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.
Showing 1,151–1,200
ActionnameCodenameDatedescriptionActiondateActiondescriptionUs LeaderCampaignWar ConflictRemarks
Action at Somerville Heights VAMay 7 18621862-05-07 00:00:00.000
Action at Somerville TNJan 3 18631863-01-03 00:00:00.000
Action at Somerville TNMar 9 18631863-03-09 00:00:00.000
Action at South Mountain MDJul 12 18631863-07-12 00:00:00.000
Action at Sparta TNNov 27 18631863-11-27 00:00:00.000
Action at Sparta TNDec 9 18631863-12-09 00:00:00.000
Action at Spring Hill TNDec 18 18641864-12-18 00:00:00.000
Action at Spring Hill TNDec 26 18641864-12-26 00:00:00.000
Action at Spring River ARMar 13 18621862-03-13 00:00:00.000
Action at Spring River MOSep 20 18621862-09-20 00:00:00.000
Action at Spurgeon's Mill TNOct 19 18631863-10-19 00:00:00.000
Action at St. Francis River MOApr 30-May 1 18631863-04-30 00:00:00.000
Action at St. John's Bluff FLOct 3 18621862-10-03 00:00:00.000
Action at St. Peter's Church VAJun 15 18641864-06-15 00:00:00.000
Action at St. Peter's Church VAJun 21 18641864-06-21 00:00:00.000
Action at Stannard's Mill VAMay 21 18641864-05-21 00:00:00.000
Action at State Line MOOct 22 18641864-10-22 00:00:00.000
Action at Statesborough GADec 4 18641864-12-04 00:00:00.000
Action at Station Four FLFeb 13 18651865-02-13 00:00:00.000
Action at Staunton River Bridge VAJun 25 18641864-06-25 00:00:00.000
Action at Steamer City Belle LAMay 3 18641864-05-03 00:00:00.000
Action at Steamer City Belle LAMay 30 18641864-05-30 00:00:00.000
Action at Sterling Plantation LASep 29 18631863-09-29 00:00:00.000
Action at Stevensburg VAOct 11 18631863-10-11 00:00:00.000
Action at Stewart's Creek TNJan 1 18631863-01-01 00:00:00.000
Action at Stewartsborough TNApr 12 1863
Action at Stilesborough GAMay 23 18641864-05-23 00:00:00.000
Action at Stone Chapel VAAug 10 1864
Action at Stony Creek Station VAMay 7 18641864-05-07 00:00:00.000
Action at Strasburg VAApr 28 18631863-04-28 00:00:00.000
Action at Strawberry Plains TNNov 16-17 18631863-11-16 00:00:00.000
Action at Sugar Creek ARFeb 16 18621862-02-16 00:00:00.000
Action at Sugar Creek ARFeb 17 18621862-02-17 00:00:00.000
Action at Sugar Creek TNOct 9 18631863-10-09 00:00:00.000
Action at Sugar Valley GAMay 11 18641864-05-11 00:00:00.000
Action at Sulphur Branch Trestle ALSep 25 1864
Action at Sulphur Springs VANov 15 1862
Action at Sulphur Springs VAOct 12 1863
Action at Summerville GAOct 18 18641864-10-18 00:00:00.000
Action at Sunshine Church GAAug 3 18641864-08-03 00:00:00.000
Action at Sussex Court House VADec 10 1864
Action at Sweetwater Bridge GAJul 3 18641864-07-03 00:00:00.000
Action at Sycamore Church VASep 16 18641864-09-16 00:00:00.000
Action at Tampa Bay FLOct 17 18631863-10-17 00:00:00.000
Action at Ten Island Ford ALJul 24 18641864-07-24 00:00:00.000
Action at Terrapin Creek ALOct 28 18641864-10-28 00:00:00.000
Action at Terre Noir Creek ARApr 2 18641864-04-02 00:00:00.000
Action at Thompson's Creek LAOct 5 18641864-10-05 00:00:00.000
Action at Thompson's Station TNMar 9 1863
Action at Thornburg's VAAug 5-6 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.