Union General: Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West

by William L. Shea

2023 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award in Civil War History

Union General 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1640125183
• ISBN13: 9781640125186
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"