Nelson A. Miles

Nelson A. Miles was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Union general in the Civil War and later commanded the Army during the Indian Wars and Spanish–American War.

Ulysses S. Grant: Ulysses S. Grant was a Union general during the Civil War and the 18th president of the United States. Grant’s promotion of Miles helped launch his postwar Army career.
Battle of Chancellorsville: The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major Confederate victory in Virginia in May 1863. Miles was wounded while serving with the Union Army in this battle.
Ghost Dance War: The Ghost Dance War was the U.S. Army’s suppression of the Ghost Dance movement among Native peoples, culminating at Wounded Knee in 1890. As commanding general, Miles criticized the handling of the Wounded Knee killings.
George Crook: George Crook was a U.S. Army general known for campaigns against Native nations in the American West. Crook and Miles led competing campaigns and represented distinct approaches to frontier command.
George Armstrong Custer: George Armstrong Custer was a U.S. cavalry officer killed with his command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Miles’s campaigns followed Custer’s defeat and pursued Lakota and Cheyenne forces.
Battle of Fredericksburg: The Battle of Fredericksburg was a Confederate victory fought in Virginia in December 1862. Miles fought there as a young Union officer before his promotion to general.
Wounded Knee Massacre: The Wounded Knee Massacre was the killing of Lakota people by U.S. troops in South Dakota on December 29, 1890. Miles’s inquiry challenged the Army’s account and treatment of the incident.
Philip Sheridan: Philip Sheridan was a Union cavalry general and later commanding general of the U.S. Army. Sheridan’s reputation as a Civil War commander contrasts with Miles’s longer career in the postwar West.
Geronimo: Geronimo was a Chiricahua Apache leader who resisted U.S. and Mexican military campaigns. Miles oversaw the campaign that ended Geronimo’s armed resistance in 1886.
Great Sioux War of 1876: The Great Sioux War of 1876 was a conflict between the United States and Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho peoples. Miles campaigned against Northern Cheyenne forces during the war’s aftermath.

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