Our War Veterans And Some of Their World

Collection

Actions

Military actions, campaigns, and operations.

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ActionnameCodenameDatedescriptionActiondateActiondescriptionUs LeaderCampaignWar ConflictRemarks
Capture of AttuLandcrabMay 11-29 1943RADM T. Kinkaid
Capture of Bayou Grand Caillou LAMay 8 18621862-05-08 00:00:00.000
Capture of Beverly WVJan 11 18651865-01-11 00:00:00.000
Capture of Braxton Court House WVDec 29 18611861-12-29 00:00:00.000
Capture of Butte La Rose LAApr 20 18631863-04-20 00:00:00.000
Capture of Camp Cooper FLFeb 10 18641864-02-10 00:00:00.000
Capture of Camp Jackson MOMay 10 18611861-05-10 00:00:00.000
Capture of Cherry Grove VAMar 30 18641864-03-30 00:00:00.000
Capture of City Belle LAMay 3 18641864-05-03 00:00:00.000
Capture of Des Arc ARJan 18 18631863-01-18 00:00:00.000
Capture of Donaldsonville LAOct 25 18621862-10-25 00:00:00.000
Capture of Fairview Heights MDOct 10 18621862-10-10 00:00:00.000
Capture of Fort Beauregard LASep 4 18631863-09-04 00:00:00.000
Capture of Fort Charlotte SCJuly 12 17751775-07-12 00:00:00.000Mc Cormick County
Capture of Fort De Russy LAMar 14 18641864-03-14 00:00:00.000
Capture of Fort Henry TNFeb 6 18621862-02-06 00:00:00.000
Capture of Fort Johnson SCSep 15 18851775-08-15 00:00:00.000Charleston
Capture of Fort Pillow TNJun 5 18621862-06-05 00:00:00.000
Capture of Fort Powhatan VAMay 5 18641864-05-05 00:00:00.000
Capture of Fort Smith ARAug 31 18631863-08-31 00:00:00.000
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga NYMay 10 17751775-05-10 00:00:00.000Ethan Allen
Capture of Gainesville FLFeb 14 18651865-02-14 00:00:00.000
Capture of Henderson TNNov 25 18621862-11-25 00:00:00.000
Capture of Jackson TNJun 7 18621862-06-07 00:00:00.000
Capture of Jacksonville FLMar 10 18631863-03-10 00:00:00.000
Capture of Jefferson City MOJun 14 18611861-06-14 00:00:00.000
Capture of Kaskaskia ILJul 4 17781778-07-04 00:00:00.000
Capture of Lead Mines, Wytheville VADec 17 18641864-12-17 00:00:00.000
Capture of Little Rock ARSep 10 18631863-09-10 00:00:00.000
Capture of Macon GAApr 20 18651865-04-20 00:00:00.000
Capture of Manassas Station VAAug 26 18621862-08-26 00:00:00.000
Capture of New Madrid MOMar 14 18621862-03-14 00:00:00.000
Capture of Norfolk VAMay 10 18621862-05-10 00:00:00.000
Capture of Portsmouth VAMay 10 18621862-05-10 00:00:00.000
Capture of Ram Atlanta GAJun 17 18631863-06-17 00:00:00.000
Capture of Richmond VAJan 4 17811781-01-04 00:00:00.000
Capture of Ridgely MOOct 16 18641864-10-16 00:00:00.000
Capture of Saltsville VADec 20-21 18641864-12-20 00:00:00.000
Capture of SansaporGlobetrotterJul 1944
Capture of Sloop Victory MDDec 15 18611861-12-15 00:00:00.000
Capture of St. Joseph MOSep 13 18611861-09-13 00:00:00.000
Capture of Thibodeaux LAJun 20 18631863-06-20 00:00:00.000
Capture of Trenton TNDec 20 18621862-12-20 00:00:00.000
Capture of Union City TNDec 21 1862
Capture of Union City TNMar 31 1862
Capture of Wytheville VADec 16 1864
Combat at Gravel Hill VAAug 14 1864
Combat at Hillsborough GAJul 30-31 1864
Combat at Johnson's Farm VAOct 7 1864
Combat at Jones' Farm VAMay 28 1864
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.