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  Nelson Appleton Miles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
Though Nelson Appleton Miles had no official military training before the Civil War, he distinguished himself in battle time and again and rose to the rank of major general of volunteers.
Following the war Miles decided to make the army his career, and after being mustered out of the volunteers on September 1, 1866, he entered the reorganized regular army as a colonel of the new 40th Infantry, a fl regiment.
Miles broke his promise, however, and Geronimo and his followers were put to hard labor and never saw Arizona again.
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 Nelson A. Miles & the America of His Time
Nelson Miles, on the other hand, wanted this skirmish to end as quickly as possible with the smallest loss of time, and with the smallest amount of recoil after it ended.
Nelson A. Miles' lack of respect for his superiors led to their ignoring his well-qualified opinions on the attack in Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Nelson A. Miles was a man who wasn’t always loved, but was out there fighting in the war and knew what was best for his men.
www.awrsd.org /jrb/miles2/spanamwar_MS01.htm   (2455 words)

  
 Nelson Appleton Miles, Lieutenant General, United States Army
Another connection with Arlington was that Miles was the Grand Marshall at the dedication of the Memorial Amphitheater, which was held in 1920.
Author of "Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles," in 1896, and "Serving the Republic," in 1911.
MILES, NELSON A. Rank and organization: Colonel, 61st New York Infantry.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /namiles.htm   (1637 words)

  
 PBS - THE WEST - Nelson Appleton Miles
Called a "brave peacock" by President Theodore Roosevelt toward the end of his service, General Nelson A. Miles no doubt felt he had cause to be proud of his accomplishments in a career that had lifted a volunteer infantryman to the office of commander of the army.
Miles exiled his Apache scouts to Florida as well, although they were officially enlisted members of the army, and it was for this betrayal of troops who had served them both loyally that Crook never forgave him.
Miles reacted to these developments by working aggressively to implement his longstanding belief that the Lakota should be forcibly disarmed and placed under military control.
www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/i_r/miles.htm   (584 words)

  
 Nelson A. Miles & the America of His Time
Miles’ first enemy was created and his path was set for the rest of his career – he had begun a trend of enemies, disappointments, missed opportunities, backstabbing and controversy, but also a trend of glory which would continue though out his years in the army.
Miles was put at the top of the list, but Andrew, perhaps remembering Miles’ strong words and accusations after his prior assignment, chose to ignore the suggestion.
Miles is accused of stealing credit and the position of General George Crook, with whom Miles would battle for future appointments, and battles with Shafter over Major General appointment.
www.awrsd.org /jrb/miles2/civil_war_MS01.htm   (1504 words)

  
 MOLLUS--Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
Nelson Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts on August 8, 1839, the son of Daniel Miles and Mary Curtis.
Nelson was not pleased with this arrangement but he agreed and accompanied the regiment to Washington D.C. There he was temporarily assigned to the staff of Brigadier General Silas Casey.
Nelson Miles wrote a number of articles and two autobiographies, Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles published in 1896 and Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles, Lieutenant General published in 1911.
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 Nelson A. Miles, Crazy Horse, and the Battle of Wolf Mountains
Miles, however, spent his first few weeks on the northern plains keeping supply lines open from a depot on Glendive Creek to Terry's column, which was wandering fruitlessly through the Yellowstone River Valley in search of the Indians.
Like Sheridan, Miles believed that the best way to conquer a nomadic people was to campaign against them during Montana's arctic-like winter when the Indians had settled in their semipermanent winter camps and food supplies for man and beast were scarce.
Miles thought the Indians had broken off their attack to regroup among the valley's southern hills and prepare for a direct assault on the camp.
visitmt.com /history/Montana_the_Magazine_of_Western_History/wolfmountain.htm   (8591 words)

  
 Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 - May 15, 1925) was an American soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War.
In July 1866 Miles was appointed Colonel in the regular Army, and in March 1869 became Commander of the 5th U.S. Infantry.
Miles commanded forces at Cuban sites such as Siboney, and after the surrender of Santiago de Cuba by the Spanish, he personally led the invasion of Puerto Rico, landing in Guánica.
www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/miles.html   (666 words)

  
 Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles
Born in Massachusetts in 1839, Miles began his military career in the Union Army in the Civil War.
General Miles was especially interested in Puerto Rico, and even recommended its invasion prior to that of Cuba.
Following the war, General Miles wrote several books and served on various commissions, including one that reported on the problems that arose in the military government in the Philippines.
www.loc.gov /rr/hispanic/1898/miles.html   (541 words)

