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For the common defense: a military history of the United States of America (1984) Neimeyer, Charles Patrick. America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental Army (1995) complete text online; Newell, Clayton R. The Regular Army before the Civil War, 1845–1860. Washington, DC: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2014.
The American Civil War was the first 'railroad war' in history, due in no small part to the fact that in 1860 the United States had over 30,000 miles of tracks, more than any other country. The typical American freight train was composed of a 4-4-0 steam locomotive pulling 17 boxcars , each capable of carrying 5 to 10 tons of freight.
The post-war period was the first planned use of Civil Affairs by the modern United States Army, and the greatest use of CA assets to date. [4] In 1942, General Dwight D. Eisenhower called attention to the adverse political effects that would result from a failure to meet civilian needs after public assurances had been given in the United ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
The United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), USACAPOC(A), or CAPOC was founded in 1985 and is headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [1] USACAPOC(A) is composed mostly of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers in units throughout the United States.
The Battle of Gettysburg, the deadliest battle in both the American Civil War and all of American military history with over 50,000 combined Union and Confederate casualties, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, depicted in an 1887 portrait by Thure de Thulstrup
Three years in the army meant severe hardships for their families as well as a risk of losing the improvements they had made on their farms. At public meetings they expressed their opposition to the several conscription acts. Once forced into the army, many did not stay; desertion became rampant. Having returned to their homes, they created ...
The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 287. Utley, Robert M. Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848–1865 (1981) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars: The United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1984)