archivist.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-29

Classification: MG0029

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Boxes 1-6 were cataloged prior to July 1997. Scrapbooks 1-9 were cataloged in 2008. Added to database 5 September 2017.

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Forever free : the story of emancipation and Reconstruction

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Author: Foner, Eric.

Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 973.8 F673f

Responsibility: Eric Foner ; illustrations edited and with commentary by Joshua Brown.

ISBN: 0375702741 (pbk.) :; 9780375702747 (pbk.)

Author: Foner, Eric.

Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Vintage Books,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: xxx, 268 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes: "Forever Free project : Peter O. Almond & Stephen B. Brier, senior producers ; Christine Doudna, editor."; Originally published: Knopf, 2005.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-244) and index.

Contents: The peculiar institution -- True likenesses -- Forever free -- Re-visions of war -- The meanings of freedom -- Altered relations -- An American crisis -- The tocsin of freedom -- On the offensive -- The facts of reconstruction -- Countersigns -- The abandonment of reconstruction -- Jim Crow -- The unfinished revolution.

Summary: Draws on a wide range of documents to offer a new interpretation of the Emancipation and Reconstruction years and the lasting impact they had on the nation's history.

Subjects: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Slaves - United States.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - Race relations - History - 19th century.; United States - Politics and government - 1865-1900.

Additional Author: Brown, Joshua,

Additional Corporate Author: Forever Free, Inc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.8 F673f

Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War

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Author: Lehman, James O.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 973.7088 L523

Responsibility: James O. Lehman and Steven M. Nolt.

ISBN: 9780801886720 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0801886724 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Author: Lehman, James O.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: xi,353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction : religion, religious minorities, and the American Civil War -- Politics and peoplehood in a restless republic -- Our country is at war -- Conscription, combat, and Virginia's "war of self-defense," 1861-1862 -- Negotiation and notoriety in Pennsylvania, 1862 -- Patterns of peace and patriotism in the Midwest -- The fighting comes north, 1862-1863 -- Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite politics -- Did Jesus Christ teach men war? -- Resistance and revenge in Virginia, 1863-1864 -- Burning the Shenandoah Valley -- Reconstructed nation, reconstructed peoplehood.

Subjects: Mennonites - United States; Amish - United States; Anabaptists - United States; Pacifists - United States; War; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Religious aspects.; United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.

Additional Author: Nolt, Steven M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7088 L523

Lancaster County politics : 1799-1810

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Author: Kreider, Alan,

Date of Publication: 1963

Lancaster County Politics:1799 - 1810 Alan Kreider The preeminent fact of the political history of America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is the decline of the Federalist Party and the ascendancy of Jeffersonian Republicanism. Pennsylvania in many ways epitomized this trend

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Responsibility: by Alan Kreider.

Author: Kreider, Alan,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1963

Physical Description: [1]-22, 33-43 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 67, no. 1

Subjects: Federal Party (U.S.); Elections - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Republicanism.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1775-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 67, number 1 (1963), p. 1-22, 33-43Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.67

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James Buchanan, the patronage, and the northern Democratic Party, 1857-1858

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Author: Meerse, David Edward,

Date of Publication: 1969.

Call Number: 923.173 B918me

Author: Meerse, David Edward,

Place of Publication: Urbana, Ill

Date of Publication: 1969.

Physical Description: viii, 601 l. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: l. 591-600.; Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1983. 21 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Democratic Party (U.S.) - Northeastern States.; Democratic Party (U.S.) - Northwest, Old.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918me

The Intelligencer : the voice of Lincoln's Lancaster County tormentors

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Author: Smith, Mike.

Date of Publication: 2004.

Responsibility: by Mike Smith.

Author: Smith, Mike.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: p. 12 - 27.

Notes: In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 106, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2004).

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.; Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.; Democratic Party (U.S.) - Lancaster County.; Intelligencer Journal; Racism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Race relations - Political aspects.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 106, number 1 (2004), p. 12-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 106

American creation : triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic

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Author: Ellis, Joseph J.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 973.3 E47

Responsibility: Joseph J. Ellis.