  
 Nelson Miles
Miles was wounded four times and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
In December, 1880, Miles was appointed Brigadier General and was given command of the Department of the Platte.
Miles became commander in chief of the army in 1890 and during the Spanish American War led the troops in Puerto Rico.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWmilesN.htm   (3665 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Nelson Appleton (Bear Coat) Miles, United States Army general, was born on August 8, 1839, near Westminster, Massachusetts, to Daniel and Mary (Curtis) Miles, the youngest child in a Baptist family.
In September 1895 the president appointed Miles to the position of general in chief of the army, the highest rank in the service.
Miles, Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1911).
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/fmi77.html   (845 words)

  
 The Nelson County School District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
The Nelson County School District, in partnership with the community, will provide diverse and individualized instructional services to inspire, enable and prepare all students to be responsible, successful members of the competitive global society.
The Nelson County School District encompasses all of Nelson County, almost 423 square miles of terrain located in Central Kentucky approximately 35 miles south of Louisville and 60 miles southwest of Lexington.
Interstate 65 is 15 miles from Bardstown, the Nelson County seat.
www.nelson.k12.ky.us   (181 words)

  
 A Hero to His Fighting Men : Peter R. DeMontravel
Nelson A. Miles began his military service as a volunteer officer in the Civil War.
Miles also commanded the Army during the Spanish-American War and was involved in the late nineteenth-century Army reforms.
His essay, "General Nelson A. Miles and the Wounded Knee Controversy," appeared in Arizona and the West.
upress.kent.edu /books/DeMontravel.htm   (353 words)

  
 Miles
Nelson Appleton Miles, commander of the American forces that invaded and occupied Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War, was perhaps one of the most characteristic American military figures of all time.
Miles was promoted to full Brigadier General of Volunteers on May 12, 1864, for distinguished services in his last Civil War battles, Wilderness and Spottsylvania, during which he commanded a division.
Miles died from a heart attack in 1925 and his body was buried in the Arlington National Cemetary.
www.spanamwar.com /Miles.htm   (1405 words)

  
 BookRags: Nelson Appleton Miles Biography
Nelson Appleton Miles (1839-1925), American soldier, participated in many of the campaigns against the western Indian tribes.
Nelson A. Miles was born on Aug. 8, 1839, at Westminster, Mass.
In 1890, after his promotion to major general, Miles suppressed the "ghost dance" craze (prompted by a messianic cult) of the Sioux Indians.
www.bookrags.com /biography/nelson-appleton-miles   (436 words)

  
 Major-General Nelson A. Miles, U.S.A.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
He received the thanks of the Legislatures of Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona for services in campaigns against the Indians in the West, and the citizens of Arizona presented him a sword of honor at Tucson on November 8, 1887, in the presence of a large gathering of citizens of the Territory.
General Miles was appointed a brigadier-general in the U. Army December 15, 1880, and was assigned to the command of the Department of the Columbia; from this he was transferred to command the Department of the Missouri in July, 1885.
General Miles took the field in person, and proceeded to Pine Ridge Agency, the scene of the greatest trouble.
www.all-biographies.com /soldiers/nelson_a_miles.htm   (666 words)

  
 PBS - THE WEST - General Nelson A. Miles, report on the "Sioux Outbreak of 1890" and selected field dispatches (1891)
General Nelson A. Miles on the "Sioux Outbreak" of 1890
Such supplies have not been ready for issue to the Indians, as a rule, until the winter season is well advanced.
Such supplies for the present fiscal year, beginning July 1, 1890, had not yet reached (December, 1890) the nearest railway station, about 60 miles distant, from which point they must, at this season of the year, be freighted to this agency in wagons.
www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/resources/archives/eight/wkmiles.htm   (1336 words)

  
 TheHistoryNet | Wild West | General Nelson Miles and the Expedition to Capture Geronimo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
General Nelson Miles summoned Lieutenant Charles Gatewood to Albuquerque in July 1886 and ordered the reluctant veteran of the Apache wars to go find the elusive Chiricahua leader down in the mountains of Mexico.
In short order, Crook resigned as commander of the Department of Arizona (April 1), and General Nelson Miles, who had campaigned for his assignment, replaced him (April 11).
Miles immediately dumped Crook's strategy of using Indians to defeat Indians.
www.historynet.com /we/blgeronimo   (863 words)

