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"This first ever biography of General Henry Clay Merriam superbly illuminates many aspects of Western history. In his wide-ranging army career, Merriam commanded Black troops in the Civil War and later on the Rio Grande. For heroism during the Civil War, he received the Medal of Honor. The general established army posts in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Denver, and commanded Fort Laramie, Vancouver Barracks and the Presidio in San Francisco during the Spanish-American War. He restored order during the Western Federation of Miners strikes and riots in the Idaho Coeur d'Alene mining district. He saw action in the Civil War, Indian wars and labor wars. Knowing that soldiers were only as good as what they carried, General Merriam invented a backpack (the Merriam Pack) for army use. This book also skillfully scrutinizes the process of the founding of key Western forts during the post-Civil War period. Those forts not only dealt with Indian and labor insurrections, they became a key to Western town promotion and urban growth. Author Jack Stokes Ballard, a 27-year Air Force veteran, wrote two books on aviation history before switching to Western history. He earned his history Ph. D at UCLA and taught history at the U. S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Since 2001, he has worked to preserve one of General Merriam's accomplishments, Fort Logan in Denver. That fort contains a restored officers' quarters and a crackerjack museum. Ballard took his passion further, devoting three years of research and writing to this fine work now in your hands. Utilizing a treasure-trove of previously un-tapped personal letters, a diary, and other primary materials, Ballard has produced a well-written, thoroughly documented, highly informative, and absorbing biography. Any readers interested in the development of the American West and/or military history will find this work an engrossing and most worthy addition to any library."--Tom Noel, Professor of History & Director of Public History, Preservation & Colorado Studies, University of Colorado Denver
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