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- catalog abstract "Nelson A. Miles began his military service as a volunteer officer in the Civil War. He later earned the appellation "the idol of the Indian fighters" and capped his controversial career by serving as Commanding General of the Army from 1895 to 1903. Without the benefit of a college education, Miles attained the rank of major general of volunteers two months after his twenty-sixth birthday. At the close of the Civil War, he was Jefferson Davis's military jailer; he then served with the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina. On the frontier, he won a series of victories against the Kiowa-Comanches, Sioux, Nez Perce, Bannocks, and Geronimo's band of Apaches. His skillful management of the Messiah outbreak of 1890 ended the Indian Wars. Miles also commanded the Army during the Spanish-American War and was involved in the late-nineteenth-century Army reforms. During his long and distinguished career, Miles made numerous enemies, including Theodore Roosevelt. Peter DeMontravel contends that the comments made by these enemies influenced the way historians have viewed Miles's career. This reassessment of that career restores him to a degree of prominence.".
- catalog contributor b10677469.
- catalog coverage "United States History, Military To 1900.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "During his long and distinguished career, Miles made numerous enemies, including Theodore Roosevelt. Peter DeMontravel contends that the comments made by these enemies influenced the way historians have viewed Miles's career. This reassessment of that career restores him to a degree of prominence.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-448) and index.".
- catalog description "Nelson A. Miles began his military service as a volunteer officer in the Civil War. He later earned the appellation "the idol of the Indian fighters" and capped his controversial career by serving as Commanding General of the Army from 1895 to 1903.".
- catalog description "Without the benefit of a college education, Miles attained the rank of major general of volunteers two months after his twenty-sixth birthday. At the close of the Civil War, he was Jefferson Davis's military jailer; he then served with the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina. On the frontier, he won a series of victories against the Kiowa-Comanches, Sioux, Nez Perce, Bannocks, and Geronimo's band of Apaches. His skillful management of the Messiah outbreak of 1890 ended the Indian Wars. Miles also commanded the Army during the Spanish-American War and was involved in the late-nineteenth-century Army reforms.".
- catalog extent "x, 463 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Hero to his fighting men.".
- catalog identifier "0873385942 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Hero to his fighting men.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Hero to his fighting men.".
- catalog spatial "United States History, Military To 1900.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "355/.0092 B 21".
- catalog subject "E181.M53 D45 1998".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Biography.".
- catalog title "A hero to his fighting men : Nelson A. Miles, 1839-1925 / Peter R. DeMontravel.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Military history. fast".
- catalog type "text".