Commander and builder of western forts [electronic resource] : the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 / Jack Stokes Ballard.
Publication details: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 252 p. : portsISBN:- 9781603442602 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 160344260X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781603446334 (e-book)
- Merriam, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1837-1912
- United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography
- United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century
- United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century
- Medal of Honor -- Biography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
- Military bases -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- 978/.02092 B 22
- F594.M525 B35 2012eb
eBooks
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?.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.