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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... distance of sixty miles in one night and back the next . 66 “ On one of these trips I stopped about thirty miles from the fort to have a buffalo hunt , and hunted all day , but at night I was obliged to start back for the post . I left ...
... distance of sixty miles in one night and back the next . 66 “ On one of these trips I stopped about thirty miles from the fort to have a buffalo hunt , and hunted all day , but at night I was obliged to start back for the post . I left ...
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... distance , and as it was dark I had no hopes of gain- ing one of the stations along the route , but was obliged to keep to the trail , trusting to my mount to take me out of what had now become a real danger . The wolves kept gain- ing ...
... distance , and as it was dark I had no hopes of gain- ing one of the stations along the route , but was obliged to keep to the trail , trusting to my mount to take me out of what had now become a real danger . The wolves kept gain- ing ...
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... distance between the different forces as they were on that day . In this second examination we were also accompanied by some of the prominent actors in that tragedy on the side of the hostile Indians . Moving up the Yellowstone was a ...
... distance between the different forces as they were on that day . In this second examination we were also accompanied by some of the prominent actors in that tragedy on the side of the hostile Indians . Moving up the Yellowstone was a ...
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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