First in His Class: Captain Oberlin Carter and the Savannah Harbor Scandal

by Philip W. Leon

Captain Oberlin M. Carter was one of the army's rising stars in the 1890s. He graduated first in his class at West Point in 1880 and had distinguished himself as a brilliant officer in the engineer corps. In charge of harbor improvements in Savannah, he changed the depth and course of the Savannah River to allow unprecedented import and export of goods. The citizens of Savannah admired him and grieved when he was posted as military attach to London...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0788450220
• ISBN13: 9780788450228
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Heritage Books
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"