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  • Ancient Chinese Porcelains And Other Curios Belonging To George A. Hearn (1894)
    Chester Holcombe / George Arnold Hearn
    Ancient Chinese Porcelains And Other Curios Belonging To George A. Hearn (1894) is a book written by George Arnold Hearn. The book is a catalogue of the collection of ancient Chinese porcelains and other curios that belonged to George A. Hearn, a prominent American art collector and philanthropist of the late 19th century. The book features detailed descriptions and photographs...
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    29,10 €

  • The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
    Chester G. Hearn
    While it is commonly known that Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached, less well known are the circumstances that led to the unsuccessful campaign to remove him from office. This account of Johnson’s political life in Washington (including brief coverage of his early career in Tennessee) focuses on his conflict with the Radical Republicans, a group of fanati...
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    58,70 €

  • Ellet’s Brigade
    Chester G. Hearn
    Soon after the start of the Civil War, during the naval buildup on the central Mississippi River, celebrated civil engineer Charles Ellet, Jr., formed the Ram Fleet under U.S. secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton. Perhaps the most bizarre unit organized by the Union, the rams were shunned by both the army and navy as superfluous instruments of war. However, on June 6, 1862, they p...
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    35,44 €

  • Capture of New Orleans, 1862 (Revised)
    Chester G Hearn
    On April 24, 1862, Federal gunboats made their way past two Confederate forts to ascend the Mississippi River, and the Union navy captured New Orleans. News of the loss of the Crescent City came to Jefferson Davis as an absolute shock. In this exhaustive study, Chester G. Hearn examines the decisions, actions, individuals, and events to explain why. He directs his inquiry to th...
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    35,44 €

  • When the Devil Came Down to Dixie
    Chester G Hearn
    Much controversy exists concerning Major General Benjamin F. Butler’s administration in New Orleans during the second year of the Civil War. Some historians have extolled the general as a great humanitarian, while others have vilified him as a brazen opportunist, agreeing with the wealthy of occupied New Orleans who labeled him 'Beast' Butler. In this thorough examination of Bu...
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    30,98 €

  • Six Years of Hell
    Chester G Hearn
    Most written accounts of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, during the civil war era begin and end with John Brown's raid in 1859. This history of the town during the tumultous war years gives equal attention to the civilian experience and the military activities. ...
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    35,30 €

  • Mobile Bay and the Mobile Campaign
    Chester G. Hearn
    In the Civil War, both sides understood that closing the South’s ports would halt the introduction of war materiel to the industrially weak region. Though the North captured New Orleans in 1862, they did not attack the Confederate navy in Mobile Bay or the city of Mobile, Alabama, until 1864. The two-year delay allowed much needed supplies to enter the Confederacy and chan...
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    42,67 €