Commander and builder of western forts : the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 /
During his thirty-eight-year career as a military officer, Henry Clay Merriam received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War, rose to prominence in the Western army, and exerted significant influence on the American West by establishing military posts, protecting rail lines, and mainta...
| Основен автор: | Ballard, Jack S. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
℗♭2012.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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Commander and builder of western forts. |
Съдържание:
- Medal of Honor
- Civil War experience
- Department of the Gulf: command of Black troops
- Post-Civil War: the occupation army
- On to the Rio Grande
- A new wife and troubles on the Rio Grande
- To the Pacific Northwest
- Fort Laramie
- Fort Logan, Colorado
- Department of the Columbia: Vancouver Barracks and Alaska
- The Spanish-American War
- Department of the Colorado and the Idaho mining riots
- Toward retirement
- Who was Maj. Gen. Henry C. Merriam?