Here's the latest list of upcoming programs I'll be doing at various locations (this list supercedes any previous list of 2011 programs you may have received). All are sponsored or co-sponsored by St. Louis Public Library. All are free and open to the public. Please note that locations vary.
Thurs, Aug 18, 10 AM-Noon—Land Rich, Dirt Poor: the Use of Land Records in Genealogical Research. Join us as Tom Pearson discusses print, microfilm, manuscript, map, and Internet sources of land records and land record research aids. Buder Branch. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more info, email us at tpearson@slpl.org.
Tues, Oct 18, 6:30 PM-8:00 PM—Over There: Researching World War I Ancestors. Join us as Tom Pearson discusses print, microfilm, manuscript, and Internet sources of info on ancestors who served during World War I. Hayner Public Library, 326 Belle Street, Alton, IL 62002. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more information: tpearson@slpl.org.
Thurs, Oct 20, 10 AM-Noon— The Second War of American Independence: Researching War of 1812 Ancestors. Join us as Tom Pearson discusses book, manuscript, and Internet sources of information about War of 1812 ancestors. Buder Branch. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more info, email us at tpearson@slpl.org.
Tues, Oct 25, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM—Research at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Join us as Tom Pearson discusses print, microfilm, manuscript, and Internet sources of info on ancestors available via ALPL (located in Springfield, IL). Belleville Public Library, 121 E. Washington Street, Belleville, IL 62220. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more information: tpearson@slpl.org.
Sat, Nov 19, 10 AM-Noon--Squeezing Your Sources: Extracting All the Info You Can From Civil War Service and Pension Records. Join us as Tom Pearson describes ways to extract all the info that you possibly can from compiled military service records and pension records. Buder Branch. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more info, email us at tpearson@slpl.org.
Sat, Dec 17, 10 AM-Noon--Take Your Best Shot: Civil War Artillery! Join us as Tom Pearson discusses Civil War cannon and cannoneers. Buder Branch. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more info, email us at tpearson@slpl.org.
SLPL branch library locations and hours
Free parking is available on Buder Branch parking lot (Buder is located on Hampton Avenue several miles south of Hwy 44-- it's on the right just after the Target store).
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
READING LISTS--CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 13
William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army general
Born: February 8, 1820 (Lancaster, OH)
Died: February 14, 1891 (New York City)
Buried: Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis, MO)
West Point: 1836-1840 (sixth in his class—reduced from fourth because of voluminous demerits)
Battles & Campaigns
Second Seminole War
1st Bull Run
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Jackson (MS) Expedition
Chattanooga (TN) Campaign
Meridian (MS) Campaign
Atlanta Campaign
Savannah (GA) Campaign
Carolina Campaign
Commander of U.S. Army: 1869-1883.
Books about General Sherman:
Bailey, Anne J. War and Ruin: William T. Sherman and the Savannah Campaign. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2003. ST-973.7378
Caudill, Edward, and Paul Ashdown. Sherman's March in Myth and Memory. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008. HG-973.7378
Davis, Stephen. Atlanta Will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston, and the Yankee Heavy Battalions. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2001. ST-973.7371
Dugard, Martin. The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848. New York: Little, Brown and Co, 2008. HG-973.620922
Fellman, Michael. Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman. New York: Random House, 1995. ST-B SHERMAN
Flood, Charles B. Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. ST, BU-973.738
Hanson, Victor D. The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny. New York, NY: Free Press, 1999. ST-355.009
Sherman, William T, Brooks D. Simpson, and Jean V. Berlin. Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. ST-973.7092
Simms, William G, and David Aiken. A City Laid Waste: The Capture, Sack, and Destruction of the City of Columbia. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. HG-973.738
Trudeau, Noah A. Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea. New York: Harper, 2008. ST,BU-973.7378
Union Army general
Born: February 8, 1820 (Lancaster, OH)
Died: February 14, 1891 (New York City)
Buried: Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis, MO)
West Point: 1836-1840 (sixth in his class—reduced from fourth because of voluminous demerits)
Battles & Campaigns
Second Seminole War
1st Bull Run
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Jackson (MS) Expedition
Chattanooga (TN) Campaign
Meridian (MS) Campaign
Atlanta Campaign
Savannah (GA) Campaign
Carolina Campaign
Commander of U.S. Army: 1869-1883.
