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The North American Indians by George Catlin being letters and notes on their manners customs and conditions. Volume one of two, both Volumes contain 320 illustrations from the John Grant 1926 edition. George Catlin was an American painter and writer. In 1823 he gave up his law practice to pursue his self-taught art, painting portraits in Philadelphia, Washington, D. C. and Albany, New York. After meeting a tribal delegation of Native Americans...

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A graphic account of the life of the Great Medicine Man and Chief Sitting Bull. His tragic death, story of the Sioux nation, their manners and customs ghost dances and Messiah craze also a very complete history of the sanguinary Indian war of 1890-91

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Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Parts 1 & 2 Volume 1

Abner Doubleday was an 1842 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point and a veteran of the Mexican war when he was assigned to Fort Moultrie in the summer of 1860. A Captain of Artillery, he served as second in command of the garrison at the historic fort when the curtain rose on the dramatic events leading to the outbreak of the War Between the States. Doubleday also had the distinction of aiming the first cannon fired in response ...

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Throughout his administration, Buchanan was constantly plagued with the issues of slavery. This book details the rising conflict within the nation as Southern slave holding states argued with Northern abolitionists and Anti-Slavery societies as to whether or not slavery should continue in the United States. The following historical narrative of the events preceding the late rebellion was prepared soon after its outbreak, substantially in the p...

This DSI edition contains all 3 Volumes in one binding. The type was reset for a clean look and appearance. The object of this work is to deal with Mr. Lincoln individually and domestically: as lawyer, as citizen, as statesman. Special attention is given to the history of his youth and early manhood, and while dwelling on this portion of his life the liberty is taken to insert many things that would be omitted or suppressed in other places...

Reprint edition of William Schouler's 1868 edition. Massachusetts played a prominet part in the Civil War. From the beginning to end, it furnished not only soldiers for the army, sailors for the navy, financial aid for the government. Goverrner Andrews played a prominent role. A great deal of local history documented throughout this book.

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Nurse and Spy is a record of events which transpired in the experience of military life in Camp, Field and Hospital during the Civil War. The author participated in numerous battles, including Bull Run, Williamsburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg, in the capacity of "Spy" and as "Field Nurse" for over two years.While in the "Secret Service" as a "Spy", she penetrated the enemy's lines, in various disguises, no less than eleven times, always with...

Ulysses S. Grant was an outstanding military figure and the savior of the Union during the Civil War, as well as the 18th President of the United States from 1869-77. He was an author of unusual ability and his Memoirs are widely regarded as one of the great books written in the English language. He was also a complex individual with uncommon virtues.Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point rather against his wi...

Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point reluctantly and graduated in the middle of his class. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was appointed by the governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment, quickly rising to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. In February 1862, he took Fort Henry and attacked Fort Donelson. When the Confederate commander asked for terms, Grant replied, No terms except an...

These debates are perhaps the most consequential artifact of American election campaigning and its political arguments. The political debates took place between the Honorable Abraham Lincoln and the Honorable Stephen A. Douglas in the celebrated campaign for a United States Senate seat in 1858, in Illinois. The debates were carefully recorded by the reporters of each party at the times of their delivery and originally published in 1860 by Foll...

Metacomet, younger son of Massasoit, was also known as King Philip. In 1662, he succeeded his brother Wamsutta as sachem or chief of the Wampanoag tribe. Metacomet earnestly attempted to maintain his father's peaceful policies with the Colonists, but the English pushed ever farther into Wampanoag lands, imposing their laws on the native people. Eventually, a reluctant Metacomet united the disparate tribes of the region and led an uprising late...

This DSI edition contains all 3 Volumes in one binding. The type was reset for a clean look and appearance. The object of this work is to deal with Mr. Lincoln individually and domestically: as lawyer, as citizen, as statesman. Special attention is given to the history of his youth and early manhood, and while dwelling on this portion of his life the liberty is taken to insert many things that would be omitted or suppressed in other places...

Although named for America's top military hero of the day, Winfield Scott Hancock was not originally intended for a military career, nevertheless he was destined to become one of the best corps commanders in the Union army. An 1844 graduate of West Point, he served in the infantry during the Mexican War with distinction before transferring to the quartermaster's department. He was ordered East for quartermaster duties but arrived to a brigadie...

George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 - June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1857, where he graduated last in his class in 1861. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Custer was called to serve with the Union Army. Custer developed a strong reputation during the Civil War. He participated ...

Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan V-2/2Union general, government official, and proponent of Yellowstone National Park--these were all part of the checkered career of Philip H. Sheridan. He earned the enmity of many Virginians for laying waste to the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War and played a major role in defeating Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.