Commander and builder of western forts
Subtitle: the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901
By: Jack Stokes Ballard
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781603442602; 9781603446334
Subjects: Military life; Frontier and pioneer life; Officers; United States; Medal of Honor; Biography; Military bases; United States. Army; African American troops; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Medal of Honor; title: Civil War experience; title: Department of the Gulf: command of Black troops; title: Post-Civil War: the occupation army; title: On to the Rio Grande; title: A new wife and troubles on the Rio Grande; title: To the Pacific Northwest; title: Fort Laramie; title: Fort Logan, Colorado; title: Department of the Columbia: Vancouver Barracks and Alaska; title: The Spanish-American War; title: Department of the Colorado and the Idaho mining riots; title: Toward retirement; title: Who was Maj. Gen. Henry C. Merriam?.