Books about General Sherman:
Bailey, Anne J. War and Ruin: William T. Sherman and the Savannah Campaign. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2003. ST-973.7378
Caudill, Edward, and Paul Ashdown. Sherman's March in Myth and Memory. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008. HG-973.7378
Davis, Stephen. Atlanta Will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston, and the Yankee Heavy Battalions. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2001. ST-973.7371
Dugard, Martin. The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848. New York: Little, Brown and Co, 2008. HG-973.620922
Fellman, Michael. Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman. New York: Random House, 1995. ST-B SHERMAN
Flood, Charles B. Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. ST, BU-973.738
Hanson, Victor D. The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny. New York, NY: Free Press, 1999. ST-355.009
Sherman, William T, Brooks D. Simpson, and Jean V. Berlin. Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. ST-973.7092
Simms, William G, and David Aiken. A City Laid Waste: The Capture, Sack, and Destruction of the City of Columbia. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. HG-973.738
Trudeau, Noah A. Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea. New York: Harper, 2008. ST,BU-973.7378
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 12
Thomas Jonathan (“Stonewall”) Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1824. His father and older sister died of typhoid fever when Jackson was just two years old. His mother raised Jackson and two siblings by herself until she was able to remarry in 1830. His new stepfather did not like his stepchildren, however, and they were sent to live with an uncle when Jackson’s mother died in 1831. Jackson’s older brother, Warren, died of tuberculosis in 1841.
Jackson was mostly self-educated when he managed to secure admission to West Point in 1842. He began his schooling there in last place academically, but through sheer determination and hard work managed to graduate 17th in a class of 52. He participated in the Mexican-American War as an artillery officer, and received two brevet promotions for bravery, as well as a Regular Army promotion to 1st Lieutenant.
He left the army to teach at Virginia Military Institute in 1851. Jackson was not popular with his students, because he memorized his lectures and delivered them verbatim in class. If a student asked a question, he simply backed up and repeated that part of the lecture. He also taught Sunday School for black persons at the local Presbyterian Church, and was apparently very popular with those students. He owned six slaves, but was widely known as a “fair and humane” master.
Jackson supervised a contingent of VMI artillerists during the 1859 hanging of John Brown. When war broke out, Virginia Governor John Letcher appointed him a Colonel. Jackson organized the military unit that would later be named after him: the Stonewall Brigade. He was known as a rigid disciplinarian, but was nonetheless popular with most of his men because he was personally fearless, and because his methods seemed to work.
He earned his nickname at First Bull Run, where another general rallied his own troops by saying, “There stands Jackson like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!” His direction of his troops on the battlefield had made him a legend by the time he was wounded in an accidental shooting by his own men on the Chancellorsville battlefield (2 May 1863). His left arm had to be amputated, and he died of complications from pneumonia on 10 May 1863. His wife, Mary Anna, moved to North Carolina but never remarried. She was known as the Widow of the Confederacy, and died in 1915.
Alexander, Bevin. Lost Victories: The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson. New York: Holt, 1992. HG-973.73092
Cozzens, Peter. Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. ST,BU-973.732
Davis, Don. Stonewall Jackson. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. HU-B JACKSON
Gallagher, Gary W. Lee and His Generals in War and Memory. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. ST-973.73013
Hamlin, Augustus C. The Battle of Chancellorsville: The Attack of Stonewall Jackson and His Army Upon the Right Flank of the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Virginia, on Saturday Afternoon, May 2, 1863. Bangor, Me: The author, 1896. ST-973.733
Johnson, Clint. In the Footsteps of Stonewall Jackson. Winston-Salem, N.C: John F. Blair, 2002. CB-917.540444
Krick, Robert K. Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ST-973.732
Krick, Robert K. The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy: The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on the Army of Northern Virginia. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ST-973.7455
Redwood, Allen C. Stonewall: Memories from the Ranks. Livermore, Maine: Signal Tree Publications, 1998. ST-B JACKSON
Robertson, James I. Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend. New York: Macmillan Pub. USA, 1997. ST-B JACKSON
Jackson was mostly self-educated when he managed to secure admission to West Point in 1842. He began his schooling there in last place academically, but through sheer determination and hard work managed to graduate 17th in a class of 52. He participated in the Mexican-American War as an artillery officer, and received two brevet promotions for bravery, as well as a Regular Army promotion to 1st Lieutenant.
