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Private Joel Newlin - Company D - 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Joel Newlin was my great-grandfather. He was a Private in Company D, 66th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War. A letter he wrote from a Union Army camp in 1862 is the only writing we have about his Civil War experience in his own words. I have been searching for his family history for over 20 years, and I found letters, a diary, and a memoir written by other members of the 66th Indiana Infantry that tell us what was going on in his regiment, and I also found letters, diaries, and books written by other people involved in those events. By weaving these firsthand accounts together we can construct a plausible story of his lif ...

Private Joel Newlin - Company D - 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Condensed Edition This is a smaller, less expensive version of the book. Joel Newlin was my great-grandfather and I have been searching for his family history for over 20 years. He was a Private in Company D, 66th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War. A letter he wrote from a Union Army camp in 1862 is the only writing we have about his Civil War experience in his own words. I found letters, a diary, and a memoir written by other members of the 66th Indiana Infantry that tell us what was going on in his regiment, and I also found letters, diaries, and books written by other people involved in those events. By weaving these ...

Private Joel Newlin - Company D - 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Condensed Edition - Text-only Version This version of the book does not have any photos, illustrations, or maps. Joel Newlin was my great-grandfather and I have been searching for his family history for over 20 years. He was a Private in Company D, 66th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War. A letter he wrote from a Union Army camp in 1862 is the only writing we have about his Civil War experience in his own words. I found letters, a diary, and a memoir written by other members of the 66th Indiana Infantry that tell us what was going on in his regiment, and I also found letters, diaries, and books written by other people i ...

REDEEMED IN BLOOD is the story of the 57th Alabama Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. This late-war unit was mustered at Troy, in Pike County, Alabama, in March of 1863. Composed primarily of old men and young boys, it was a unit filled to the brim with "reluctant rebels." Indeed, most had been conscripted into the Army against their will. The overwhelming majority were poor, but proud family men from the Wiregrass region of Pike, Butler, Barbour, Conecuh, Covington, Coffee, Dale, and Henry counties in Southeast Alabama. Within the first year of field service, nearly one-third would choose to desert the Cause. However, of the two-thirds who did choose to stay and fight, they would soo ...

In December 1941, James Elvie Pate was a 32-year-old, single ranch hand on the Tommy Brook Ranch in west Texas and a base violin player in a local band. By April 1942 he had joined the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 90th Infantry Division – the Tough ‘Ombres. Two years later he was a married sergeant aboard a ship passing by the Statue of Liberty - bound for England and eventual participation in the landings on Utah Beach. Four days following that landing and within several miles of the beach he was wounded and sent back to England for treatment. Upon return to France he fought in the operation known as the Falaise Pocket. Just days before that battle was won, Sergeant Pate paid the u ...

Stonehenge, the first World War I Memorial in the United States, is located at Maryhill, Washington, 3 miles east of the Maryhill Museum. It is a memorial in honor of the 17 Klickitat County servicemen that lost their lives during World War I. The book includes a brief history of the war, history of how Stonehenge came into being, and information on each of the 17 servicemen whose names are on bronze plaques on the Stonehenge columns.

"Because of Francis Brock's wartime diary and sharp recollections of events eighty years ago, "Sub Chaser" gives a rare and intimate look into the daily life of small boat sailors in the Pacific during WWII. An enlightening read for anyone interested in history, this book gives renewed appreciation for the everyday young men who answered their country's call to arms during a time of great global conflict." - US Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Dean H. Hines "Fortunately for us, when eastern Ohio farm boy Francis Brock enlisted in the Navy on his seventeenth birthday in 1943, he decided to keep a logbook. As a result, we now have the opportunity, eight decades later, to relive the humdrum of s ...

World War II was raging in the Pacific. The tide was turning, and this was the first assault of the island-hopping campaign that would roll up Japanese control of vast areas of the Pacific. Tarawa Atoll was heavily fortified in preparation for an attack, and the Japanese commander was confident it would "take a million men a hundred years" to conquer the Japanese defenders. American Marines and Navy secured the atoll in just 76 hours of bitter close combat, and nearly all of the Japanese fought to the death. This is the story of what was once a sleepy British colony that would experience the ravages of war. The islanders were forever changed by the exposure to technology, different f ...

Curtis Abbott, an educated young man from East Bethel, Vermont signed up early in the Civil War to be a sharpshooter. He witnessed and lived through some of the most important battles of the Civil War. In hundreds of letters sent home to Vermont from 1861 to 1865, Abbott details camp life, battles, and marches through the Mid- Atlantic towns where he was stationed. This cache of letters is made even more powerful through Curtis Abbott's additional writings. Later in life, he documented the history of his company (Company H). He corresponded with other veterans from his regiment, completing a comprehensive history from the soldier's point of view. After the War, he settled near Boston, s ...