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The unregimented general : a biography of Nelson A. Miles

Title
The unregimented general : a biography of Nelson A. Miles / by Virginia Weisel Johnson ; illustrated with photographs and with maps prepared by Brigadier General W.M. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Virginia Weisel
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962.

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Additional Authors
Johnson, W. M. (Wallace M.), 1912-
Description
401 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
This book is a vivid account of the Indian campaigns of the American West as seen through the eyes of the Civil War veteran Nelson Miles. Of added interest are General Miles's letter to his wife, which give his frank opinions on his contemporaries, Custer, W.T. Sherman, George Crook, Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph, Geronimo, and many others.
Subject
  • Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
  • Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
  • 1866-1895
  • Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895
  • Armed Forces > Officers
  • Indians of North America > Wars
  • United States > Armed Forces > Officers
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliography.
Contents
The Civil War -- The Kiowa-Comanche campaign -- The Sioux campaign of 1876-77 -- Chief Joseph and the Nez Percés -- The Apache campaign -- The last Sioux uprising 1890 -- The Spanish-American War.
LCCN
62008138
OCLC
  • ocm00756522
  • 756522
  • SCSB-221157
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library