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title:The Most Promising Young Officer : A Life of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie
author:Pierce, Michael D.
publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin:0806124946
print isbn13:9780806124940
ebook isbn13:9780585169965
language:English
subjectMackenzie, Ranald Slidell,--1840-1889, Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895, Generals--United States--Biography, United States.--Army.--Cavalry, 4th--History.
publication date:1993
lcc:E83.866.M33P54 1993eb
ddc:973.8/092
subject:Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell,--1840-1889, Indians of North America--Wars--1866-1895, Generals--United States--Biography, United States.--Army.--Cavalry, 4th--History.
Page iii
The Most Promising Young Officer
A Life of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie
By Michael D. Pierce
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS : NORMAN AND LONDON
Page iv
This book is published with the generous assistance of
The Kerr Foundation.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pierce, Michael D. (Michael Dale), 1940
The most promising young officer: a life of Ranald Slidell
Mackenzie / by Michael D. Pierce.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-8061-2494-6 (alk. paper)
1. Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell, 18401889. 2. Indians of North
AmericaWars18661895. 3. GeneralsUnited States
Biography. 4. United States. Army. Cavalry, 4thHistory.
5. Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell, 18401889. I. Title.
E83.866.M33P54 1993
973.8'092-dc20
[B]Picture 2Picture 3Picture 4Picture 5Picture 692-32281
Picture 7Picture 8Picture 9Picture 10Picture 11CIP
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Picture 12
Copyright 1993 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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Page v
To my parents
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
List of Maps
xi
Preface
xiii
Introduction
3
Chapter One
A Bright Looking Child
6
Chapter Two
All That Is Good and Noble
14
Chapter Three
The Most Promising Young Officer
28
Chapter Four
Gone to Texas
53
Chapter Five
A New Start
66
Chapter Six
Bad Hand
80
Chapter Seven
Give Him a Good Swing
103
Chapter Eight
Down on the Rio Grande
120
Chapter Nine
The Red River War
142
Chapter Ten
Jailer to Half-starving Criminals
162
Chapter Eleven
The Very Man for the Job
180
Chapter Twelve
Last Campaigns
202
Chapter Thirteen
Perfect Peace
222
Notes
235
Bibliography
269
Index
281

Page ix
Illustrations
Figures
Picture 13
Ranald Mackenzie as a West Point cadet
26
Picture 14
Mackenzie and classmates at West Point
27
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