Ron Field

Generał Ulysses S. Grant uznał, że zdobycie Richmondu - stolicy konfederatów, będzie możliwe po sforsowaniu rzeki James i zbliżeniu się do miasta od południa. Uważał, że odcięcie konfederackich linii zaopatrzeniowych i zajęcie Petersburga zmusi wojska generała Roberta E.Lee w północnej części Wirginii do kapitulacji lub przynajmniej wywabi je z...

The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war, the first modern, armoured, self-propelled warships. During the American Civil War the South used ironclads to protect their ports from the Northern blockade. Impressed with their superior resistance to fire and, the North developed its own rival fleet of ironclads. Eventually the two products of this...

Contrary to the image portrayed by Hollywood, the infantry played as great a part in the Indian Wars of the 1860s-80s, and were more consistently successful than their more famous counterparts in the Cavalry. The great Paiute War of 1866, where the infantry of the most renowned Indian-fighting general, George Cook, excelled in battle, together with...

The common image of the Confederate Army during the Civil War is dominated by a limited number of early photographs of troops wearing the gray and butternut of the CS regulations and quartermaster issues. By contrast, this book examines the variety of uniforms worn by the Tennessee and North Carolina militia and volunteers brought together in the...