He left the army to teach at Virginia Military Institute in 1851. Jackson was not popular with his students, because he memorized his lectures and delivered them verbatim in class. If a student asked a question, he simply backed up and repeated that part of the lecture. He also taught Sunday School for black persons at the local Presbyterian Church, and was apparently very popular with those students. He owned six slaves, but was widely known as a “fair and humane” master.
Jackson supervised a contingent of VMI artillerists during the 1859 hanging of John Brown. When war broke out, Virginia Governor John Letcher appointed him a Colonel. Jackson organized the military unit that would later be named after him: the Stonewall Brigade. He was known as a rigid disciplinarian, but was nonetheless popular with most of his men because he was personally fearless, and because his methods seemed to work.
He earned his nickname at First Bull Run, where another general rallied his own troops by saying, “There stands Jackson like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!” His direction of his troops on the battlefield had made him a legend by the time he was wounded in an accidental shooting by his own men on the Chancellorsville battlefield (2 May 1863). His left arm had to be amputated, and he died of complications from pneumonia on 10 May 1863. His wife, Mary Anna, moved to North Carolina but never remarried. She was known as the Widow of the Confederacy, and died in 1915.
Alexander, Bevin. Lost Victories: The Military Genius of Stonewall Jackson. New York: Holt, 1992. HG-973.73092
Cozzens, Peter. Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. ST,BU-973.732
Davis, Don. Stonewall Jackson. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. HU-B JACKSON
Gallagher, Gary W. Lee and His Generals in War and Memory. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. ST-973.73013
Hamlin, Augustus C. The Battle of Chancellorsville: The Attack of Stonewall Jackson and His Army Upon the Right Flank of the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville, Virginia, on Saturday Afternoon, May 2, 1863. Bangor, Me: The author, 1896. ST-973.733
Johnson, Clint. In the Footsteps of Stonewall Jackson. Winston-Salem, N.C: John F. Blair, 2002. CB-917.540444
Krick, Robert K. Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ST-973.732
Krick, Robert K. The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy: The Death of Stonewall Jackson and Other Chapters on the Army of Northern Virginia. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ST-973.7455
Redwood, Allen C. Stonewall: Memories from the Ranks. Livermore, Maine: Signal Tree Publications, 1998. ST-B JACKSON
Robertson, James I. Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend. New York: Macmillan Pub. USA, 1997. ST-B JACKSON
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 11
William S. Rosecrans (1819-1898) was born in Ohio and educated at West Point. He graduated fifth (in a class of 42) in 1842, having excelled in mathematics, French, drawing and English grammar. He was assigned as an engineer in Virginia, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC, and then served for some time as mathematics instructor at West Point. Rosecrans converted to Roman Catholicism at a time when the vast majority of Army officers were Protestants. He resigned in failing health in 1854, and spent the next seven years regaining his strength while working as an engineer and businessman. He ran several companies, and was awarded several patents.
When war broke out in 1861, he volunteered his services and quickly received promotion to Brigadier General. Successes in western Virginia and at the Battles of Iuka and Corinth (Mississippi) led to him being named commander of the Department of the Cumberland. After a disputed victory at Stones River (Tennessee), he commanded the army during the Battle of Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863). A mistake in troop placement on the second day resulted in a near disaster that was only averted by a desperate holding action by Union soldiers commanded by General George Thomas.
