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Commander and builder of western forts : the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 / Jack Stokes Ballard.
Van Pelt Library F594.M525 B35 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ballard, Jack Stokes, 1928-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Merriam, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1837-1912.
- Merriam, Henry C.
- United States. Army--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Army.
- History.
- Military bases.
- Medal of Honor--Biography.
- Medal of Honor.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Military bases--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.
- West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Biography.
- United States. Army--African American troops--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- "This first-ever biography of Gen. Henry Clay Merriam superbly illuminates many aspects of Western history.... Author Jack Stokes Ballard, a twenty-seven-year United States Air Force veteran ... has worked since 2001 to preserve one of General Merriam's accomplishments: Fort Logan in Denver.... Ballard took his passion further, devoting three years of research and writing to this fine work now in your hands. Utilizing a treasure-trove of previously untapped personal letters, a diary, and other primary materials, Ballard has produced a well-written, thoroughly documented, highly informative, and absorbing biography. Any readers interested in the development of the American West and/or military history will find this work an engrossing and most worthy addition to any library. Book jacket.
- 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?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781603442602
- 160344260X
- 9781603446334
- 1603446338
- OCLC:
- 716071243
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