04025cam a2200685 4500 702117342 TxAuBib 20230317120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781640125582 1640125582 B09VKDS787 Amazon 2f0edf97-067e-4a52-923b-d1a99887e5a9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9403504 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Shea, William L. Union General: Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West [Libby]. Potomac Books, 2023. Biography. Plains Indians. emancipation proclamation. Republican Party. Transcontinental Railroad. Westport. american history. Congressman. Civil War. union army. House of Representatives. Military History. History. Military Biography. Abolitionist. Mexican War. civil engineer. West Point. Midwest History. Nineteenth century history. pea ridge. prairie grove. Union Pacific Railroad. field commander. Civil War battle. Mississippi Valley. military campaign. Great Plains History. Price's Raid. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1714kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<i>Union General</i> is the first biography of Samuel Ryan Curtis, the most important and most successful general on either side in the Civil War west of the Mississippi River. Curtis was a West Point graduate, Mexican War veteran, and determined foe of secession who gave up his seat in Congress to fight for the Union. At Pea Ridge in 1862 and Westport in 1864, he marched hundreds of miles across hostile countryside, routed Confederate armies larger than his own, and reestablished Federal control over large swathes of rebel territory.<br /> In addition to his remarkable success as a largely independent field commander, Curtis was one of only a handful of abolitionist generals in the Union army. He dealt a heavy blow to slavery in the Trans-Mississippi and Mississippi Valley months before the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. His enlightened racial policies and practices generated a storm of criticism and led to his temporary suspension in the middle of the conflict—but he was restored to active duty in time to win a crushing victory at Westport, where he saved Kansas and put an end to Price's Raid.<br /> Before the war Curtis was an accomplished civil engineer, a prime mover of the transcontinental railroad, and an important figure in the emerging Republican Party and was elected three times to the House of Representatives from Iowa. After the war he participated in pioneering efforts in peacemaking with the Plains Indians and helped oversee construction of the Union Pacific across Nebraska. This biography restores Curtis to his rightful place in American history and adds significantly to our understanding of the Civil War. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-03-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2f0edf97-067e-4a52-923b-d1a99887e5a9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2f0edf97-067e-4a52-923b-d1a99887e5a9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2f0edf97-067e-4a52-923b-d1a99887e5a9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)