Rosecrans and most of his staff officers had fled to Chattanooga while Thomas held off the Confederates at Chickamauga. Rosecrans was shortly thereafter removed from command in Tennessee, and was later given command of the Department of the Missouri. He commanded that army during Price’s Raid (September-October 1864). After the war, he was stationed in California, where he died in 1898. Rosecrans is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Baumgartner, Richard A. Blue Lightning: Wilder's Mounted Infantry Brigade in the Battle of Chickamauga. Huntington, W. Va: Blue Acorn Press, 1997. ST-973.7359
Cozzens, Peter. No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ST,BU-973.733
Donald, David H, and Robert Cowley. With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War : Essays. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. ST.SC-973.7
Korn, Jerry. The Fight for Chattanooga: Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1985. ST,MA-973.7359
Lamers, William M. The Edge of Glory: A Biography of General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1961. ST-B ROSECRANS
Miles, Jim. Paths to Victory: A History and Tour Guide of the Stone's River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville Campaigns. Nashville, Tenn: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991. ST-973.73
Pearson, Thomas A. Railroad Boys: The Story of the 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (1862-1865). St. Louis, Mo: Infinite Mirror Press, 2009. HG-973.7473
Strayer, Larry M, and Richard A. Baumgartner. Echoes of Battle: The Struggle for Chattanooga : an Illustrated Collection of Union and Confederate Narratives. Huntington, W. Va: Blue Acorn Press, 1996. HG-973.7359
Woodworth, Steven E. Chickamauga: A Battlefield Guide with a Section on Chattanooga. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. HG-973.735
Woodworth, Steven E, and Grady McWhiney. A Deep Steady Thunder: The Battle of Chickamauga. Fort Worth: Ryan Place Publishers, 1996. ST-973.735
When war broke out in 1861, he volunteered his services and quickly received promotion to Brigadier General. Successes in western Virginia and at the Battles of Iuka and Corinth (Mississippi) led to him being named commander of the Department of the Cumberland. After a disputed victory at Stones River (Tennessee), he commanded the army during the Battle of Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863). A mistake in troop placement on the second day resulted in a near disaster that was only averted by a desperate holding action by Union soldiers commanded by General George Thomas.
Rosecrans and most of his staff officers had fled to Chattanooga while Thomas held off the Confederates at Chickamauga. Rosecrans was shortly thereafter removed from command in Tennessee, and was later given command of the Department of the Missouri. He commanded that army during Price’s Raid (September-October 1864). After the war, he was stationed in California, where he died in 1898. Rosecrans is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Baumgartner, Richard A. Blue Lightning: Wilder's Mounted Infantry Brigade in the Battle of Chickamauga. Huntington, W. Va: Blue Acorn Press, 1997. ST-973.7359
Cozzens, Peter. No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ST,BU-973.733
Donald, David H, and Robert Cowley. With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War : Essays. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. ST.SC-973.7
Korn, Jerry. The Fight for Chattanooga: Chickamauga to Missionary Ridge. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1985. ST,MA-973.7359
Lamers, William M. The Edge of Glory: A Biography of General William S. Rosecrans, U.S.A. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1961. ST-B ROSECRANS
Miles, Jim. Paths to Victory: A History and Tour Guide of the Stone's River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville Campaigns. Nashville, Tenn: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991. ST-973.73
Pearson, Thomas A. Railroad Boys: The Story of the 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (1862-1865). St. Louis, Mo: Infinite Mirror Press, 2009. HG-973.7473
Strayer, Larry M, and Richard A. Baumgartner. Echoes of Battle: The Struggle for Chattanooga : an Illustrated Collection of Union and Confederate Narratives. Huntington, W. Va: Blue Acorn Press, 1996. HG-973.7359
Woodworth, Steven E. Chickamauga: A Battlefield Guide with a Section on Chattanooga. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. HG-973.735
Woodworth, Steven E, and Grady McWhiney. A Deep Steady Thunder: The Battle of Chickamauga. Fort Worth: Ryan Place Publishers, 1996. ST-973.735
Thursday, June 9, 2011
READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 10
Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862)
Johnston was born in Kentucky, and graduated from West Point in 1826. He served in the Black Hawk War, the Texas War for Independence, the Mexican-American War, and the Utah War. When the Civil War began, he was commander of the Department of the Pacific in California. He resigned his U.S. Army commission and was soon thereafter commissioned a full general in the Confederate Army by his friend, Jefferson Davis. He was commanding Confederate forces at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862, when he was wounded behind his right knee. He didn’t think the wound was serious, and remained on the battlefield. His boot soon filled with blood, and he lost consciousness. He died later that afternoon. After initial burial in New Orleans, his body was re-interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin in 1867.
