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Author:

Ballard, Jack S.

Title:

Commander and builder of western forts : the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 / Jack Stokes Ballard.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xi, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Merriam, Henry C.--(Henry Clay),--1837-1912.
United States.--Army--Officers--Biography.
Medal of Honor--Biography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
Military bases--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
West (U.S.)--Biography.
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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?.

ISBN:

1603446338 (e-book)
9781603446334 (e-book)
160344260X (cloth : alk. paper)
9781603442602 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)716071243

LCCN:

2011016692

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)