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1 online resource (334 pages) |
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Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Boy Grows Up to Become a Soldier; 2. Gallantry Recognized from Chancellorsville to Appomattox; 3. After the Civil War: From Fort Monroe, Virginia, to Fort Hays, Kansas; 4. Campaign against the Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Comanche; 5. Campaign against the Sioux; 6. Miles and the Nez Perce; 7. Strained Relations between Sherman and Miles, 1878-1885; 8. The Geronimo Campaign, 1886; 9. Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles and the Aftermath of the Geronimo Campaign; 10. The "Messiah" Outbreak of 1890 |
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11. From Command in Chicago to Commanding General of the Army12. The Spanish-American War: Girding for Battle; 13. The Surrender at Santiago and the Puerto Rico Campaign; 14. Following the Spanish-American War: Scandals and Military Pettiness; 15. Miles Inspires White House Discipline; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Nelson A Miles began his military service as a volunteer officer in the Civil War. He later earned the appellation the idol of the Indian fighters and capped his controversial career by serving as Commanding General of the Army from 1895 to 1903. Without the benefit of a college education, Miles attained the rank of major general of volunteers two months after his twenty-sixth birthday. At the close of the Civil War, he was Jefferson Davis's military jailer, and then served with the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina. On the frontier, he won a series of victories against the Kiowa-Comanches, Sioux, Nez Perce, Bannocks, and Geronimo's band of Apaches. His skillful management of the Messiah outbreak of 1890 ended the Indian Wars. Miles also commanded the Army during the Spanish-American War and was involved in the late nineteenth-century Army reforms. During his long and distinguished career, Miles made numerous enemies, including Theodore Roosevelt. Peter DeMontravel contends that the comments made by these enemies influenced the way historians have viewed Mile's career. This reassessment of that career restores him to a degree of prominence |
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Print version record |
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Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.
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Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925 fast |
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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United States. Army fast |
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Generals -- United States -- Biography
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Generals
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United States -- History, Military -- To 1900.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140339
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Military history
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Electronic book
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| Author |
DeMontravel, Nelson A
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| ISBN |
9781612771663 |
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1612771661 |
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