The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General,

The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army

â€œThe lively story of the Civil Warâ€™s most unlikelyâ€”and most uncelebratedâ€”genius.â€ â€”The Wall Street Journal

General Montgomery C. Meigs, who built the Union Army, was judged by Lincoln, Seward, and Stanton to be the indispensable architect of the Union victory. Civil War historian James McPherson calls Meigs â€œthe unsung hero of northern victory.â€

Born to a well to do, connected family in 1816, Montgomery C. Meigs graduated from West Point as an engineer. He helped build Americaâ€™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 Lincolnâ€™s Quartermaster. It was during the Civil War that Meigs became a national hero. He commanded Ulysses S. Grantâ€™s base of supplies that made Union victories, including Gettysburg, possible. He sustained Shermanâ€™s army in Georgia, and the March to the Sea. After the war, Meigs built Arlington Cemetery (on land that had been Robert E. Leeâ€™s home).

Robert Oâ€™Harrow Jr. brings Meigs alive in the commanding and intensely personal Quartermaster. 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. Oâ€™Harrow tells the full dramatic story of this fierce, strong, honest, loyal, forward-thinking, major American figure.

Country	USA
Author	Robert O'Harrow
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781451671940
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfPages	321
PublicationDate	2016-10-25
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2016-10-25
Studio	Simon & Schuster

The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army

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