Cunningham, O E, Gary D. Joiner, and Timothy B. Smith. Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. ST-973.731
Eicher, David J. Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War. New York: Little, Brown (2006). ST-973.713
Frank, Joseph A, and George A. Reaves. "Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. ST-973.731
Gifford, Douglas L.. Shiloh Battlefield Tour Guide: the First Day. Winfield, Mo: Douglas L. Gifford, 2005. ST-973.731
Hafen, LeRoy R, and Ann W. Hafen. Mormon Resistance: A Documentary Account of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. ST-978
Hanson, Victor D. Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think. New York: Doubleday, 2003. HU-355.02
Luvaas, Jay, Stephen L. Bowman, and Leonard Fullenkamp. Guide to the Battle of Shiloh. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas, 1996. ST-973.731
Roland, Charles P. Albert Sidney Johnston, Soldier of Three Republics. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. ST-B JOHNSTON
Mitchell, Joseph B. Decisive Battles of the Civil War. Dorset, NH: Dorset Press, 1989. ST-973.73
Woodworth, Steven E. Civil War Generals in Defeat. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. ST-973.73
Woodworth, Steven E. Jefferson Davis and His Generals: the Failure of Confederate Command in the West. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. ST-973.7462
Johnston was born in Kentucky, and graduated from West Point in 1826. He served in the Black Hawk War, the Texas War for Independence, the Mexican-American War, and the Utah War. When the Civil War began, he was commander of the Department of the Pacific in California. He resigned his U.S. Army commission and was soon thereafter commissioned a full general in the Confederate Army by his friend, Jefferson Davis. He was commanding Confederate forces at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862, when he was wounded behind his right knee. He didn’t think the wound was serious, and remained on the battlefield. His boot soon filled with blood, and he lost consciousness. He died later that afternoon. After initial burial in New Orleans, his body was re-interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin in 1867.
Cunningham, O E, Gary D. Joiner, and Timothy B. Smith. Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862. New York: Savas Beatie, 2007. ST-973.731
Eicher, David J. Dixie Betrayed: How the South Really Lost the Civil War. New York: Little, Brown (2006). ST-973.713
Frank, Joseph A, and George A. Reaves. "Seeing the Elephant": Raw Recruits at the Battle of Shiloh. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. ST-973.731
Gifford, Douglas L.. Shiloh Battlefield Tour Guide: the First Day. Winfield, Mo: Douglas L. Gifford, 2005. ST-973.731
Hafen, LeRoy R, and Ann W. Hafen. Mormon Resistance: A Documentary Account of the Utah Expedition, 1857-1858. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. ST-978
Hanson, Victor D. Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think. New York: Doubleday, 2003. HU-355.02
Luvaas, Jay, Stephen L. Bowman, and Leonard Fullenkamp. Guide to the Battle of Shiloh. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas, 1996. ST-973.731
Roland, Charles P. Albert Sidney Johnston, Soldier of Three Republics. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. ST-B JOHNSTON
Mitchell, Joseph B. Decisive Battles of the Civil War. Dorset, NH: Dorset Press, 1989. ST-973.73
Woodworth, Steven E. Civil War Generals in Defeat. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. ST-973.73
Woodworth, Steven E. Jefferson Davis and His Generals: the Failure of Confederate Command in the West. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006. ST-973.7462
Thursday, May 19, 2011
READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 9
Nathaniel Lyon was a Union Army general who was born in Connecticut. He secured the St. Louis Arsenal for the Union, and was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861--the first general to be killed in battle during the Civil War.
Adamson, Hans C. Rebellion in Missouri, 1861: Nathaniel Lyon and His Army of the West. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., Book Division, 1961. HG-973.73
The Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861: Wilson's Creek Centennial Commemoration, August 10, 1961. Springfield, Mo, 1961. ST-973.73
Brooksher, William R. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek. Washington: Brassey's, 1995. ST,HG,BU-973.731
Hinze, David C, and Karen Farnham. The Battle of Carthage: Border War in Southwest Missouri, July 5, 1861. Campbell, CA: Savas Pub. Co, 1997. HG,SLAS-973.731
Kemp, Hardy A. About Nathaniel Lyon, Brigadier General, United States Army Volunteers and Wilson's Creek. S.l: s.n., 1978. ST-B
Phillips, Christopher. Damned Yankee: The Life of General Nathaniel Lyon. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1990. ST,SLAS,HU-B
Phillips, Christopher. Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2000. ST,SLAS,BU,DA-977.803
Piston, William G, and Richard W. Hatcher. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. HG,SLAS-973.731
Siddali, Silvana R. Missouri's War: The Civil War in Documents. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2009. BR-973.803
Taylor, Holly Z. Neither North nor South: Sectionalism, St. Louis Politics, and the Coming of the Civil War (1846-1861) , 2004. ST-977.866
Adamson, Hans C. Rebellion in Missouri, 1861: Nathaniel Lyon and His Army of the West. Philadelphia: Chilton Co., Book Division, 1961. HG-973.73
The Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861: Wilson's Creek Centennial Commemoration, August 10, 1961. Springfield, Mo, 1961. ST-973.73
Brooksher, William R. Bloody Hill: The Civil War Battle of Wilson's Creek. Washington: Brassey's, 1995. ST,HG,BU-973.731
