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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ballard, Jack S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Merriam, Henry C. > (Henry Clay), > 1837-1912.
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Military bases > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Medal of Honor > Biography.
West (U.S.) > Biography.
West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Electronic books.
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Table 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?.