GENERAL WILLIAM W. LORING - FLORIDA'S FORGOTTEN GENERAL CIVIL WAR

Description: W.W. LORING WILLIAM W. LORING FLORIDA’S FORGOTTEN GENERAL “Old Blizzards” BY JAMES W. RAAB FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION MINT CONDITION DUST JACKET This is a brand new, unread, pristine condition book. Original, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, New Book Contains Illustrations, Photographs and Battle Maps Fully Indexed, with Bibliography PUBLISHED BY SUNFLOWER UNIVERSITY PRESS IN 1996 Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, William W. Loring moved to Saint Augustine, Florida, when he was four. At the age of fourteen, he began a military career that spanned fifty year, joining the Florida Militia and gained his first combat experience fighting the Seminole Indians in what would become the Seminole Wars. When he was seventeen, he ran away to fight in the Texas War of Independence, but was retrieved by his father. For the next few years he would fight in the second Seminole War and would end up being promoted to Second Lieutenant. In 1837, Loring attended the Alexandria Boarding School in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended Georgetown University from 1839 to 1840 and then went on to study law, and was admitted to the Florida bar in 1842. In 1843, he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives where he served from 1843 to 1845. In 1845 he ran unsuccessfully for the Florida Senate. In 1846, Loring joined a newly formed regiment, the Regiment of Mounted Rifles, originally created to protect the Oregon Territory. He was promoted to Major. Shortly thereafter the Mounted Rifles found in the Mexican-American War. Loring's regiment saw action in most of the battles of the war and he was wounded three times. While leading the charge into Mexico City, Loring's arm was shattered by a Mexican bullet, and he would later have it amputated. He received two brevets for bravery, one to Lieutenant Colonel and another to Colonel. In 1849, during the California gold rush, Loring was ordered to take command of the Oregon Territory and led a train of 600 mule teams 2,500 miles from Missouri to Oregon. He was in command of the Oregon Territory for two years and was then transferred to being commander of the forts of the frontier, such forts as Fort Ewell, Fort McIntosh, and Fort Union. For five years he engaged in many skirmishes with the Indians, most notably with the Comanches, Apaches, and Kiowas. Loring was promoted to colonel at the age of 38 in December 1856, the youngest in the army. He left the United States and traveled to Europe in May 1859. While there, he, like many of his fellow American officers, studied the military tactics that had been invented in the recent Crimean War. When the Civil War erupted, Loring sided with the South to protect his home. He resigned from the U.S. Army on May 13, 1861 and offered his services to the Confederacy. Loring was promptly commissioned a Brigadier General and given command of the Army of the Northwest, participating in Robert E. Lee's Western Virginia Campaign in the fall of 1861. His first assignment was to defend western Virginia from Major General George B. McClellan, who was invading from Ohio. He soon acquired the nickname, "Old Blizzards" for his battle cry, "Give them blizzards, boys! Give them blizzards!" Loring famously butted heads with superior officers, particularly with “Stonewall” Jackson during the Romney Expedition in northwestern Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1862, and John C. Pemberton during the Vicksburg Campaign in 1863. In the case of the former, Loring and his officers went over Jackson's head to Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin, requesting that the division be withdrawn from Romney. Jackson complied with the order, then resigned in protest of Richmond's interference with his command; he withdrew his resignation under pressure from Governor John Letcher and his former commander, Joseph E. Johnston, and Loring was reassigned out of Jackson's command, to southwestern Virginia. During the Vicksburg Campaign, he was cut off from the rest of the army at the Battle of Champion Hill. He then marched down to join forces with General Joseph E. Johnston and was under the command of Johnston and Lt. General Leonidas Polk, respectively. Loring took over command of Polk's corps temporarily when Polk was killed at Pine Mountain on June 14, 1864, and was replaced on July 7, 1864 by Lt. General Alexander P. Stewart. After being wounded at Ezra Church on July 28, 1864, Loring was out of action until after the fall of Atlanta. Upon returning he fought at Franklin on November 30, 1864, Nashville in mid-December, and in the Carolinas in March 1865. After the Civil War, Loring served for nine years in the Egyptian army. He rose to the rank of Major General there, before returning to Florida. This first edition book is brand new, unread and in pristine condition. The book comes in a new, pristine condition dust jacket. The book is sharp, bright and clean. It has solid binding throughout. It has no wear or shortcomings. The interior is clean and the pages are bright white and in excellent condition. There isn’t a mark in the book. It is illustrated and has numerous battle maps throughout. 263 pages. Fully indexed, with bibliography. High-quality, cloth binding. A brand new, pristine condition, first edition book. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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