ISBN: 9780307263698; 030726369X

Author: Ellis, Joseph J.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: A. A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: xi, 283 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: An ironic examination of the founding years of our country. Historian Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation's founding, and illuminates the emerging philosophies, shifting alliances, and personal and political foibles of our now iconic leaders. He explains how the idea of a strong federal government, championed by Washington, was eventually embraced by the American people, the majority of whom had to be won over. And he details the emergence of the two-party system--then a political novelty--which today stands as the founders' most enduring legacy. But Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, making clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. Ellis strips the mythic veneer of the revolutionary generation to reveal men possessed of both brilliance and blindness.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Statesmen - United States; Politicians - United States; Political culture - United States; National characteristics, American.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.; United States - History - 1783-1815.; United States - Politics and government - 1775-1783.; United States - Politics and government - 1783-1809.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.3 E47

Voices from the gathering storm : the coming of the American Civil War

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Date of Publication: c2001.

Call Number: 973.7 V889

Responsibility: [compiled by] Glenn M. Linden.

ISBN: 0842029982 (alk. paper); 0842029990 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Wilmington, Del

Publisher: Scholarly Resources,

Date of Publication: c2001.

Physical Description: xxxii, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236).

Contents: Part 1. A growing rivalry between the North and South, 1846-1854. The Mexican War, the Wilmot Proviso, and the election of 1848 ; The Compromise of 1850 ; The fugitive slave controversy, the election of 1852, and growing sectionalism -- Part 2. Southern successes, Northern anxieties, 1854-1857. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, bleeding Kansas, and the Republican Party ; The elction of 1856 and its aftermath -- Part 3. The Union comes apart, 1857-1861. Dred Scott, Kansas, and the events of 1858 ; John Brown's raid, party conventions, the election of 1860, and secession.

Summary: Voices from the Gathering Storm explains the dramatic change in thinking about the nature and value of the American Union from 1846 to1861 which impelled citizens from 11 southern states to declare independence and the remaining 22 states to fight the bloodiest war in the nation's history. This reader tells the story of seventeen Northerners and Southerners who lived through the critical fifteen years prior to the Civil War. In their letters and diaries, they describe in their own words what it was like to live during the sectional crisis and the coming of the war. [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States - Politics and government - 1849-1861 - Sources.; United States - History - 1849-1877 - Sources.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes - Sources.

Additional Author: Linden, Glenn M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 V889

The causes of the War of 1812

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Author: Horsman, Reginald.

Date of Publication: [1962]

Call Number: 973.521 H817

Author: Horsman, Reginald.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Date of Publication: [1962]

Physical Description: 345 p. 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliography.

Summary: In the years immediately preceding the war (1803-1812), England was dominated by a faction that pledged itself not only to defeat Napoleon but also to maintain British commercial supremacy. The two main points of contention between England and America during this periodâ€” -impressment and the restrictions imposed by the Orders in Councilâ€”- were direct results of these commitments. America finally had no alternative but to oppose with force British maritime policy, which, although partly caused by jealousy of American commercial growth, stemmed in large measure from involvement in total war with France. In addition to tracing the gradual drift to war in America, Reginald Horsman shows that the Indian problem and American expansionist designs against Canada played small part in bringing about the struggle. He examines the efforts made by America to avoid conflict through means of economic coercion, efforts whose failure confronted the nation with two choices: war or submission to England. Since the latter alternative presented more terrors to the recent colonists, America went to war. [publisher's comments]; Chapters: 1. Background of the Conflict/ 2. The Threat of Invasion/ 3. American Indecision/ 4. A Whig Interlude/ 5. The Monroe- Pinkney Treaty/ 6. Embargo and Orders in Council/ 7. The Failure of Embargo/ 8. Erskine Agreement/ 9. The Problem Of the West/ 10. The Turn Of The Tide/ 11. The Growth of Opposition/ 12. Crisis In The Northwest/ 13. The War Hawks/ 14. America Goes To War/ 15. Conclusion

Subjects: United States - History - War of 1812 - Causes.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.521 H817

Locating Union & Confederate records : a guide to the most commonly used Civil War records of the National Archives and Family History Library

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Author: Morebeck, Nancy Justus.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 929.1 M837

Responsibility: Nancy Justus Morebeck.

