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Category : Logistics
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Quartermaster Review
Author: The Quartermaster
Author: Robert O'HarrowPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451671946
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
“The lively story of the Civil War’s most unlikely—and most uncelebrated—genius” (The Wall Street Journal)—General Montgomery C. Meigs, who built the Union Army and was judged by Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, and Edwin Stanton to be the indispensable architect of the Union victory. Born to a well-to-do, connected family in 1816, Montgomery C. Meigs graduated from West Point as an engineer. He helped build America’s forts and served under Lt. Robert E. Lee to make navigation improvements on the Mississippi River. As a young man, he designed the Washington aqueducts in a city where people were dying from contaminated water. He built the spectacular wings and the massive dome of the brand new US Capitol. Introduced to President Lincoln by Secretary of State William Seward, Meigs became Lincoln’s Quartermaster, in charge of supplies. It was during the Civil War that Meigs became a national hero. He commanded Ulysses S. Grant’s base of supplies that made Union victories, including Gettysburg, possible. He sustained Sherman’s army in Georgia, and the March to the Sea. After the war, Meigs built Arlington Cemetery (on land that had been Robert E. Lee’s home). Civil War historian James McPherson calls Meigs “the unsung hero of northern victory,” and Robert O’Harrow Jr.’s biography of the victorious general who was never on the battlefield tells the full dramatic story of this fierce, strong, honest, loyal, forward-thinking figure. “An excellent biography…O’Harrow’s thorough, masterfully crafted, and impeccable researched biography is destined to become the authoritative volume on Meigs” (The Civil War Monitor).
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin
Author: Quartermaster Depot Storage and Distribution Operations
Author: United States. Army. Quartermaster CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Activities Report of the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces
Author: Quartermaster Food and Container Institute for the Armed Forces (U.S.).Publisher:
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Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
Book Description
The Illustrated History of American Military Commissaries: The Defense Commissary Agency and its predecessors, 1775-1988
Author: Peter D. SkirbuntPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive history spanning the 233 years of the four major services' sales commissaries.
The Illustrated History of American Military Commissaries: The Defense Commissary Agency and its predecessors, since 1989
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160872464
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The Illustrated History of American Military Commissaries
Author: Peter D. SkirbuntPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Presents a comprehensive history spanning the 233 years of the four major services' sales commissaries.
The Ashgate Research Companion to the Korean War
Author: Donald W. BoosePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317041496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
This essential companion provides a comprehensive study of the literature on the causes, course, and consequences of the Korean War, 1950-1953. Aimed primarily at readers with a special interest in military history and contemporary conflict studies, the authors summarize and analyze the key research issues in what for years was known as the 'Forgotten War.' The book comprises three main thematic parts, each with chapters ranging across a variety of crucial topics covering the background, conduct, clashes, and outcome of the Korean War. The first part sets the historical stage, with chapters focusing on the main participants. The second part provides details on the tactics, equipment, and logistics of the belligerents. Part III covers the course of the war, with each chapter addressing a key stage of the fighting in chronological order. The enormous increase in writings on the Korean War during the last thirty years, following the release of key primary source documents, has revived and energized the interest of scholars. This essential reference work not only provides an overview of recent research, but also assesses what impact this has had on understanding the war.
Military Review
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description