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Their Horses Climbed Trees tells the little known story of the five
hundred volunteers from California known as the "California Hundred
and Battalion", who fought in the East during the Civil War years
1863-1865, as a part of the Second Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Regiment. They served from 1862, when they departed from San
Francisco, to the war's end at Appomattox in 1865. The unit
interacted primarily against Colonel John Mosby. In the latter part
of the War they served under General Sheridan in the Shenandoah
Valley and at times fought alongside George Custer's cavalry. The
book is mainly a compilation of newspaper accounts from 1862-1865,
and 1866-1937. Also included as primary sources are letters, diary
entries and excerpts from regimental documents in the National
Archives. This is not a narrative or reworded history, the words
are from those who were there. Their Horses Climbed Trees contains
the rosters for the five hundred original volunteers, as well as
obituaries for many of the veterans. Period photographs of the
Company officers and a bibliography are provided. Genealogists,
teachers, researchers, and historians will gain new insights into
California's involvement in the Civil War in the East, which has
been largely overlooked.
Chinas position in the world has been evolving. It seeks increased
influence and independence from foreign powers with the ultimate
goal of preserving Chinas sovereignty, independence, territorial
integrity, and political system. Over the long term, China seeks to
transform the international system to better suit its interests,
but seeks to integrate itself into the existing international
system over the short term with the goal of reshaping the
Asia-Pacific political environment into one in which its interests
must be given greater attention. Chinas pursuit of space power is
intended to support this strategy. China views the development of
space power as a necessary move for a country that wants to
strengthen its national power. Indeed, Chinas goal is to become a
space power on par with the United States and to foster a space
industry that is the equal of those in the United States, Europe,
and Russia. This book begins with an elaborate discussion on
China's progress in space technologies and examines the
implications it has on the United States. Furthermore, this title
reviews the evolution of Chinas military thinking and the changed
role of space within that context. It briefly examines Chinas space
capabilities and development before discussing its concepts for
military space operations and concludes with future Chinese space
operations.
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