ROBERT O'HARROW, JR.
speaks about
Robert O'Harrow, Jr.'s book, "The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army," is "[t]he lively story of the Civil War’s most unlikely—and most uncelebrated—genius” (The Wall Street Journal) who built the Union Army and was judged by Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, and Edwin Stanton to be the indispensable architect of the Union victory.
Meigs was also involved in a number of important projects as a young man prior to the Civil War. Born in 1816 to a well-to-do, connected family, he graduated as an engineer from West Point, helped build the country's forts, and even served under Lt. Robert E. Lee to make navigation improvements on the Mississippi River. He also designed the aqueducts in Washington during a time when people were dying from contaminated water. In addition, he built the spectacular wings and the massive dome of the then-brand new U.S. Capitol.
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speaks about
Presentation to the
Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia
Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia
at the Fort McNair Officers' Club in Washington D.C.
on January 9, 2018
on January 9, 2018
About the Topic:
Robert O'Harrow, Jr.'s book, "The Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army," is "[t]he lively story of the Civil War’s most unlikely—and most uncelebrated—genius” (The Wall Street Journal) who built the Union Army and was judged by Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, and Edwin Stanton to be the indispensable architect of the Union victory.Meigs was also involved in a number of important projects as a young man prior to the Civil War. Born in 1816 to a well-to-do, connected family, he graduated as an engineer from West Point, helped build the country's forts, and even served under Lt. Robert E. Lee to make navigation improvements on the Mississippi River. He also designed the aqueducts in Washington during a time when people were dying from contaminated water. In addition, he built the spectacular wings and the massive dome of the then-brand new U.S. Capitol.
It was Meigs' work during the Civil War that made him a national hero, though. After being Introduced to President Lincoln by Secretary of State William Seward, Meigs was appointed Quartermaster in charge of supplies, and he commanded Ulysses S. Grant’s base of supplies that made Union victories, including Gettysburg, possible. Meigs also sustained Sherman’s army in Georgia and his March to the Sea. After the war, Meigs built Arlington Cemetery (on land that had been Robert E. Lee’s home).
Civil War historian James McPherson calls Meigs “the unsung hero of northern victory,” and Robert O’Harrow Jr.’s biography of the general (who was never on the battlefield) tells the full dramatic story of this fierce, strong, honest, loyal, forward-thinking figure. The Civil War Monitor reports that O'Harrow's work is an "excellent …thorough, masterfully crafted, and impeccable researched biography [ ] destined to become the authoritative volume on Meigs.”
Civil War historian James McPherson calls Meigs “the unsung hero of northern victory,” and Robert O’Harrow Jr.’s biography of the general (who was never on the battlefield) tells the full dramatic story of this fierce, strong, honest, loyal, forward-thinking figure. The Civil War Monitor reports that O'Harrow's work is an "excellent …thorough, masterfully crafted, and impeccable researched biography [ ] destined to become the authoritative volume on Meigs.”
Adapted from
https://www.amazon.com/Jr.-Robert-OHarrow/e/B0082MAUBM; see also https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/book-shelf/oharrow-the-quartermaster-2016
https://www.amazon.com/Jr.-Robert-OHarrow/e/B0082MAUBM; see also https://www.civilwarmonitor.com/book-shelf/oharrow-the-quartermaster-2016
About Our Speaker:
Robert O’Harrow, Jr. is an award-winning reporter on the investigative unit at The Washington Post. His work has focused on privacy, technology, national security, law enforcement, federal contracting and the presidential election.
Mr. O’Harrow is also the author of “No Place to Hide,” and “Zero Day: The Threat in Cyberspace.” In No Place to Hide, Mr. O'Harrow lays out in detail the post-9/11 marriage of private data and technology companies and government anti-terror initiatives to create something entirely new: a security-industrial complex. Drawing on his years of investigation, Mr. O'Harrow shows how the government now depends on burgeoning private reservoirs of information about almost every aspect of our lives to promote homeland security and fight the war on terror.
Mr. O’Harrow is a two-time Pulitzer prize finalist and winner of the Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in journalism and the Investigative Reporters and Editors ("IRE") award for outstanding investigative work. He studied economics and history at Virginia Tech.
Mr. O'Harrow lives with wife and son in Arlington, Virginia.
Robert O’Harrow, Jr. is an award-winning reporter on the investigative unit at The Washington Post. His work has focused on privacy, technology, national security, law enforcement, federal contracting and the presidential election.
Mr. O’Harrow is also the author of “No Place to Hide,” and “Zero Day: The Threat in Cyberspace.” In No Place to Hide, Mr. O'Harrow lays out in detail the post-9/11 marriage of private data and technology companies and government anti-terror initiatives to create something entirely new: a security-industrial complex. Drawing on his years of investigation, Mr. O'Harrow shows how the government now depends on burgeoning private reservoirs of information about almost every aspect of our lives to promote homeland security and fight the war on terror.
Mr. O’Harrow is a two-time Pulitzer prize finalist and winner of the Sigma Delta Chi award for excellence in journalism and the Investigative Reporters and Editors ("IRE") award for outstanding investigative work. He studied economics and history at Virginia Tech.
Mr. O'Harrow lives with wife and son in Arlington, Virginia.
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