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Heritage Books. New. 1993. Trade Paperback. This work opens with an overview of Black Hawk’s birth in 1767 and his growth, nothing that he was not a chief but a brave. When his father died, Black Hawk inherited his medicine bag, “with its attendant responsibility”. The bulk of the book describes his place in American history. During the 1830’s Andrew Jackson’s administration pursued a policy of forcing all eastern Indians to move west of the Mississippi River. As part of this effort a treaty of dubious merits was negotiated by the government with certain members of the Saux and Fox tribes by which they ceded to the U.S. 50 million acres of their land comprising the northwestern half of Illinois, and much of southwestern Wisconsin and eastern Missouri. Chief Black Hawk denied the validity of the treaty, and attempted to take back the land by force which resulted in the Black Hawk War of April-August 1832. The Indians were defeated, and many of Black Hawk’s… Read More

Heritage Books. Fine. 1999. Reprint. Trade Paperback. 114 pages. This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. .

Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. New. (1999) 2007. Paperback. 94 pages. These German soldiers fought for the British in the Revolution and many of them deserted near the end of the war, settling in Canada or indenturing themselves to Americans. Most were natives of the Duchy of Brunswick or from surrounding areas. Only a few came from the southern German states. Records are listed in alphabetical order by surname and include: place of birth, postal code of town or village, year of birth, regiment/battalion/unit/company, rank, and categories of presentation such as post-war experiences, desertion, injuries, casualties, capture by the enemy and others. .

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. New. 1998. Hardcover. Index. . 189 pages. World War I has passed from living memory into the history books, receding far enough into the distance to provide a genealogical challenge. In order to reconstruct the lives and locate the records of those who served, fought, volunteered, or were conscripted, we must rely on a vast but relatively unknown body of resources. Counting all combatants, the number of men who served in the Great War runs into the millions; needless to say, finding records on them in the two dozen countries that participated in the war is a daunting and laborious task--now made infinitely simpler with the publication of this magnificent guide to WWI service records. The only book of its kind, this ambitious effort to catalogue service records and related sources is international in scope, covering the soldiers of all countries participating in the war, from Britain, Germany, and France, to Russia, Canada, and the U. S. ; and… Read More

Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press. New. 1993. Trade Paperback. 216 pp., index. The definitive history of the First Minnesota Regiment and one of a handful of classic regimental histories of the Civil War. .

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. New. 2002. Hardcover. Index. . 222 pages. This work represents information on some 3,000 seamen and sailors who were awarded pensions. Gleaned from annual Congressional reports, this work contains the names of the veteran, his widow, his children and heirs, and sometimes other family members, identifying altogether some 5,000 or more individuals, most of whom appear in no other Federal pension records. .

Salt Lake City: Ancestry, Inc.. New in New dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. Index. . 441 pages. From the earliest days of the United States, millions of Americans have served their country in a military capacity. For this reason, genealogists look to military records to enhance their research. Enlistment records, muster rolls, pension applications, and other records are extremely valuable because they often contain detailed personal information. U.S. Military Records describes the records that are available and where they can be found. .

New York: John Wiley & Sons. New. 1999. Trade Paperback. Index. . 239 pages. This highly acclaimed eyewitness account of the Civil War at sea provides fascinating insights into command decisions made on the bridge as well as life below deck. Recently discovered in the Library of Congress archives, this memoir was written just after the Civil War by John Grattan, an ensign in the Union navy who witnessed some of the war's most significant naval operations. Under the editorship of acclaimed naval historian Robert Schneller, Grattan's account of the crucial struggle for control of the Atlantic seaboard bristles with the tension of combat. With sharply etched details of blockade running, guerrilla warfare, fierce underwater battles, the brutal advance on Richmond, and visits to the front lines by President Abraham Lincoln, this rare memoir includes personal observations of key naval and military leaders and rescues less-celebrated heroes from obscurity. Sparkling with Victorian… Read More