Isaac I. Stevens

Description:

Biography of Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862), who "... pursued a career in public service as a cadet, an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Survey officer, territorial governor, superintendent of Indian affairs, head of a Pacific railroad survey, delegate to congress, and Civil War general." (p. xi). Contemporaries were bitterly divided about how well he met these challenges.

subjects: Biography,  Generals,  Governors,  History,  Indians of North America,  Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865,  United States,  United States. Army,  Stevens, isaac ingalis, 1818-1862,  Indians of north america, history,  Washington (state), history,  Oregon, history

People: Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862)

Places: Oregon,  United States,  Washington (State)

Times: 19th century,  To 1859,  To 1889