Hinze, David C, and Karen Farnham. The Battle of Carthage: Border War in Southwest Missouri, July 5, 1861. Campbell, CA: Savas Pub. Co, 1997. HG,SLAS-973.731
Kemp, Hardy A. About Nathaniel Lyon, Brigadier General, United States Army Volunteers and Wilson's Creek. S.l: s.n., 1978. ST-B
Phillips, Christopher. Damned Yankee: The Life of General Nathaniel Lyon. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1990. ST,SLAS,HU-B
Phillips, Christopher. Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2000. ST,SLAS,BU,DA-977.803
Piston, William G, and Richard W. Hatcher. Wilson's Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. HG,SLAS-973.731
Siddali, Silvana R. Missouri's War: The Civil War in Documents. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2009. BR-973.803
Taylor, Holly Z. Neither North nor South: Sectionalism, St. Louis Politics, and the Coming of the Civil War (1846-1861) , 2004. ST-977.866
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
ST. LOUIS CEMETERY LISTS AND DEATH REGISTERS, 1764-1999: PART XI
Copyright 2009 by St. Louis Public Library. All rights reserved.
1946-1999
Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778
Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with some listings extending into the 1960s.
Social Security Master Death Index. Social Security Administration, Washington, DC.
Link to website
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Directory of Names. Washington, D.C.: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 1982. HG-959.70433
Includes American military personnel killed in the Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. Listings provide name of deceased, hometown and state, rank and branch of service, and date of death.
Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1992-2010: Obituaries and Death Notices Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1992-2010. HG,MI-071.7866
St. Louis Obituary Index also appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.
1946-1999
Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778
Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with some listings extending into the 1960s.
Social Security Master Death Index. Social Security Administration, Washington, DC.
Link to website
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Directory of Names. Washington, D.C.: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 1982. HG-959.70433
Includes American military personnel killed in the Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. Listings provide name of deceased, hometown and state, rank and branch of service, and date of death.
Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1992-2010: Obituaries and Death Notices Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1992-2010. HG,MI-071.7866
St. Louis Obituary Index also appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.
Friday, May 13, 2011
READING LISTS-- CIVIL WAR GENERALS, PT. 8
John Pope (1822-1892) was a Union Army general known for his success in capturing Island No. 10 and his defeat at the hands of Robert E. Lee at Second Manassas. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery here in St. Louis.
Cox, Merlin G. John Pope, Fighting General from Illinois (thesis) 1956. MI-B-POPE
Daniel, Larry J, and Lynn N. Bock. Island No. 10: Struggle for the Mississippi Valley. Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, 1996. HG, SLAS-973.73
Hennessy, John J. Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. BU, ST-973.732
Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1984. BU, CP, ST-973.732
Miles, Jim. A River Unvexed: A History and Tour Guide to the Campaign for the Mississippi River. Nashville, Tenn: Rutledge Hill Press, 1994. ST-973.730977
Ropes, John C. The Army Under Pope. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1881. ST-973.73
Schutz, Wallace J, and Walter N. Trenerry. Abandoned by Lincoln: A Military Biography of General John Pope. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ST-B POPE
Second Manassas. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1995. BU, MA, ST-973.732
Sutherland, Daniel E, and Grady McWhiney. The Emergence of Total War. Fort Worth, Tex: Ryan Place Publishers, 1996. ST-973.732
Whitehorne, Joseph W. A. The Battle of Second Manassas: Self-guided Tour. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1990. DO-1142.M31
Cox, Merlin G. John Pope, Fighting General from Illinois (thesis) 1956. MI-B-POPE
Daniel, Larry J, and Lynn N. Bock. Island No. 10: Struggle for the Mississippi Valley. Tuscaloosa, Ala: University of Alabama Press, 1996. HG, SLAS-973.73
Hennessy, John J. Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. BU, ST-973.732
Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Run. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1984. BU, CP, ST-973.732
Miles, Jim. A River Unvexed: A History and Tour Guide to the Campaign for the Mississippi River. Nashville, Tenn: Rutledge Hill Press, 1994. ST-973.730977
Ropes, John C. The Army Under Pope. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1881. ST-973.73
Schutz, Wallace J, and Walter N. Trenerry. Abandoned by Lincoln: A Military Biography of General John Pope. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. ST-B POPE
Second Manassas. Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1995. BU, MA, ST-973.732
Sutherland, Daniel E, and Grady McWhiney. The Emergence of Total War. Fort Worth, Tex: Ryan Place Publishers, 1996. ST-973.732
Whitehorne, Joseph W. A. The Battle of Second Manassas: Self-guided Tour. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1990. DO-1142.M31
Thursday, May 12, 2011
ST. LOUIS CEMETERY LISTS AND DEATH REGISTERS, 1764-1999: PART X
Copyright 2009 by St. Louis Public Library. All rights reserved.
