The Quartermaster

The Quartermaster
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781451671933
ISBN-13 : 1451671938
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Book Synopsis The Quartermaster by : Robert O'Harrow

Download or read book The Quartermaster written by Robert O'Harrow and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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. 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). [The author] brings Meigs alive in [this book]. We get to know this major military figure that Lincoln and his Cabinet and Generals called the key to victory and learn how he fed, clothed, and armed the Union Army using his ingenuity and devotion"--Amazon.com.


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