General Edwin Vose Sumner, USA
Subtitle: A Civil War Biography
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780786472581
Subjects: Generals, biography; United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography
Description: "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. "--