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 2

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U of Nebraska Press, Apr 1, 1992 - Social Science - 591 pages
In 1897, five years after he won the Medal of Honor, General Nelson A. Miles published his memoirs, often cited and now made widely available in this two-volume Bison Book edition. While relating his own colorful adventures, General Miles also ranges over time and space, taking into account fur traders, trail blazers, gold seekers, and missionaries. The first volume described his service in the Civil War and his campaigns against the Indians on the northern plains.

Volume 2 follows General Miles to Washington Territory, where he com-mands the Department of Columbia, and finally to the Southwest, where he succeeds General George Crook in directing the fight against the Apaches. The pursuit of Geronimo is one of the many subjects illustrated here by Frederic Remington.

In his introduction to the second volume Robert Wooster notes the importance of this memoir as a document on the Indian wars, extremely revealing of the character of a difficult but competent general.

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Contents

CHAPTER XXV
320
CHAPTER XXVI
336
CHAPTER XXVII
352
CHAPTER XXVIII
362
CHAPTER XXIX
371
Ideas of American Statesmen Fifty Years AgoDiscovery of the ColumbiaClaims
384
CHAPTER XXXI
397
CHAPTER XXXII
404
General Crook and His ExperiencesCharacter of these IndiansIllustrative
445
CHAPTER XXXVII
480
CHAPTER XXXVIII
494
CHAPTER XXXIX
506
CHAPTER XL
519
CHAPTER XLI
533
CHAPTER XLII
545
CHAPTER XLIII
558

CHAPTER XXXIII
416
CHAPTER XXXIV
432
CHAPTER XLIV
571
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Robert Wooster is an associate professor of history at Corpus Christi State University.

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