TY - BOOK AU - Ballard,Jack S. ED - Project Muse. TI - Commander and builder of western forts: the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 SN - 9781603446334 AV - F594.M525 B35 2012 U1 - 978/.02092B 22 PY - 2012/// CY - College Station PB - Texas A&M University Press KW - Merriam, Henry C. KW - United States KW - Army KW - African American troops KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Military life KW - Officers KW - Biography KW - Military bases KW - West (U.S.) KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Medal of Honor KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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? UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603446334/ ER -