Admiral Raphael Semmes Camp #11
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Mobile, Alabama
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The Last Siege: The Mobile Campaign, Alabama 1865
By Paul Brueske
It has long been acknowledged that General Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia ended the civil war at the Battle of Appomattox in April 1865.
However, the often overlooked last siege of the war was the Mobile campaign, crucial to securing a complete victory and the final surrender of the last Confederate force east of the Mississippi River.
The Last Siege explores the events surrounding this siege and capture of Mobile, Alabama. The Union victory at the battle of Mobile Bay in 1864 ended blockade running from the port of Mobile. Uncaptured, the city remained a priority for the Confederates to defend and the Federals to attack. This book gives a new perspective on the strategic importance of Mobile as a logistical center which had access to vital rail lines and two major river systems, essential in moving forces and supplies. Included are the most detailed accounts ever written on Union and Confederate camp life in the weeks prior to the invasion, cavalry operations of both sides during the expedition, the Federal feint movement at Cedar Point, the crippling effect of torpedoes on U.S. naval operations in Mobile Bay, the tread-way escape from Spanish Fort, and the evacuation of Mobile. The entrance of Federals into the city and the reaction of the citizenry are featured. In doing so evidence is presented that contradicts the popular notion that Mobile wholeheartedly welcomed the Federals and was a predominately pro-Union town.
Using a variety of primary sources, this book highlights the bravery of the men who were still trying to win by utilizing evolved military tactics against the strong defensive fortifications at Mobile. Many acts of heroism occurred in this, the Confederacy's last campaign which ended in the final surrender at Citronelle, Alabama in May.
- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Casemate (July 23, 2018)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1612006310
- ISBN-13: 978-1612006314
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Siege-Mobile-Campaign-Alabama/dp/1612006310/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1550097159&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=paul+bruce+the+last+siege
Mobile Confederates From Shiloh to Spanish Fort
By Arthur E. Green
The 21st Alabama Volunteers CSA was created in October 1861 and remained in the vicinity of Mobile, Alabama, for most of the war. It was staffed primarily by local Mobile area men supplemented with some additional men from South Alabama counties. The 21st Regiment included existing companies such as the French Guards, the Spanish Guards, the British Guards and the Mobile Cadets. It served gallantly at Shiloh in April 1862 and suffered heavily in that conflict. Lieutenant George Dixon was a member of the 21st who was wounded at Shiloh; he later died with his crew in command of the submarine Hunley at Charleston after sinking the first enemy warship by submarine warfare. The 21st manned and defended the forts at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Fort Gaines, Fort Morgan and Fort Powell at Grant’s Pass as well as forts at Oven Bluff and Choctaw Bluff on the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers north of Mobile. The 21st suffered the siege and defeat at Spanish Fort in April 1865. The abstracted compiled service records of almost 3,000 men who served are contained in this roster. Entries are arranged alphabetically by surname. A brief history of the 21st Alabama Infantry Volunteers, an appendix and a bibliography add to the value of this work.
http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Confederates-From-Shiloh-Spanish/dp/0788453769
http://heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HBI&Product_Code=101-G5376&Category_Code=civ
- Paperback: 388 pages
- Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc (February 1, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0788453769
- ISBN-13: 978-0788453762
http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Confederates-From-Shiloh-Spanish/dp/0788453769
http://heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HBI&Product_Code=101-G5376&Category_Code=civ
From the Mobile Register
Monday, March 26, 2012, 8:43 AMMonday, March 26, 2012, 8:43 AM
New book out on Mobile Confederates (Eugenia Parker) MOBILE, Alabama
Local author Arthur E. Green has released “Mobile Confederates from Shiloh to Spanish Fort: The Story of the 21st Alabama Infantry Volunteers.”
The book contains the abstracted, compiled military service records of nearly 3,000 local men and a short history of the regiment. These men fought at Shiloh, Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines and Spanish Fort. Many recognizable Mobile names are in the roster.
This company was created in October 1861 and remained in the vicinity of Mobile for most of the war and included existing companies such as the French Guards, the Spanish Guards, the British Guards and the Mobile Cadets. This is the fifth book in the series of Lower Alabama CSA Regiments.
Monday, March 26, 2012, 8:43 AMMonday, March 26, 2012, 8:43 AM
New book out on Mobile Confederates (Eugenia Parker) MOBILE, Alabama
Local author Arthur E. Green has released “Mobile Confederates from Shiloh to Spanish Fort: The Story of the 21st Alabama Infantry Volunteers.”
The book contains the abstracted, compiled military service records of nearly 3,000 local men and a short history of the regiment. These men fought at Shiloh, Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines and Spanish Fort. Many recognizable Mobile names are in the roster.
This company was created in October 1861 and remained in the vicinity of Mobile for most of the war and included existing companies such as the French Guards, the Spanish Guards, the British Guards and the Mobile Cadets. This is the fifth book in the series of Lower Alabama CSA Regiments.
Southerners at War: The 38th Alabama Infantry Volunteers
By arthur e. green
Needed to fight in the western theater of operations, the 38th Infantry was activated in Mobile, Alabama in 1862. Held at first to serve in the defense of their city, these volunteers were then sent to the Army of Tennessee. They were destined to fight at Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face, Dalton, Resaca, the defenses of Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, only to end the war at Spanish Fort back at Mobile. The 38th left Mobile in 1863 with 830 eager soldiers only to surrender in May 1865 with only 80 combat-hardened veterans. They had twice lost their regimental colors in hard fighting.
