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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ballard, Jack Stokes, 1928-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medal of Honor--Biography.
- Medal of Honor.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Military bases--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- Military bases.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
- West (U.S.).
- West (U.S.)--Biography.
- United States. Army--Officers--Biography.
- United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.
- United States. Army--African American troops--History--19th century.
- Merriam, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1837-1912.
- Merriam, Henry C.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 maintaining an uneasy peace between settlers and Indians.Historian Jack Stokes Ballard's new study of Merriam's life and career sheds light on the experience of the western fort builders, whose impact on the US westward expansion, though less dramatic, was just as lasting as that of
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05237-1
- 1-60344-633-8
- OCLC:
- 794700332
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