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 250
... scouts under Lieutenants Casey and Jerome were ordered to charge directly up the valley and stampede the Indian horses , while the battalion of cavalry followed at a gallop and attacked the camp . This attack was gallantly made . The ...
... scouts under Lieutenants Casey and Jerome were ordered to charge directly up the valley and stampede the Indian horses , while the battalion of cavalry followed at a gallop and attacked the camp . This attack was gallantly made . The ...
Page 263
... scouts out to the front and left with directions to go on until they found some sign of the Indians , and then to come in on my line of march and make reports , thus covering our command by a cloud of scouts and videttes for a long ...
... scouts out to the front and left with directions to go on until they found some sign of the Indians , and then to come in on my line of march and make reports , thus covering our command by a cloud of scouts and videttes for a long ...
Page 267
... scouts and lookouts a long distance in advance , and began to show more earnestness and activity than they had heretofore . Suddenly one of these advance scouts , a young warrior , was seen galloping at full speed back over the prairie ...
... scouts and lookouts a long distance in advance , and began to show more earnestness and activity than they had heretofore . Suddenly one of these advance scouts , a young warrior , was seen galloping at full speed back over the prairie ...
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