03154nam 2200673 a 450 991046348840332120200520144314.01-299-05237-11-60344-633-8(CKB)3170000000046128(EBL)1100925(OCoLC)794700332(SSID)ssj0000582518(PQKBManifestationID)11357648(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000582518(PQKBWorkID)10542932(PQKB)11118629(MiAaPQ)EBC1100925(OCoLC)776163792(MdBmJHUP)muse14804(Au-PeEL)EBL1100925(CaPaEBR)ebr10530635(CaONFJC)MIL436487(EXLCZ)99317000000004612820110420d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCommander and builder of western forts[electronic resource] the life and times of Major General Henry C. Merriam, 1862-1901 /Jack Stokes Ballard1st ed.College Station Texas A&M University Press20121 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60344-260-X 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?. 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 ofMedal of HonorBiographyFrontier and pioneer lifeWest (U.S.)Military basesWest (U.S.)History19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865West (U.S.)History19th centuryWest (U.S.)BiographyElectronic books.Medal of HonorFrontier and pioneer lifeMilitary basesHistory978/.02092BBallard Jack S890360MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463488403321Commander and builder of western forts1988954UNINA01311nam0 22003011i 450 UON0051212220231205105504.262978-01-928473-1-720230309d2022 |0itac50 baengGB|||| 1||||Bibliophobiathe end and the beginning of the bookBrian CummingsOxfordOxford University Press2022xxi, 562 p.ill.25 cm001UON001756422001 ˆThe ‰Clarendon lectures in English literature210 OxfordClarendon Press.LIBRIStoriaUONC065850FIGBOxfordUONL000029002Il libro21CUMMINGSBrianUONV2899061487130Oxford University PressUONV245947650ITSOL20240220RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00512122SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI Angl X 454 SI 41497 5 454 SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI2023211 1J 20230309Bolla 79 del 23/3/23 Bibliophobia3901975UNIOR