USAMHI Biogs RefBranch 15 May 02

WESLEY MERRITT, 1834-1910

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

Alberts, Don E. General Wesley Merritt: Brandy Station to Bay. Columbus, OH: General’s Books, 2001 reprint of earlier editions. 371 p. E181.M498.A64.

_____. “General Wesley Merritt, Nineteenth Century Cavalryman." Thesis, U NM, 1975. E181M498A642.

Association of Graduates. Forty-second Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the Military Academy...June 12th, 1911. Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters, 1911. 196 p. U410K1. Obituary, pp. 107-17.

Cooper, Jerry. "The Army and Civil Disorder: Federal Military Intervention in American Labor Disputes, 1877-1900." PhD dss, U WI, 1971. 463 p. UZ423C65. See pp. 202-212, Merritt's 1894 strike duty along the Northern Pacific. See also his report of 25 Aug 1894 in 1894 Sec War Report. Vol 1, pp. 117-30. See also Greenwood Press pub, 284 p., UZ423C66.

Cullum, George W. Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy… Boston: Houghton, 1891-1950. U410H53Ref. Vol. 2, pp. 755-57; Vol. 4, pp. 119-20; Vol.5, p. 97; Vol. 6A, p. 89; Vol. 7, p. 64; Vol. 8, p. 35; and Vol. 9, p. 28.

"Death of Major General Merritt." Army and Navy Jrnl (10 Dec 1910): p. 408. Per.

Kelly, James E. "A Portrait of General Merritt: Recalling a Notably Wide Range of Field Service and Important Army Commands." Recruiting News (Dec 1938): pp. 2, 3 and 18. Per.

Lamm, Alan K. “Wesley Merritt; The ’s Other ‘Boy General.’” Jrnl of America’s Mil Past (Fall 2001): pp. 19-44. Per.

Merritt, Wesley. The Armies of To-day; a Description of the Armies of the Leading Nations at the Present Time. NY: Harper, 1893. 438 p. UA15A7.

. Instructions For Courts-Martial: Including Summary Courts. St Paul, MN: Dept of Dakota, 1891. 160 p. UB853M87.

. "The Manila Campaign." In The American-Spanish War; a History by the War Leaders. Norwich, CT: Haskell, 1899. 607 p. E715A51. Wesley Merritt p.2

. Merritt and the Indian Wars: "Three Indian Campaigns". London: Johnson-Taunton, 1972. 32 p. E83.866M4.

. Three Indian Campaigns. pp. 720-37. U410P1K5.

Price, George F., comp. Across the Continent with the Fifth . NY: Van Nostrand, 1883. 706 p. #303-5CAV.1883. Merritt's service during Indian Wars covered. See also biog sketch, pp. 223-229.

Spiller, Roger J., ed. Dictionary of American Military Biography. Vol. 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1984. pp. 758-61. U52D53.

U.S. Military Academy. Annual Reports of the Board of Visitors.... Wash, DC: GPO, 1882-1887. U41OE4U522. Incls Merritt's years as superintendent.

. Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, 1882-1887. U410H1A1. Incls Merritt's tenure as superintendent.

U.S. War Dept. Sec War Reports, 1860-1900. Wash, DC: GPO. UA24's. Cover Merritt's entire career, incl his reports for Depts of Missouri, Dakota and the East, and reports as Supt of US Mil Academy. His Philippine expedition report of 31 Aug 1898 is in Vol. 1, Part 2, of 1898 Report, pp. 39-54.

. Dept of Dakota. Annual Reports of Wesley Merritt.... St. Paul, MN, 1891-1895. UA27D13A21.

. Dept of Missouri. Annual Reports of Major General Wesley Merritt.... Chicago, 1895-1897. UA24A7M6.

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: LA State UP, 1964. pp. 321-22. Ref.