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Item specifics
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- Release Year
- 2009
- Book Title
- The United States Army in the War of 1812: Concise Biographies...
- ISBN
- 9780786441433
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786441437
ISBN-13
9780786441433
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71826962
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
311 Pages
Publication Name
United States Army in the War Of 1812 : Concise Biographies of Commanders and Operational Histories of Regiments, with Bibliographies of Published and Primary Sources
Language
English
Subject
Military / War of 1812, Military / General, Military / United States, General, Military
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2009-012377
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"a valuable contribution to the historiography of the War of 1812.... Fredriksen's excellent volume is recommended for academic libraries supporting programs in U.S. history"- ARBA ; "most useful"- Michigan Historical Review ; "readers and researchers will find the work an essential resource. Find a space in your library for this one!"- Journal of the War of 1812 ; "good reference works help historians to find and deal coherently with the mass of material that often surrounds a subject. More that that they can highlight gaps in the literature that have been overlooked and deserve attention. John Fredriksen's is such a reference work...fills an important gap in the military history of the United States Army. Historians using this useful guide to the essential documents will be able finally to do justice to the histories of the regiments in the War of 1812"- Army History ; "valuable"- The NYMAS Review ; "authors writing even a brief summary of the War of 1812 will find in Fredriksen's book a more solid basis for their work and a corrective to conventional wisdom. McFarland and Company deserves praise for publishing this fine work and introducing to a broader audience the generals and regiments of the War of 1812"- Michigan War Studies Review., "a valuable contribution to the historiography of the War of 1812.... Fredriksen's excellent volume is recommended for academic libraries supporting programs in U.S. history"-- ARBA ; "most useful"-- Michigan Historical Review ; "readers and researchers will find the work an essential resource. Find a space in your library for this one!"-- Journal of the War of 1812 ; "good reference works help historians to find and deal coherently with the mass of material that often surrounds a subject. More that that they can highlight gaps in the literature that have been overlooked and deserve attention. John Fredriksen's is such a reference work...fills an important gap in the military history of the United States Army. Historians using this useful guide to the essential documents will be able finally to do justice to the histories of the regiments in the War of 1812"-- Army History ; "valuable"-- The NYMAS Review ; "authors writing even a brief summary of the War of 1812 will find in Fredriksen's book a more solid basis for their work and a corrective to conventional wisdom. McFarland and Company deserves praise for publishing this fine work and introducing to a broader audience the generals and regiments of the War of 1812"-- Michigan War Studies Review., "a valuable contribution to the historiography of the War of 1812.... Fredriksen's excellent volume is recommended for academic libraries supporting programs in U.S. history"-- ARBA "most useful"-- Michigan Historical Review "readers and researchers will find the work an essential resource. Find a space in your library for this one!"-- Journal of the War of 1812 "good reference works help historians to find and deal coherently with the mass of material that often surrounds a subject. More that that they can highlight gaps in the literature that have been overlooked and deserve attention. John Fredriksen's is such a reference work...fills an important gap in the military history of the United States Army. Historians using this useful guide to the essential documents will be able finally to do justice to the histories of the regiments in the War of 1812"-- Army History "valuable"-- The NYMAS Review "authors writing even a brief summary of the War of 1812 will find in Fredriksen's book a more solid basis for their work and a corrective to conventional wisdom. McFarland and Company deserves praise for publishing this fine work and introducing to a broader audience the generals and regiments of the War of 1812"-- Michigan War Studies Review.
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
973.5/242
Table Of Content
Table of Contents Foreword by Richard V. Barbuto Preface and Acknowledgments COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF SECRETARIES OF WAR MAJOR GENERALS BRIGADIER GENERALS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARTILLERY CAVALRY ENGINEERS INFANTRY RIFLES Archival and Manuscript Depositories Index
Synopsis
While the Revolutionary and Civil wars have been the object of much research and documentation, the war that bridged them has been comparatively neglected. This comprehensive research guide summarizes the careers of President and Commander-in-Chief James Madison, his three secretaries of war, nine major generals, and 27 brigadier generals, and traces the operations of various departments, five artillery regiments, three cavalry regiments, the Corps of Engineers, 48 infantry regiments, and four rifle regiments of the United States during the War of 1812. For each it provides a bibliography of primary and secondary sources and a listing of manuscripts and archival resources. A directory of more than 100 manuscript repositories and their addresses is included., A guide to the careers and manuscript sources for President and Commander-in-Chief James Madison, his three secretaries of war, nine major generals, 27 brigadier generals, various departments, five artillery regiments, three cavalry regiments, the Corps of Engineers, 48 infantry regiments, and four rifle regiments of the US during the War of 1812.
LC Classification Number
E354.F74 2009
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