Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire, Том 1University of Nebraska Press, 1992 - 591 страница Theodore Roosevelt called him "a brave peacock." Pompous, vainglorious, but extremely capable, General Nelson A. Miles served his country with distinction for forty-two years. During the Civil War he fought in almost every important battle of the Army of the Potomac, and by its end had been promoted to the rank of major general of volunteers. In 1869 Miles was transferred to the West, where he achieved his greatest fame fighting against the Sioux, Cheyennes, Apaches, and Nez Perces. These colorful memoirs, filled with historical figures and illustrated by Frederic Remington, were first published in 1897, near the end of his career. Volume 1 takes up Miles's early years in the East, his Civil War action, and his campaigns against the Indians on the plains, ending with chapters on the battle at the Little Bighorn and the surrender of Sitting Bull. Volume 2 shifts to the Northwest and Miles's role in the Indian wars there. |
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... continued , and the following letter was sent in like manner as the first : April 8 , 1865 . GENERAL : Your note of last evening in reply to mine of same date , asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of ...
... continued , and the following letter was sent in like manner as the first : April 8 , 1865 . GENERAL : Your note of last evening in reply to mine of same date , asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of ...
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... continued on the war path , cutting off detachments and emigrant trains , just as if peace had not been declared . CHAPTER X. SOME HISTORIC CAMPAIGNS . GENERAL HANCOCK'S EXPEDITION- FIGHT. 144 PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... continued on the war path , cutting off detachments and emigrant trains , just as if peace had not been declared . CHAPTER X. SOME HISTORIC CAMPAIGNS . GENERAL HANCOCK'S EXPEDITION- FIGHT. 144 PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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... continued to snow during the day , yet the siege was kept up con- tinuously , with a sharp lookout for any force that might come to the assistance of the Nez Percés . On the morning of the third day of the siege the ground was well ...
... continued to snow during the day , yet the siege was kept up con- tinuously , with a sharp lookout for any force that might come to the assistance of the Nez Percés . On the morning of the third day of the siege the ground was well ...
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American animals army attack Baldwin band Bannocks battle Black Hawk body of Indians brave buffalo camp campaign cantonment Captain captured Cheyennes chief Chief Joseph civilization Colonel column command council Crazy Horse Creek crossing Crow Custer Dakota distance early enemy engagement entire expedition fact Fifth Infantry fight fire force Fort Buford Fort Keogh Fort Leavenworth ground herd hundred hunters hunting Indian Territory Kansas Keokuk killed known Lame Deer Lieutenant Little Big Horn Mexico miles military Missouri River mound-builder mountains moved Nez Percés night Northern officers Ogalallas Pacific party passed peace plains ponies prairie race Red River regiment Reno result rifle Rosebud savage scouts sent Seventh Cavalry Sioux Sitting Bull snow soldiers spirit supplies surrender thousand tion Tongue River trail treaty tribes troops valley village warriors western wild winter wounded Yellowstone