1942-1945
Missouri. Federal Soldiers’ Home of St. James, Missouri. Biennial Reports (1901-1946). St. James, MO: Federal Soldiers’ Home, 1901-1946. ST-362.8
Reports vary, but usually have a listing of residents who died during the Reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and place of burial.
Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778
Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with some listings extending into the 1960s.
Saint Louis (Mo.). 28th Ward. 28th Ward Honor Roll: Dedicated to the Men and Women of the 28th Ward Serving in the Armed Forces of Their Country. Saint Louis, MO: 1944. ST-940.92
United States. Coast Guard. Summary of Merchant Marine Personnel Casualties, World War II. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950. ST-940.42
United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. Combat-Connected Naval Casualties, World War II, by States: U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946. HG-940.92
United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. Non-combat Dead: Missouri. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948. ST-Oversize 940.5467778
United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. State Summary of War Casualties, Missouri. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Printing Office, 1946. ST-940.5467778
Zimmer, Keith B. African-American Soldiers From the St. Louis Area Who Died During World War II. St. Louis Public Library, 1999.
This index appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.
Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1942-1945: Obituaries, Death Notices, and Burial Permits Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1999. HG,MI-071.7866
Newspaper death notices for this period include numerous listings for soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in action, or who were listed as prisoners of war or as missing in action. St. Louis Obituary Index also appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.
1942-1945
Missouri. Federal Soldiers’ Home of St. James, Missouri. Biennial Reports (1901-1946). St. James, MO: Federal Soldiers’ Home, 1901-1946. ST-362.8
Reports vary, but usually have a listing of residents who died during the Reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and place of burial.
Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778
Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with some listings extending into the 1960s.
Saint Louis (Mo.). 28th Ward. 28th Ward Honor Roll: Dedicated to the Men and Women of the 28th Ward Serving in the Armed Forces of Their Country. Saint Louis, MO: 1944. ST-940.92
United States. Coast Guard. Summary of Merchant Marine Personnel Casualties, World War II. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950. ST-940.42
United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. Combat-Connected Naval Casualties, World War II, by States: U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946. HG-940.92
United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. Non-combat Dead: Missouri. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948. ST-Oversize 940.5467778
United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Casualty Records Section. State Summary of War Casualties, Missouri. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Printing Office, 1946. ST-940.5467778
Zimmer, Keith B. African-American Soldiers From the St. Louis Area Who Died During World War II. St. Louis Public Library, 1999.
This index appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.
Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1942-1945: Obituaries, Death Notices, and Burial Permits Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1999. HG,MI-071.7866
Newspaper death notices for this period include numerous listings for soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in action, or who were listed as prisoners of war or as missing in action. St. Louis Obituary Index also appears on the St. Louis Public Library website.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
ST. LOUIS CEMETERY LISTS AND DEATH REGISTERS, 1764-1999: PART IX
Copyright 2009 by St. Louis Public Library. All rights reserved.
1917-1942
Hawkins, Robert. “Fratellanza Society Burial Records.” St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly 28:2 (Summer 1995): 37-41. HG-P
List of members of this Italian-American society buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery 1867-1941 (most are for the period 1867-1920). Includes some burials of children of members. Listings provide name and date of burial.
Missouri. Confederate Soldiers’ Home. Biennial Reports (1897-1940). Higginsville, MO: Confederate Soldiers’ Home, 1897.1940. ST-362.8
Reports vary, but generally include listings of deaths of residents during the reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and sometimes place of burial.
Missouri. Federal Soldiers’ Home of St. James, Missouri. Biennial Reports (1901-1940). St. James, MO: Federal Soldiers’ Home, 1901-1940. ST-362.8
Reports vary, but generally include a listing of deaths of residents of the home during the reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and place of burial.
Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778
Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with a few listings extending into the 1960s; volume 2 listings primarily cover the period 1840-1920.
Soldiers of the Great War. Compiled by W.M. Haulsee, F.G. Howe, and A.C. Doyle. Washington, D.C.: Soldiers’ Record Publishing Association, 1920, 3 volumes. ST-940.91
This book set lists (by state) United States Army soldiers killed during World War I.
“Violent Deaths in Missouri, 1840-1918 (selected).” Pioneer Times 8:1 (January 1984). HG-P
Abstracts of miscellaneous newspaper articles on violent deaths during the period listed (some St. Louis).
“Violent Deaths in Missouri, 1866-1925 (selected).” Pioneer Times 9:2 (April 1985). HG-P
Abstracts of miscellaneous newspaper articles on violent deaths during the period listed (some St. Louis).
“Weick Undertakers Records, 1911-1950.” St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly: vol. VII, no. 4 (December 1974): 79; vol. VIII, no. 1 (March 1975): 17; vol. VIII, no. 2 (June 1975): 35; and vol. VIII, no. 3 (September 1975): 69. HG-P St. Louis
Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1918-1919: Obituaries, Death Notices,and Burial Permits Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1999-2000. HG,MI-071.7866
Newspaper death notices for this period include numerous listings for soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in action, or who were listed as prisoners of war or as missing in action. These listings are available in book form at our Compton Genealogy Branch, and on our website. Note the special lists that have been compiled for World War I Casualties, Prisoners of War, and African-American Prisoners of War:
SLPL Obituary Index
1917-1942
Hawkins, Robert. “Fratellanza Society Burial Records.” St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly 28:2 (Summer 1995): 37-41. HG-P
List of members of this Italian-American society buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery 1867-1941 (most are for the period 1867-1920). Includes some burials of children of members. Listings provide name and date of burial.
Missouri. Confederate Soldiers’ Home. Biennial Reports (1897-1940). Higginsville, MO: Confederate Soldiers’ Home, 1897.1940. ST-362.8
Reports vary, but generally include listings of deaths of residents during the reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and sometimes place of burial.
Missouri. Federal Soldiers’ Home of St. James, Missouri. Biennial Reports (1901-1940). St. James, MO: Federal Soldiers’ Home, 1901-1940. ST-362.8
Reports vary, but generally include a listing of deaths of residents of the home during the reporting period. Death listings include name, date of death, and place of burial.
Old Cemeteries, St. Louis County, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1982-, 4 vols. HG,ST-929.3778
Volume 1 listings cover mostly the period 1870-1930, with a few listings extending into the 1960s; volume 2 listings primarily cover the period 1840-1920.
Soldiers of the Great War. Compiled by W.M. Haulsee, F.G. Howe, and A.C. Doyle. Washington, D.C.: Soldiers’ Record Publishing Association, 1920, 3 volumes. ST-940.91
This book set lists (by state) United States Army soldiers killed during World War I.
“Violent Deaths in Missouri, 1840-1918 (selected).” Pioneer Times 8:1 (January 1984). HG-P
Abstracts of miscellaneous newspaper articles on violent deaths during the period listed (some St. Louis).
“Violent Deaths in Missouri, 1866-1925 (selected).” Pioneer Times 9:2 (April 1985). HG-P
Abstracts of miscellaneous newspaper articles on violent deaths during the period listed (some St. Louis).
“Weick Undertakers Records, 1911-1950.” St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly: vol. VII, no. 4 (December 1974): 79; vol. VIII, no. 1 (March 1975): 17; vol. VIII, no. 2 (June 1975): 35; and vol. VIII, no. 3 (September 1975): 69. HG-P St. Louis
Zimmer, Keith B. St. Louis Obituary Index, 1918-1919: Obituaries, Death Notices,and Burial Permits Appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper. St. Louis Public Library, 1999-2000. HG,MI-071.7866
Newspaper death notices for this period include numerous listings for soldiers and sailors killed or wounded in action, or who were listed as prisoners of war or as missing in action. These listings are available in book form at our Compton Genealogy Branch, and on our website. Note the special lists that have been compiled for World War I Casualties, Prisoners of War, and African-American Prisoners of War:
SLPL Obituary Index
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