Arthur E. Green has here skillfully interwoven published and unpublished sources to make the story of these volunteers come alive. Using official correspondence and reports, newspaper accounts, and the personal letters of these soldiers, Green has both written their history, and compiled a fully detailed roster of the almost 1,500 officers and men who fought with the 38th. He has used these biographies of each participant to tell both their story and that of the 38th Alabama Volunteers.
http://www.amazon.com/Southerners-War-Alabama-Infantry-Volunteers/dp/1572491426/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374078724&sr=1-1&keywords=Southerners+at+War%3A+The+38th+Alabama+Infantry+Volunteers
http://www.whitemane.com/catalog/details/62/southerners-at-war--the-38th-alabama-infantry-volunteers/
From the Civil War Courier
He has skillfully worked both published and unpublished sources to tell the regiment's story.” “Neo-Confederates will definitely want this one for their libraries.
Arthur E. Green has here skillfully interwoven published and unpublished sources to make the story of these volunteers come alive. Using official correspondence and reports, newspaper accounts, and the personal letters of these soldiers, Green has both written their history, and compiled a fully detailed roster of the almost 1,500 officers and men who fought with the 38th. He has used these biographies of each participant to tell both their story and that of the 38th Alabama Volunteers.
http://www.amazon.com/Southerners-War-Alabama-Infantry-Volunteers/dp/1572491426/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374078724&sr=1-1&keywords=Southerners+at+War%3A+The+38th+Alabama+Infantry+Volunteers
http://www.whitemane.com/catalog/details/62/southerners-at-war--the-38th-alabama-infantry-volunteers/
From the Civil War Courier
He has skillfully worked both published and unpublished sources to tell the regiment's story.” “Neo-Confederates will definitely want this one for their libraries.
Sons of Pride: a tale of old Missouri
by tom Moore root
Spanning over sixty years, from 1805 to 1866, Sons of Pride recreates the early history of New Madrid County, Missouri, when the powerful Phillips clan holds absolute sway over man, prairie and swamp. Encountering the likes of hunter Tom Laforge; river pirate Tolly Mason; penitent Isham Lewis, nephew of Thomas Jefferson; cardsharper Dr. Anacreon Moore; and a host of other colorful characters, the sons of pride are finally undone by overreaching and the War of 1861, until reborn by the sudden appearance of wandering Jim Ruby, a lighter spirit. Through the lineaments of local history, the author fashions a vivid record of antebellum Missouri, a humorous tale that deftly blends truth with fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/Sons-Pride-tale-old-Missouri/dp/1450770134/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370541121&sr=1-1&keywords=Sons+of+Pride%3A+a+tale+of+old+Missouri
Review by Stephen Delacroix (5/5 Stars)
In "Sons of Pride," T. Moore Root gives us an authentic tale of frontier life through several generations of settlers of the untamed wilderness. The author not only captures the precarious and persistent nature of life on the knife's edge of civilization, he peoples it with a cast of characters entirely convincing and wonderfully varied. Even the tone and structure of the narration convey the brawny spirit of life at the dawn of the nineteenth century. Root speaks across centuries with erudition and power to tell the story of the birth of the American spirit in all its toughness and tenacity.
- Perfect Paperback: 746 pages
- Publisher: T. Moore Root; First edition (September 28, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1450770134
- ISBN-13: 978-1450770132
http://www.amazon.com/Sons-Pride-tale-old-Missouri/dp/1450770134/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370541121&sr=1-1&keywords=Sons+of+Pride%3A+a+tale+of+old+Missouri
Review by Stephen Delacroix (5/5 Stars)
In "Sons of Pride," T. Moore Root gives us an authentic tale of frontier life through several generations of settlers of the untamed wilderness. The author not only captures the precarious and persistent nature of life on the knife's edge of civilization, he peoples it with a cast of characters entirely convincing and wonderfully varied. Even the tone and structure of the narration convey the brawny spirit of life at the dawn of the nineteenth century. Root speaks across centuries with erudition and power to tell the story of the birth of the American spirit in all its toughness and tenacity.
HISTORIC CANNONS OF MOBILE, alabama: an illustrated guide
By David M. Smithweck, jr.
Historic Cannons of Mobile, Alabama is a guide to all the current locations within the city and describes their history as well as their importance to the defense of Mobile. There are French, Spanish, British, American and Confederate included.
http://www.amazon.com/Historic-Cannons-Mobile-Alabama-Illustrated/dp/1495384500/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396486923&sr=1-1&keywords=HISTORIC+CANNONS+OF+MOBILE
- Paperback: 82 pages
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 13, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1495384500
http://www.amazon.com/Historic-Cannons-Mobile-Alabama-Illustrated/dp/1495384500/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1396486923&sr=1-1&keywords=HISTORIC+CANNONS+OF+MOBILE
Confederate Currency and Postal History: My Collection 1949-2015
A. Hudson McDonald. P.E.
Independent Publisher, Nov 1, 2015
https://books.google.com/books/about/Confederate_Currency_and_Postal_History.html?id=WGG_jgEACAAJ
LT. COLONEL CHARLES DUVAL PHILLIPS; LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Lt. Colonel Charles Duval Phillips was commander of the 52nd Georgia Infantry during the Civil War. Captured at Baker's Creek in May 1863, he returned to Georgia in 1865. He was a lawyer, judge, statesman and trustee of the Confederate Soldier's Home in Atlanta. This is his story as told through his letters.
- File Size: 22064 KB
- Publication Date: April 2, 2014
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00JFXN60E
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