كتاب
General Edwin Vose Sumner, USA: a Civil War biography
| العنوان: | General Edwin Vose Sumner, USA: a Civil War biography General Edwin Vose Sumner, United States America |
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| المؤلفون: | Tate, Thomas K., 1936- |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| وصف مادي: | x, 229 pages ; 23 cm |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Generals -- United States -- Biography., Biography., History. |
| Subject Person: | Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose), 1797-1863. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| الوصف: | "This biography emphasizes General Edwin Vose Sumner's role in developing the mounted arm of the U.S. Army. Born in 1797 he abandoned a merchant's career and entered the U.S. Infantry in 1819. He established the Cavalry School of Practice at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. He served with distinction in the Mexican War and commanded the Second Corps. "-- |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | The making of a soldier. The road not taken -- The Black Hawk War and captain of dragoons -- Carlisle Barracks -- The Mexican War -- The commander. The Southwest -- Kansas and popular sovereignty -- The cavalry -- The Cheyenne Expedition -- The campaign begins -- Trouble along the way -- Sumner and Sedgwick meet -- The Utah Expedition and further trouble with Native Americans -- Civil War. Politics -- Sumner comes east -- Fair Oaks and seven days -- Antietam -- Fredericksburg. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn812509488 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-7864-7258-1 0-7864-7258-8 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.013811127.8 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780786472581 0786472588 |
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