Quartermaster general of the Union Army; a biography of M.C. Meigs.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Columbia University Press, 1959.Description: x, 396 p. illus. 23 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • E467.1.M44 W4 1959
Contents:
pt. 1. Family and flag. Philadelphia -- West Point -- Forts and rivers -- pt. 2. Aqueduct and capitol. Washington -- The secretary and the president -- pt. 3. The Civil War. The Florida forts -- The army is gathering -- The trials of mobilization -- The quartermaster general -- Supplies for the army -- The Gettysburg campaign -- The fiery gospel -- The quartermaster's department completes its war -- Bitter finale -- pt. 4. The postwar years. Reconstruction -- The regular army -- Twilight.
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Issued in microfilm form in 1956 as thesis, University of Pennsylvania, under title: M.C. Meigs, builder of the Capitol, and Lincoln's quartermaster general.

Includes bibliography.

pt. 1. Family and flag. Philadelphia -- West Point -- Forts and rivers -- pt. 2. Aqueduct and capitol. Washington -- The secretary and the president -- pt. 3. The Civil War. The Florida forts -- The army is gathering -- The trials of mobilization -- The quartermaster general -- Supplies for the army -- The Gettysburg campaign -- The fiery gospel -- The quartermaster's department completes its war -- Bitter finale -- pt. 4. The postwar years. Reconstruction -- The regular army -- Twilight.