Search Results - "Preluders"

Spying in America espionage from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Cold War / by Sulick, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…The atomic bomb spies : prelude to the cold war.…”
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Summer lightning : a guide to the second Battle of Manassas / by Spruill, Matt

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: Maneuvering to Battle -- Thursday, August 28, 1862 -- Friday, August 29, 1862 -- Saturday, August 30, 1862 -- The Aftermath -- Appendix I: Union Order of Battle -- Appendix II: Confederate Order of Battle -- Appendix III: Casualties -- Appendix IV: August 30, 1862, South Flank Cavalry Engagement -- Appendix V: The Stone Bridge -- Appendix VI: August 28, 1862, Thoroughfare Gap.…”
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The Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation African Americans and the fight for freedom / by Brasher, Glenn David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: an evening on Malvern Hill -- Preludes: war, slavery, and the Virginia peninsula -- Contraband of war: April-July 1861 -- War is a swift educator: July-December 1861 -- The best informed residents in Virginia: December 1861-April 1862 -- The monuments to negro labor: April-May 1862 -- Those by whom these relations are broken: May 1862 -- An invaluable ally: late May-July 1862 -- A higher destiny: July 1862 -- Conclusion: monarchs of all they survey.…”
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