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| Genre/Form: | History Personal narratives Récits personnels |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925. 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. Chicago : Werner, 1897, ©1896 (OCoLC)881437492 |
| Named Person: | Nelson Appleton Miles; Nelson Appleton Miles |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nelson Appleton Miles; Frederic Remington |
| OCLC Number: | 17724877 |
| Description: | vii, 591 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Contents: | In New England fifty years ago -- The great Civil War -- Last scenes of the great war -- Our acquired territory -- Prehistoric Americans -- Indian character -- Indian law, religion and eloquence -- Game in the great West -- The Indian during the Civil War -- Some historic campaigns -- Campaigns in Texas -- Kiowas and Comanches -- Indian difficulties in New Mexico -- The Sioux war -- The Custer massacre -- After the Custer Massacre -- A winter campaign -- Campaign against Cheyennes and Ogalallas -- The Lame Deer expedition -- The Nez Percé campaign -- The siege and surrender -- A visit to Custer's last battlefield -- The Bannock campaign -- Sitting Bull -- Results of six years of Indian campaigning -- The Indian problem -- Journey westward -- Salt Lake City and the Mormons -- Across Utah and Nevada -- A chapter out of early history -- Department of the Columbia -- Chief Moses and his tribe -- Our Alaskan possessions -- From Indian territory to Arizona -- The Apache and the soldier -- A campaign against Apaches -- The Arizona campaign I -- The Arizona campaign II -- Incidents of the Apache campaign -- End of the Apache war -- How the regulars were trained -- The arid region and irrigation -- Transportation -- California. |
| Responsibility: | copiously illustrated with graphic pictures by Frederic Remington and other eminent artists. |
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- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
- Pacific Coast (U.S.)
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- Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Guerres -- États-Unis -- 1866-1895.
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Récits personnels.
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- Miles, Nelson Appleton, -- 1839-1925
- Indians of North America -- Wars.
- Travel.
- United States.
- United States -- Pacific Coast.
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