ISBN: 0944931898 (softbound); 0944931901 (hardbound)

Author: Morebeck, Nancy Justus.

Place of Publication: North Salt Lake, Utah

Publisher: HeritageQuest,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: vi, 152 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: United States. - National Archives and Records Administration.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. - Family History Library.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Archival resources.; Confederate States of America - History - Archival resources.; United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 M837

What this cruel war was over : soldiers, slavery, and the Civil War

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Author: Manning, Chandra.

Date of Publication: 2007.

Call Number: 973.74 M283

Responsibility: Chandra Manning.

ISBN: 9780307264824; 0307264823

Author: Manning, Chandra.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 2007.

Physical Description: 350 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-332) and index.

Contents: "Lincoln and liberty": why an antislavery president meant war -- "Richmond is a hard road to travel": gaps between expectations and experience -- "Kingdom coming in the year of Jubilo": revolution and resistance -- "Mine years have seen the glory": the war and the hand of God -- "Many are the hearts that are weary tonight": the war in 1864 -- "Slavery's chain done broke at last": the coming of the end -- Conclusion: what this cruel war was over.

Summary: Chandra Manning uses letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to take the reader inside the minds of Civil War soldiers-black and white, Northern and Southern-as they fought and marched across a divided country. With stunning poise and narrative verve, Manning explores how the Union and Confederate soldiers came to identify slavery as the central issue of the war and what that meant for a tumultuous nation. [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States. - Army - History; Confederate States of America. - Army - History.; Soldiers - United States; Soldiers - Confederate States of America; Slavery - United States; Slavery - Confederate States of America; Public opinion - United States; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.; United States - Race relations - History - 19th century.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.74 M283

Lincoln : a life of purpose and power

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Author: Carwardine, Richard.

Edition: 1st American ed.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 923.173 L736c

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Responsibility: Richard Carwardine.

ISBN: 1400044561; 9781400044566

Author: Carwardine, Richard.

Edition: 1st American ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: xv, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Originally published: London : Pearson Education, 2003.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-360) and index.

Contents: 1. Inner power : Lincoln's ambition and political vision, 1809-54 -- Ambition -- Political vision -- Moral crisis : 1854 -- The religious roots of moral power -- 2. The power of opinion : Lincoln : the Illinois public and the new political order, 1854-58 -- Lincoln, democratic politics and public opinion -- Illinois public opinion and the anti-Nebraska fusion movement -- The senatorial campaign of 1858 -- 3. The power of party : winning the presidency, 1858-60 -- Presidential ambition : Lincoln, his party and the road to the Decatur convention -- The Republican presidential nomination -- The 1860 presidential campaign : the power of a righteous party -- 4. Confronting the limits of power : from president-elect to war president, 1860-61 -- In the antechamber to power : holding the party line -- From Springfield to Sumter : building a united front -- Strategies for 'a people's war' -- 'What shall I do? The people are impatient ... ' -- 5. The purposes of power : evolving objectives, 1861-65 -- Reading the public -- 'Every indispensable means' : toward the Emancipation Proclamation -- Faith and purposes -- Faithfulness of purpose : emancipation, reconstruction and black citizenship -- 6. The instruments of power : coercion and voluntary mobilization, 1861-65 -- Coercion, repression and executive power -- Popular mobilization : the 'power of the right word' and the agency of party -- Popular mobilization : churches and philanthropic organizations -- The Union army as a moral force -- The election of 1864 : 'the second birth of our nation' -- 7. Conclusion : power in death -- Chronology of Lincoln's life.

Summary: A portrait of America's sixteenth president follows Lincoln's life and career during his rise to political power and his years in the White House, arguing that he looked beyond the political system to find support in his struggle to end slavery.

