Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General Nelson Appleton Miles

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                                   MILES
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   MILES, GEN. NELSON APPLETON, born in Massachusetts August 8, 1839.
   Entered volunteer service September, 1861, as lieutenant, engaged in
   battles of the Peninsula and at Antietam. Commissione colonel
   September, 1862. Several times wounded. Made brigadier-general and
   brevet major-general of volunteers, for services at Chancellorsville
   and in the Wilderness. Commissioned major-general in 1865, and
   mustered out of volunteer service September 1, 1866. In March, 1867,
   brevetted major-general in United States army. Transferred to the West
   and fought against the Comanches. In 1876, after Custer's death, Miles
   subdued the hostile Sioux. Commanded the Department of Columbia till
   1885, and transferred to Missouri and then to Arizona, in which last
   he subdued the Apaches. Assigned to Department of the Pacific, with
   full rank of major-general. Later transferred to Missouri, and in 1891
   had charge of the Indian wars. In 1895 succeeded to commander-in-chief
   of United States army, with headquarters in Washington. In 1897
   visited Europe on tour of military inspection.