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General Edwin Vose Sumner, USA : a Civil War biography / Thomas K. Tate.
Van Pelt Library E467.1.S96 T38 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tate, Thomas K., 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose), 1797-1863.
- Sumner, Edwin V.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 229 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- General Edwin Vose Sumner, United States America
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Summary:
- "This biography emphasizes General Edwin Vose Sumner's role in developing the mounted arm of the U.S. Army. Born in 1797 he abandoned a merchant's career and entered the U.S. Infantry in 1819. He established the Cavalry School of Practice at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He served with distinction in the Mexican War and commanded the Second Corps. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The making of a soldier. The road not take
- The Black Hawk War and captain of dragoons
- Carlisle Barracks
- The Mexican War
- The commander. The Southwest
- Kansas and popular sovereignty
- The cavalry
- The Cheyenne Expedition
- The campaign begins
- Trouble along the way
- Sumner and Sedgwick meet
- The Utah Expedition and further trouble with Native Americans
- Civil War. Politics
- Sumner comes east
- Fair Oaks and seven days
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786472581
- 0786472588
- OCLC:
- 812509488
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