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, Volume 1Theodore 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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Page 179
... remained out in a hostile attitude , especially that known as the Quahada Comanches or " Antelope Eaters , " who lived out on the high Staked Plains of western Texas , and from time im- memorial had raided western Texas and old Mexico ...
... remained out in a hostile attitude , especially that known as the Quahada Comanches or " Antelope Eaters , " who lived out on the high Staked Plains of western Texas , and from time im- memorial had raided western Texas and old Mexico ...
Page 244
... remained in camp under close military sur- veillance , and the large delegation left immediately for their camp , then be- tween the Tongue and Powder Rivers . The result was that more than three hundred followers of Two Moons , White ...
... remained in camp under close military sur- veillance , and the large delegation left immediately for their camp , then be- tween the Tongue and Powder Rivers . The result was that more than three hundred followers of Two Moons , White ...
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... remained where they were . The Indians state that as these men rushed toward the timber they first started in the direction of a small ravine , but as the fire was so hot from the position that the Cheyennes had taken up , they swerved ...
... remained where they were . The Indians state that as these men rushed toward the timber they first started in the direction of a small ravine , but as the fire was so hot from the position that the Cheyennes had taken up , they swerved ...
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