Our War Veterans And Some of Their World

Collection

Actions

Military actions, campaigns, and operations.

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ActionnameCodenameDatedescriptionActiondateActiondescriptionUs LeaderCampaignWar ConflictRemarks
Skirmish at Amite River LADec 12 1864
Skirmish at Amite River LAJul 24 1862
Skirmish at Amite River LAJul 25 1864
Skirmish at Amite River LAJun 28 1862
Skirmish at Amite River LAMar 18 1865
Skirmish at Amite River LAMar 28 18631863-03-28 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Anderson's Gap TNOct 1 18631863-10-01 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Angley's Post Office SCFeb 4 18651865-02-04 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Annandale Church VADec 2 18611861-12-02 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Annandale VADec 28 18621862-12-28 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Annandale VAOct 22 18631863-10-22 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Annandale VAAug 24 18641864-08-24 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Antietam Bridge MDJul 8 18641864-07-08 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Antietam Creek MDSep 15 18621862-09-15 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Antietam Ford MDAug 4 18641864-08-04 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Antietam Iron Works MDAug 27 18611861-08-27 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Antietam MDJul 6 18641864-07-06 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Antioch Church VAMay 23 18631863-05-23 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Antioch Station TNApr 10 18631863-04-10 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Antoine Creek ARApr 2 18641864-04-02 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Aquia Creek VASep 5 18621862-09-05 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arcadia MOSep 27 18641864-09-27 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arcadia Valley MOSep 26 18641864-09-26 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arkadelphia ARFeb 15 18631863-02-15 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arkadelphia ARMar 20 18641864-03-20 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arkadelphia ARMar 29 18641864-03-29 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arkadelphia ARMar 31 18641864-03-31 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arkadelphia ARApr 1 18641864-04-01 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arkansas river ARJul 10 18641864-07-10 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arlington Mills VAJun 1 18611861-06-01 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Armstrong's Creek WVSep 11 18621862-09-11 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Armstrong's Farm VAMay 30 18641864-05-30 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Armstrong's Ferry TNJan 22 18641864-01-22 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Armuchee Creek GAMay 15 18641864-05-15 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arnoldsburg WVMay 6 18621862-05-06 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arnoldsville MOJun 1 18641864-06-01 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arrow Rock MOJul 29 18621862-07-29 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arrow Rock MOOct 12 18621862-10-12 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arrow Rock MOAug 7 18641864-08-07 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arrow Rock Road MOSep 23 18641864-09-23 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Arundel's Farm VAApr 10 18651865-04-10 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Ash Creek KSNov 13 18641864-11-13 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Ash Hill MOAug 13 18631863-08-13 00:00:00.000
Skirmish at Ashby's Gap VAJul 12 1863
Skirmish at Ashby's Gap VAJul 19 1864
Skirmish at Ashby's Gap VAJul 21 1864
Skirmish at Ashby's Gap VAJun 21 1863
Skirmish at Ashby's Gap VAJun 22 1862
Skirmish at Ashby's Gap VANov 3 1862
Skirmish at Ashby's Gap VASep 20 1862
Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

Battles and other Actions

I suppose most of the people who are interested in the military and its past are mainly interested in the “action”. They want to read about the battles. In that sense, this page of my site may be of the most interest to more people. I give some of the sources I’ve used, mostly the official ones, on that subject. Of course there are endless books and other publications about the history of the wars and the battles, many being available in almost any large book store or online.

Civil War

The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, published by the U.S. Army in 128 volumes, are available on disc in a publication titled Civil War-CD-ROM. It is available through the used book market and online.

Of course there are countless books on this popular subject, including a number on many of the individual regiments, both Union and Confederate. An excellent example of the latter is the H.E. Howard series on each of the Virginia Regiments, and some separate battalions. Some are still available new, others most likely in the used book market.

World War I

The United States Army Center of Military History published a number of volumes about the Army’s role in World War I. The Center has made these volumes available on a set of three CD’s.

World War II

Army

The Army has published dozens of volumes that describe its ground forces actions during World War II. They are commonly called “The green books” because they are bound in green covers with a red band on their spine in which the particular theater covered by each volume is described. Many cover the various campaigns of the war, such as Cross Channel Attack (the invasion of Normandy), or The Last Offensive (the Army’s part in the invasion of Okinawa) while others describe the organization and accomplishments of the various technical services (quartermaster, ordnance, etc.). Many contain excellent foldout maps bound into them to help the reader follow exactly where things happened. (The Army makes wonderful maps!)

These books were not available in commercial book stores, having been distributed by the Government Printing Office (GPO). Most are probably available through the used book market, and some may still be available from the GPO book store system via the Internet.

Navy

Probably the most famous and widely used official history of World War II is Samuel Eliot Morison’s 15 volume History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II, published by Little Brown (formerly Atlantic Little Brown). Dr. Morison was already a famous historian before the war and was commissioned by the Navy specifically to write its history of the war, so it is considered “official” even though published commercially, unlike that of the Army, described above.

These volumes contain a wealth of narrative material describing the actions, as well as photographs and maps, and frequently “order of battle” lists of the ships and their commanders, as well as the organization to which each ship was assigned for that action.

Marine Corps

The Marine Corps also published a multi-volume history of their operations during World War II. I have the first three volumes, and there may be as many as six. These were “official” publications and as far as I know, were not distributed through commercial book stores. They should still be available through the used book market.

Air Force

The Air Force was established as a separate military service in 1947. During World War II it was called Army Air Forces, as part of the Army.

A comprehensive seven-volume series of books was published about the Army Air Forces’ role in the war titled The Army Air Forces in World War II, by James L. Cate and Wesley F. Cravens.

These volumes are probably available only through the used book market.

Korean War

As with World War II, each of the military services published official histories of their parts in the war. Probably the best and most readable was the five-volume set published by the Marine Corps. The most voluminous and factually detailed, as might be expected, was by the Army (several volumes). The Navy and Air Force published single volume histories.