The Baltic Times

• Record Nr.: UNISA996417737003316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stockholm, : Strict Publications
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico

Commander and builder of western forts : the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 / / Jack Stokes Ballard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962123703321
• Autore: Ballard Jack Stokes <1928->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-299-05237-1; 1-60344-633-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 978/.02092; B
• Soggetti: Medal of Honor; 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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?.
• Sommario/riassunto: During his thirty-eight-year career as a military officer, Henry Clay Merriam received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War, rose to prominence in the Western army, and exerted significant influence on the American West by establishing military posts, protecting rail lines, and maintaining an uneasy peace between settlers and Indians.Historian Jack Stokes Ballard's new study of Merriam's life and career sheds light on the experience of the western fort builders, whose impact on the US westward expansion, though less dramatic, was just as lasting as that of