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Title: Second Only to Grant: Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs by David W. Miller ISBN: 1-57249-212-0 Publisher: White Mane Publishing Co. Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Life and Times of General Montgomery C. Meigs
Comment: David Miller deserves a great deal of credit for bringing
General Montgomery Meigs to life. Through his incredibly detailed work, the life and times of this gifted builder,
architect and general become chrystallized in the reader's mind.
The number of personal letters included in this volume are nothing short of remarkable. The inclusion of so many portions of personal letters from the mid-1800s allows the reader to share directly the thought processes of Meigs, his supporters and his detractors. The copious footnotes are outstanding as well. Not to mention the great photos.
In a sense, this is a textbook as well as a biographical work.
I am very impressed. Thank you,!!!
Signed, A distant relative of the Quartermaster General
Rating: 5
Summary: Long overdue
Comment: This is an excellent biography of one of the most important -- although most overlooked and underrated -- members of the Union high command in the Civil War. Montgomery Meigs was, quite literally, second only to U. S. Grant in importance, in that he was the genius who kept the supplies moving up front. He also had outstanding pre- and post-war careers as engineer-architect. A most amazing (though not particularly attractive) man, whose life and works are splendidly described in a well-written, fascinating book. Civil War buffs owe Miller many thanks.
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Title: The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the Civil War by Brent Nosworthy ISBN: 0786711477 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Vicksburg Is the Key: The Struggle for the Mississippi River by William L. Shea, Terrence J. Winschel ISBN: 0803242549 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America by Henry Wiencek ISBN: 0374175268 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 15 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) by David Hackett Fischer ISBN: 0195170342 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: These Honored Dead: How the Story of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory by Thomas A. Desjardin ISBN: 0306812673 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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