"My will is absolute law"; a biography of Union general Robert H. Milroy.0786425083 "My will is absolute law"; a biography of Union general Robert H. Milroy Robert Huston Milroy (June 11 1816 – March 29 1890) was a lawyer, judge, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War, most noted for his defeat at the Second Battle of Winchester in 1863. . Noyalas, Jonathan A. McFarland & Co. 2006 212 pages $35.00 Paperback E467 Drawing from his personal letters, Noyalas (history, Lord Fairfax Community College Founded in 1970, Lord Fairfax Community College is a comprehensive, nonresidential, two-year public institution of higher education with three locations—the Fauquier and Middletown Campuses and the Luray-Page County Center—and outreach sites throughout the ) provides a biography of General Robert H. Milroy (1816-1890) that also demonstrates how he influenced the Civil War era, as an occupation commander and enforcer of the Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Proclamation, in U.S. history, the executive order abolishing slavery in the Confederate States of America. Desire for Such a Proclamation , and how it impacted his life. Noyalas also recounts Milroy's military education, his life during the Mexican War Mexican War, 1846–48, armed conflict between the United States and Mexico. Causes While the immediate cause of the war was the U.S. annexation of Texas (Dec., 1845), other factors had disturbed peaceful relations between the two republics. , his part in lesser-known operations in western Virginia in 1861 and 1862, how he clashed with West Point-trained officers, and his life after the war. An appendix contains an excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. from his autobiography, "Sketch of the Military Career of R.H. Milroy Up to the Battle of Allegany Summit Dec. 13/62." ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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