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Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887 /

Authors:
Knox, Thomas Wallace,
Item ID:
71200908409563
Publisher:
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons ; New Rochelle, N.Y. : Knickerbocker Press, 1900, c1887.
Edition:
3rd ed., rev.
Call Number:
D361 .K56 1900
Physical Description:
x, 490 p., [6] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Topic:
Battles -- History -- 19th century.
Military history -- 19th century.
Military art and science.
Naval battles -- History -- 19th century.
Naval history -- 19th century.
Naval art and science.
Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862.
Monitor (Ironclad)
Note:
Includes a chapter on the Monitor and the Battle of Hampton Roads.; Includes index.; With fore-edge painting depicting Abraham Lincoln, his birth-place and the White House.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Battle of Ayacucho, 1824 -- Battle of Prome, 1825 -- Battle of Navarino, 1827 -- Siege of Silistria, 1829 -- Battle of Staoueli and fall of Algiers, 1830 -- Capture of Antwerp and liberation of Belgium, 1832 -- Capture of the city of Mexico, 1847 -- Battle of Gujerat, 1849 -- Capture of the Malakoff and the Redan, and fall of Sebastopol, 1855 -- Lucknow and Cawnpore, 1857-8 -- Capture of the Peiho forts and Pekin, 1858-60 -- Battle of Solferino, 1859 -- Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, 1862 -- Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 -- Siege and fall of Vicksburg, 1863 -- Battle of Five Forks and Lee's surrender, 1865 -- Battle of Koeniggratz (Sadowa), 1866 -- Battle of Gravelotte, 1870 -- Battle and fall of Sedan, 1870 -- Fall of Khiva, 1873 -- Fall of Plevna, 1877 -- Capture of Geok Tepe, 1881 -- Battle of Miraflores, 1881 -- El Obeid: Annihilation of Hicks Pasha's army, 1883 -- Fall of Khartoum, 1885.; In full purple calf leather boards, with gilt edges, gold embossed decoration and lettering on spine, seal on front cover. Fore-edge painting showing Lincoln birthplace cabin, portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and White House.
OCLC Number:
ocm50417812
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets