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

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ballard, Jack S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Merriam, Henry C. > (Henry Clay), > 1837-1912.
Merriam, Henry C. > (Henry Clay), > 1837-1912
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 19th century.
États-Unis. > Army > Troupes noires américaines > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States. > Army
1800-1899
Medal of Honor > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Military bases > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Medal of Honor > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Armed Forces > African American troops
Armed Forces > Military life
Armed Forces > Officers
Frontier and pioneer life
Medal of Honor
Military bases
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > Biography.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States
West United States
Multi-User
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?

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