Ben McCulloch and the Frontier Military Tradition

Ben McCulloch and the Frontier Military Tradition
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 424
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ISBN-10 : 0807820768
ISBN-13 : 9780807820766
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ben McCulloch and the Frontier Military Tradition by : Thomas W. Cutrer

Download or read book Ben McCulloch and the Frontier Military Tradition written by Thomas W. Cutrer and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Ben McCulloch, a frontiersman, entrepreneur, and soldier mortally wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge in 1862, exemplifies the path of nineteenth-century American military cultture


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