Browsing by Subject "Civil War"
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The Battle of Sailor's Creek, 6 April 1865, has been overshadowed by Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House several days later, yet it is an example of the Union military war machine reaching its apex of war making ...
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(2012-07-16)This thesis examines the methods and actions of selected Virginians who chose to adopt irregular tactics in wartime, and focuses on the reasons why they fought that way. The presence of the Cavalier image in Virginia had ...
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(2020-04-15)On 5 October 1863, the small cigar-shaped Confederate torpedo boat David, with a crew of only four men, exploded a torpedo against the hull of the US frigate New Ironsides. It was a stealthy and shocking blow. New Ironsides ...
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(2015-04-23)This dissertation is the first scholarly study to comparatively analyze the mutinies of Anglo, immigrant and African American soldiers in the Union Army. Those collective and individual military protest actions were part ...
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(2009-05-15)The object of this thesis is to discuss an experimental composite conservation process and its significance for the future of artifact conservation. Composite artifacts are artifacts comprised of multiple materials such ...
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(2016-12-09)This dissertation reconstructs the former Union Navy Gunboat USS Westfield. Westfield belonged to an unusual class of civilian vessels that the Navy converted during wartime to serve in the Union's blockade of Confederate ...
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(2017-08-08)Construction for a 19th-century Confederate ironclad ram known as CSS Georgia began in March 1862 after the Ladies Gunboat Association of Savannah, Georgia raised the necessary funds. However, Georgia never saw action and ...
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(2011-10-21)My project examines the legacy of the Gettysburg Address from 1863 to 1965. After an introduction and a chapter setting the stage, each succeeding chapter surveys the meaning of the Gettysburg Address at key moments: the ...
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(2009-05-15)The recent civil war in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) saw massive migrations amongst the civilian population and widespread damage to villages and towns. This study combines elements of military and cultural geography to ask ...
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(2019-09-25)General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of three major Confederate armies across the American Civil War at Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Appomattox Court House. Grant’s victories presented new challenges from the ...
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(2020-01-23)Buffalo Bayou has connected Houston, Texas to Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico since Houston’s founding in 1837. During the American Civil War of 1861-65, Houston served as a storehouse for weapons, ammunition, food, ...
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(2012-07-16)This dissertation provides analysis on several areas of study related to the history of the United States Marine Corps in the Civil War Era. One element scrutinizes the efforts of Commandant Archibald Henderson to transform ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)After the Civil War, the government needed to send an occupation force into Texas to help rebuild the state government and confront the French Imperialist forces that had invaded Mexico. Unfortunately, the government was ...