Our War Veterans And Some of Their World

Collection

Actions

Military actions, campaigns, and operations.

Words shorter than three characters are ignored. Every remaining word must match somewhere in the record.
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ActionnameCodenameDatedescriptionActiondateActiondescriptionUs LeaderCampaignWar ConflictRemarks
Action at Marion VADec 16 18641864-12-16 00:00:00.000
Action at Marshall MOOct 13 18631863-10-13 00:00:00.000
Action at Maryland Heights MDSep 12-13 18621862-09-12 00:00:00.000
Action at Maryland Heights MDJul 6-7 18641864-07-06 00:00:00.000
Action at Massametton Mountain VAAug 16 18641864-08-16 00:00:00.000Could this be Massenutten?
Action at Massaponax Church VAAug 5-6 18621862-08-05 00:00:00.000
Action at Massard's Prairie ARJul 27 18641864-07-27 00:00:00.000
Action at Mathias Point VAJun 27 18611861-06-27 00:00:00.000
Action at Mattadequin Creek VAMay 30 18641864-05-30 00:00:00.000
Action at McAfee's Cross Roads GAJun 11 18641864-06-11 00:00:00.000
Action at McGulre's AROct 28 18621862-10-28 00:00:00.000
Action at McMinnville TNJun 4 1863
Action at Mechanicsville VAJun 12 1862
Action at Mechump's Creek VAMay 31 18641864-05-31 00:00:00.000
Action at Medon Station TNAug 30 18621862-08-30 00:00:00.000
Action at Medon TNAug 3 18621862-08-03 00:00:00.000
Action at Memphis TNJul 16 18631863-07-16 00:00:00.000
Action at Memphis TNAug 25 18641864-08-25 00:00:00.000
Action at Middleburg VAJun 19 18631863-06-19 00:00:00.000
Action at Middleburg VADec 2 18641864-12-02 00:00:00.000
Action at Middleton TNJun 24 18631863-06-24 00:00:00.000
Action at Middletown VANov 12 18641864-11-12 00:00:00.000
Action at Milford MODec 18 18611861-12-18 00:00:00.000
Action at Milford Station VAMay 21 18641864-05-21 00:00:00.000
Action at Mill Point VANov 6-7 18641864-11-06 00:00:00.000
Action at Milliken's Bend LAJun 7 18631863-06-07 00:00:00.000
Action at Mineral Point MOSep 27 18641864-09-27 00:00:00.000
Action at Monday Hollow MOOct 13 18611861-10-13 00:00:00.000
Action at Monterey Gap PAJul 4 18631863-07-04 00:00:00.000
Action at Montevallo ALMar 31 18651865-03-31 00:00:00.000
Action at Moore's Mills MOJul 28 18621862-07-28 00:00:00.000
Action at Moreau Bottom MOOct 7 18641864-10-07 00:00:00.000
Action at Moreauville LAMay 17 18641864-05-17 00:00:00.000
Action at Morganza Bend LAMay 28 18641864-05-28 00:00:00.000
Action at Morganza LASep 29 18631863-09-29 00:00:00.000
Action at Morris Island SCJul 19 18631863-07-19 00:00:00.000
Action at Morris Island SCJul 25 18631863-07-25 00:00:00.000
Action at Morris Island SCSep 1 18631863-09-01 00:00:00.000
Action at Morristown TNOct 28 18641864-10-28 00:00:00.000
Action at Morristown TNNov 13 18641864-11-13 00:00:00.000
Action at Morristown TNNov 15 18641864-11-15 00:00:00.000
Action at Moscow ARApr 13 18641864-04-13 00:00:00.000
Action at Moulton ALMay 28-29 18641864-05-28 00:00:00.000
Action at Mount Ida ARMar 30 18641864-03-30 00:00:00.000
Action at Mount Zion Church MODec 28 18611861-12-28 00:00:00.000
Action at Mt. Elba Ferry ARApr 26 18641864-04-26 00:00:00.000
Action at Mt. Jackson VANov 22 18641864-11-22 00:00:00.000
Action at Mt. Jackson VADec 21 18641864-12-21 00:00:00.000
Action at Mt. Olive VAOct 9 18641864-10-09 00:00:00.000
Action at Mt. Zion Church VAJul 6 18641864-07-06 00:00:00.000
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.