Charles Ray Steelman

From Hough to Williams (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

At Fort Sumter on April 14,1861, a premature discharge from a cannon caused an explosion that killed Pvt. Daniel Hough of the 1st U.S. Artillery. That made Hough the first person to be killed in the Civil War. Four years later on May 13, 1865 at the Battle of Palmito Ranch in Texas, John J. Williams, a Union private, was the last person to die in the Civil War. This battle occurred a month after General Robert E. Lee's surrender and was the final land battle of the war. Therefore, the title of this book, From Hough to Williams, is a brief outline of the terrible things that happened in the Civil War between Hough and Williams, the first and last to die in that terrible war.

In this book you will find a timeline of the events of the Civil War. This war left between 620,000 and 750,000 soldiers dead, along with an undetermined number of incalculable civilian casualties, making the Civil War the deadliest military conflict in American history. Of the civil War deaths, from 320,000 up to 620,000 of them were white men, fighting for the Union in order to make black people free. The cruelty and brutality of the Civil War, especially to civilians, demonstrated that war truly does bring out the worst characteristics in mankind. This war drove a wedge between the people of the United States that took over a century to repair.

The casually uninformed would say that nothing much happened in Huntsville in the Civil War. After all, in Huntsville, Alabama there was only one real battle during the Civil War. It has even been called a small skirmish. However, to the 15 that were killed, they laid just as dead as they would have on any major battlefield.

In 1863, the implementation of Union General Order #100 (the Lieber Code), essentially declared war on all citizens of the South. Homes could be searched for any reason; property taken; permits were required to move around or do business; citizens could be held without cause; insults would not be tolerated; and freedom of speech no longer existed in the South. Citizens that did not renounce the Confederacy and take an oath to the US government, were evicted from their homes and were forced to leave town. The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom for enslaved people in only in the Confederate states, and accepted Black men into military service. The Emancipation Proclamation released approximately 50,000 slaves in the eleven rebellious states only. The release of these slaves was done so to purposely disrupt the workforce and economy in the Confederacy; to strike fear into the hearts of those left behind; and was a strategy of war to demoralize the Confederate soldiers, It achieved all three of these goals.

This research and timeline in this book centers around my hometown, Huntsville, Alabama and Madison County as well as the surrounding areas of north Alabama and southern Tennessee. This intent of this research and timeline is to open the eyes of the reader to the tremendous hardships suffered by those who were left behind.

The material in "From Hough to Williams" was compiled after years of study; some from my head; some from piles of my family notes; some from books that I have read; and some from my Grandmother's stories; and some from long-forgotten sources. Any copyright violations is unintentional and by certainly by accident.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Charles Ray Steelman
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798232632021
• Artikelnr.: 76005602

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The Authors

Ray's Abbreviated Bio:
Born in Fayetteville, TN .. Lincoln Co. Schools .. MTSU (MA & BS) .. Post graduate studies.. HS Teacher/Coach/Administrator .. Runner/Walker .. Entrepreneur .. Many businesses .. Avid harmonica player .. Some banjo .. 500+ recordings .. General aviation pilot .... Kentucky Colonel .. Retired .. Writer .. Author .. Poet .. Walked the Wall of China .. Hobby historian .. Storyteller .. Over 1,000 TV appearances.. Diet and workout nut .. Saw Bigfoot .. Hit 400' HR .. Former garbageman .. Sings like Alfafa .. 4 simultaneous state harmonica championships...650+ YouTube videos .. E-Books .. Audio artist.. Married the homecoming queen.. Trophy husband.. Wrote 14 books.. TV personality for four years (NBC Affiliate).. 15 performances at Opryland.. Owned 8 airplanes.. 7 grandkids.. National and regional business awards.

Sharon's Abbreviated Bio:
Born in Ft. Ord, CA .. Lived in Panama... Huntsville City Schools .. Homecoming queen.. University of Alabama Huntsville .. Runner/Walker .. Life-long entrepreneur .. Many businesses .. Married her HS vice-principal .. Speaks Chinese.. Great cook and homemaker.. Retired .. Gardener.. Author ... Makes the world's best homemade ice cream.. Trophy wife .... A great listener.. A tireless worker.. Diet and workout nut .. E-Books .. Ray's best friend.. Professional shopper.. A good conversationalist.. Co-wrote 14 books.. A visionary.. Scholarship benefactor.... Humanitarian.. Taught Sunday school.. Lifelong Biblical student.. Co-owned 8 airplanes.. 7 grandkids... Everyone's best friend.. National, local and regional business awards.. Doubts Bigfoot exists.. Didn't see Ray hit that 400' home run either.