Union General - Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West

Union General tells the story of the most successful Federal general west of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805–1866).
 

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Beginnings
2. Mexico
3. Engineering
4. Business and Politics
5. General
6. Ozarkia
7. Pea Ridge
8. March to the Mississippi
9. Missouri
10. Inquisition and Interlude
11. Fort Leavenworth
12. Westport
13. Race to the Arkansas
14. Peacemaking
15. Union Pacific
16. Memory
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

William L. Shea is author and coauthor of numerous books on the Civil War, including Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West, Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign, and Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River (Nebraska, 2005).
 

Product details

• Authors: William L Shea, William L. Shea
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781640125186
• ISBN: 978-1-64012-518-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration