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My story / by Anson Mills ; edited by C.H. Claudy.
- Title
- My story / by Anson Mills ; edited by C.H. Claudy.
- Author
- Mills, Anson, 1834-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : The author, 1918.
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- Description
- 412 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- In this classic work of a 19th century United States Army Officer, Anson Mills gives an autobiographical look at his extraordinary life. Anson Mills (August 31, 1834 – November 5, 1924) was an inventor, entrepreneur, developer, pioneer, and brigadier general, and both named and created the first plans for the city of El Paso, Texas.
- Uniform Title
- Western Americana, 1550-1900 reel 371, no. 3638.
- Subject
- Mills, Anson, 1834- > Personal narratives
- Mills, Hannah Cassel
- United States. Army > Military life
- United States. Army > Military life > 19th century > Personal narratives
- 1800-1999
- Generals > United States > Biography
- Businessmen > United States > Biography
- Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895 > Personal narratives
- United States > History > 20th century > Personal narratives
- United States > History > 19th century > Personal narratives
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Personal narratives
- Bibliography (note)
- Index to illustrations, pp. 9-10.
- Indexed In (note)
- Eberstadt
- Howes, U.S.iana
- Dornbusch, C.E. Military bibliography of the Civil War
- Howes, W.U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition)
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface / Nelson A. Miles -- First period: My ancestors ; Privations of early pioneers ; Charlotteville Academy ; West Point Military Academy ; Early days in Texas ; El Paso experiences ; In Washington ; My brothers in Texas -- Second period: Four years of Civil War ; After the War ; Marriage -- Third period: Travels west and east ; Nannie's impressions of the West ; Western experiences ; Detail to Paris Exposition ; Out west again ; Brevet commissions in the army ; In Washington again ; Consolidation of El Paso and Juarez street railways ; The reformation of El Paso ; Mexico ; Equitable distribution of the waters of the Rio Grande ; Boundary Commission ; Woman's suffrage ; Prohibition ; Trip to Europe with General Miles ; My cartridge belt equipment ; The League to Enforce Peace ; Trial by combat ; Personal trial by combat ; National trial by combat ; Honolulu ; Conclusion -- Appendices: The organization and administrations of the United States Army ; Address before the Society of the Army of the Cumberland ; Address before the Order of Indian Wars, on "The Battle of the Rosebud".
- LCCN
- ^^^18008693^
- OCLC
- 2416787
- SCSB-10602450
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library