  
 Nelson A. Miles, Crazy Horse, and the Battle of Wolf Mountains Montana: The Magazine of Western History - Find Articles
Dawn broke on January 8, 1877, in cold gray hues with the sun illuminating the thickly packed clouds that hung low over the mountains surrounding the Tongue River Valley.1 A light snow was falling, adding to the already thick blanket that covered the ground to depths of nearly three feet in some places.
Peering through his field glasses, Miles saw hundreds of Lakota and Northern Cheyenne warriors less than a mile away.3 These were the warriors of the Crazy Horse and Two Moons bands that his force had been following for the past ten days.
In the wake of the illegal invasion of the Black Hills by goldseekers, the United States abrogated sections of the 1868 treaty, stripping the tribes of their title to the hunting grounds and the Black Hills, and deployed troops to the areas.6
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3951/is_200101/ai_n8945689   (838 words)

  
 Miles Nelson, M.D. - Democrat for United States Congress
Miles Nelson, M.D. - Democrat for United States Congress
Miles Nelson on Heather Wilson's State of the District Address
Nelson for Congress are not tax-deductible for federal income tax purposes.
www.buzzmaker.net /nelsonfornewmexico/?q=taxonomy/view/or/7   (391 words)

  
 Gen. Nelson Miles letter to Indian Affairs (WOVOCA.com - Earth Mother Crying! © )
Whitside, who demanded their surrender, which they complied with, and moved that afternoon some two or three miles and camped where they were directed to do, near the camp of the troops.
During the night Colonel Forsyth joined the command with reinforcements of several troops of the 7th Cavalry.
General Miles on the "Sioux Outbreak of 1890."
www.wovoca.com /hidden-history-wounded-knee-general-nelson-miles-letter.htm   (766 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Molly & Lawless John: DVD: Gary Nelson,Vera Miles,Sam Elliott,Clu Gulager,John Anderson,Cynthia ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
Vera Miles plays the shy, quiet wife of a blustery frontier lawman who clearly doesn't appreciate her.
It isn't a bad little western, and the two lead roles are played competently by Vera Miles, whose most famous role was Laurie Jorgensen in "The Searchers," and Sam Elliott, who was born to make westerns.
Gary Nelson - Director, Terry Kingsley-Smith - Writer, Dennis Durney - Producer (producer), Arnold H. Orgolini - Producer (executive producer)...
www.amazon.com /Molly-Lawless-John-Gary-Nelson/dp/B00005Q4EJ   (1224 words)

  
 General Nelson Appleton Miles
Serving the Republic; memoirs of the civil and military life of Nelson A.
The unregimented general; a biography of Nelson A. Miles.
The Miles expedition of 1874-1875: an eyewitness account of the Red River war, by scout J. Marshall.
jeff.scott.tripod.com /miles.html   (129 words)

  
 History: Personal recollections and observations of General Nelson A. Miles embracing a brief view of the Civil War, ...
History: 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: Contents
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
[Title page] 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
digicoll.library.wisc.edu /cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=header&id=History.Miles   (248 words)

  
 Nelson Appleton Miles
Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839–1925, American army officer, b.
In 1861, at the outbreak of the Civil War, he left his job in a Boston store and organized a company of volunteers.
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 Parks & Recreation: Outdoor Activities
5.5 miles of trail in the Mountains on Natural Surface.
1 3/4 miles of the trail has been completed with another 5 miles in the planning stage.
We would be glad to work with you to develop a program to suit your needs.
www.nelsoncounty.com /parksandrec/outdoor   (356 words)

  
 Nelson Appleton Miles Movies
Movies with characterizations of General Nelson Appleton Miles The following information is from the Internet Movie Database
Films in which General Nelson Appleton Miles Appears Nelson Appleton Miles Date of birth 8 August 1839 Westminster, Massachusetts, USA Date of death 15 May 1925 Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Major-General Nelson A. Miles, and Staff, in the Peace Jubilee Parade (1898)....
www.westminster-ma.org /library/milesmovies.html   (168 words)

  
 Photo of Medal of Honor Recipient Nelson Miles
Twenty-four Union soldiers earned Medals of Honor in the one week period from April 30 to May 6, half of them in action on May 2.
On that date and the following day, Colonel Nelson Miles earned the Medal of Honor for his distinguished gallantry while holding with his command an advanced position against repeated assaults by a strong force of the enemy.
During this heroic two-day defense of a critical point in the Union line, Colonel Miles was severely wounded.
www.homeofheroes.com /photos/1_civilwar/miles_nelson_bw.html   (219 words)

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