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.; Presidents - United States - Biography.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 L736c

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Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

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Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: 5 v. : ill; photos, col. maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: S.R. 0030 Section So1 Corridor Improvement Study...E.R. No. 03-8010-071.; Draft of the study.; Includes Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey (PHRS) forms.; Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...prepared by A.D. Marble & Company...prepared with Archeaological & Historial Consultants.; Corridor of Lincoln Highway Eat.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lincoln Highway - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - East Lampeter Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Leacock Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Paradise Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Salisbury Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.; Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; United States Highway 30 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20679

Author: Creighton, Margaret S.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: c2005.

Call Number: 973.7349 C914

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Responsibility: Margaret Creighton.

ISBN: 0465014569; 9780465014569; 9780465014576; 0465014577

Author: Creighton, Margaret S.,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Basic Books,

Date of Publication: c2005.

Physical Description: xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.

Contents: The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.

Summary: "In the summer of 1863, as Union and Confederate armies marched on southern Pennsylvania, the town of Gettysburg found itself thrust onto the center stage of war. The three days of fighting that ensued decisively turned the tide of the Civil War. In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton narrates the tale of this crucial battle from the viewpoint of three unsung groups - women, immigrants, and African Americans - and reveals how wide the battle's dimensions were."; "Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most remarkable event."--Jacket.

Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.; Immigrants - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; Women, White - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Gettysburg; African Americans.; Immigrants.; Military participation; Women.; Women, White.; Einwanderer.; Frau.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - African Americans.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Women.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, Immigrant.; Pennsylvania - Gettysburg.; United States.; Gettysburg (Pa.) - Schlacht.; Schwarze.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7349 C914

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The journal of Johann Michael Lindenmuth (1737-1812)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11125

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

Fire on the river : the defense of the world's longest covered bridge and how it changed the Battle of Gettysburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16903

Author: Sheldon, George

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 973.7349 S544

Responsibility: by George Sheldon.

Author: Sheldon, George

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Quaker Hills Press ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: 186 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographic references.

Summary: It is late June 1863 in southern Pennsylvania. The Confederates are invading the North, and one of their toughest and most cantankerous generals has decided to capture the grand covered bridge that spans the Susquehanna from Wrightsville to Columbia. From there, General Jubal Early plans to capture Lancaster, and then seize the state's capital, Harrisburg. General Early had orders to destroy it, but intended to capture it on his way to siege the North. Fire on the River tells the story that is often described as a mere skirmish in most history books. What happened in the tiny village of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, on June 28, 1863, changes the course of the Civil War. Here is the story that for so long has been overlooked in the history books. It is an amazing story of courage, and perhaps not surprisingly, how the U.S. Congress never compensated the bridge's owner for the loss, yet the burning of the covered bridge probably saved the Union. [from Amazon.com]

Subjects: Gettysburg (Pa.) Battle of, 1863-; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - York County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; York County (Pa.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7349 S544

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21092

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

The encyclopedia of Civil War usage : an illustrated compendium of the everyday language of soldiers and civilians

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14018

Author: Garrison, Webb B.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 973.7 G241

Responsibility: Webb Garrison with Cheryl Garrison.

ISBN: 1581821867

Author: Garrison, Webb B.

Place of Publication: Nashville

Publisher: Cumberland House,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: x, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274).

Summary: More than 2,500 entries and 250 illustrations cover the terms, equipment, and organizations for the three million soldiers who fought inthe war.

Subjects: Soldiers - United States - Encyclopedias.; English language - United States - Encyclopedias.; Americanisms - Encyclopedias.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Language - Encyclopedias.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects - Encyclopedias.

Additional Author: Garrison, Cheryl D.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 G241

The Pennsylvania Militia and the War of 1812

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13958

Author: Luccioni, Mark David

Date of Publication: 2002.

Call Number: 974.803 L934

Responsibility: by Mark David Luccioni.

Author: Luccioni, Mark David

Place of Publication: [s.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: 2002.

Physical Description: 16 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Militia - History - War of 1812.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.803 L934

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

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