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John Pelham Informational Materials: Finding Aid, Bethany Latham

Finding Aids

CSA Maj. John Pelham (1838-1863) was born in Alexandria, Alabama, and attended West Point military academy, which he was forced to leave in 1861 when the Civil War broke out. He reported for duty in the Confederate forces and was commissioned a first lieutenant, first being put in charge of ordnance, and later quickly gaining fame as commander of artillery. He was dubbed “the Gallant Pelham” by Robert E. Lee for his valor at Sharpsburg and achieved the field rank of major before his death at Kelly’s Ford, Virginia. He is buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, and a monument consisting of …

Casar Panel Discussion: The 2024 Us Elections: Expectations And Implications Around The World, The Prince Alwaleed Center For American Studies And Research Casar, Mark W. Deets

Performances, Events, and Presentations

This panel discussion talked about the possible scenarios of the 2024 US election round from several perspectives, analyzing the impact on the region & the world. The speakers were AUC Faculty: Dr.Alaa El-Hadidi (CASAR) - Dr. Sean Lee (Political Science)- Dr. Mouness Hojairi (History) and the event was moderated by CASAR Director Dr.Mark Deets. Sun. Nov. 3rd, 2024 - AUC New Cairo Campus

Bibliography For "Code Talkers Display", Arianna Tillman, Arianna Tillman, Isabella Piechota

Library Displays and Bibliographies

A bibliography created to support a display about Code Talkers at the Leatherby Libraries during November 2024 at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University.

0892: The Gregg Family Papers, 1940-2024, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Anna Catherine “Kay” Kelly Gregg was born in 1920 in Dawson, West Virginia, to Aldridge James Kelly and Mary Leah Lowry. She was raised in Huntington, West Virginia, alongside her four siblings: James Thompson Kelly, Franklin C. Kelly, Bonna Kelly Paul, and Jeanette W. Kelly Scheerer. Kay enrolled at Marshall College in 1940 and completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Teachers College on September 12, 1944.

Harrison “Harry” Humphreys Gregg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Daniel B. Gregg and Rebecca Humphreys. He attended the University of Cincinnati and later met Kay Kelly while visiting Huntington. The two …

The Rise And Fall Of Caribbean Piracy: A Socio-Technical Analysis Of The War Of Spanish Succession, Maritime Innovation, And Edward Randolf’S Policy, Dominique M. Salinski

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This paper argues that the mode and historical context in which piracy ascended in the Caribbean after the War of the Spanish Succession, as well as the historical interrelation between maritime technology and pirate tactics, coalesced into a diachronic Damocles Sword that resulted in the downfall of piracy in the Golden Age. Sanctioning piratical enterprises as a subconventional maritime strategy displayed a geopolitical reliance on piracy by great powers. However, the depraved treatment conventional sailors received across all major European navies generated a social stratum that eventually bore the Golden Age of Piracy, while simultaneously contributing significantly to British naval …

Review Of "A Samaritan State Revisited: Historical Perspectives On Canadian Foreign Aid" Edited By Greg Donaghy And David Webster, Jonathon Zimmer

Canadian Military History

Review of A Samaritan State Revisited: Historical Perspectives on Canadian Foreign Aid edited by Greg Donaghy and David Webster

Review Of "Enduring Alliance: A History Of Nato And The Postwar Global Order" By Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Review of Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order by Timothy Andrews Sayle

Review Of "Hanged In Medicine Hat: Murders In A Nazi Prisoner-Of-War Camp, And The Disturbing True Story Of Canada’S Last Mass Execution" By Nathan M. Greenfield, Andrew Theobald

Canadian Military History

Review of Hanged in Medicine Hat: Murders in a Nazi Prisoner-of-War Camp, and the Disturbing True Story of Canada’s Last Mass Execution by Nathan M. Greenfield

Review Of "I Can Only Paint: The Story Of Battlefield Artist Mary Riter Hamilton" By Irene Gammel, Bradley Shoebottom

Canadian Military History

Review of I Can Only Paint: The Story of Battlefield Artist Mary Riter Hamilton by Irene Gammel

Review Of "The Spanish Blue Division On The Eastern Front, 1941-1945: War, Occupation, Memory" By Xosé M. Núnez Seixas, Ben H. Shepherd

Canadian Military History

Review of The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945: War, Occupation, Memory by Xosé M. Núnez Seixas

Review Of "Battlefield Emotions In Late Antiquity: A Study Of Fear And Motivation In Roman Military Treatises" By Łukasz Różycki, Lucas Mcmahon

Canadian Military History

Review of Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity: A Study of Fear and Motivation in Roman Military Treatises by Łukasz Różycki

Review Of "Atrocity On The Atlantic: Attack On A Canadian Hospital Ship During The Great War" By Nate Hendley And "Asleep In The Deep: Nursing Sister Anna Stamers And The First World War" By Dianne Kelly, Craig Leslie Mantle

Canadian Military History

Review of Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Canadian Hospital Ship During the Great War by Nate Hendley and Asleep in the Deep: Nursing Sister Anna Stamers and the First World War by Dianne Kelly

Review Of "Warriors And Warships: Conflict On The Great Lakes And The Legacy Of Point Frederick" By Robert D. Banks, Thomas Malcomson

Canadian Military History

Review of Warriors and Warships: Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point Frederick by Robert D. Banks

Review Of "Traitor By Default: The Trials Of Kanao Inouye, The Kamloops Kid" By Patrick Brode, Scott Mair

Canadian Military History

Review of Traitor By Default: The Trials of Kanao Inouye, the Kamloops Kid by Patrick Brode

Review Of "Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History Of Hill 70 And Canada’S First World War" By Matthew Barrett And Robert C. Engen, John R. Heckman

Canadian Military History

Review of Through Their Eyes: A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada’s First World War by Matthew Barrett and Robert C. Engen

Review Of "We Lived In Danger: From True Prairie Boy To Royal Regina Rifleman. A Western Canadian’S Wwii Memoir" By Victor Hepburn Small, Geoffrey Hayes

Canadian Military History

Review of We Lived in Danger: From True Prairie Boy to Royal Regina Rifleman. A Western Canadian’s WWII Memoir by Victor Hepburn Small

Review Of "Stalingrad Lives: Stories Of Combat And Survival" By Ian Garner, Grant T. Harward

Canadian Military History

Review of Stalingrad Lives: Stories of Combat and Survival by Ian Garner

Review Of "Statesmen, Strategists & Diplomats: Canadian Prime Ministers And The Making Of Foreign Policy" Edited By Patrice Dutil And "Friends And Enemies: Essays In Canada’S Foreign Relations" By J.L. Granatstein, Tim Cook

Canadian Military History

Review of Statesmen, Strategists & Diplomats: Canadian Prime Ministers and the Making of Foreign Policy edited by Patrice Dutil and Friends and Enemies: Essays in Canada’s Foreign Relations by J.L. Granatstein

Review Of "Afterlives Of War: A Descendants’ History" By Michael Roper, Tim Cook

Canadian Military History

Review of Afterlives of War: A Descendants’ History by Michael Roper

Review Of "The Hardest Battle: The Canadian Corps And The Arras 1918 Campaign" By William F. Stewart, David Borys

Canadian Military History

Review of The Hardest Battle: The Canadian Corps and the Arras 1918 Campaign by William F. Stewart