Commander and builder of western forts the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 / [electronic resource] :
Jack Stokes Ballard.
- 1st ed.
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.
- xi, 252 p. : ports.
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.
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--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. West (U.S.)--History--19th century. West (U.S.)--Biography.