Commander and builder of western forts [electronic resource] : the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 / Jack Stokes Ballard.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012. 2015)Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (288 p.)ISBN:- 9781603446334
- 1603446338
- 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
- 978/.02092 B 22
- F594.M525 B35 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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