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 : and the story of his Indian campaigns, with comments on the exploration, development and progress of our great western empire
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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 : and the story of his Indian campaigns, with comments on the exploration, development and progress of our great western empire
Chicago: Werner, 1896
vii, 591 p. : ill., ports, ; 26 cm.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.Miles
Contents
[Cover] Personal recollections of General Nelson A. Miles
[Frontispiece] General Nelson A. Miles
Preface, pp. vii ff.
Illustrations, pp. 1-6
Table of contents, pp. 7-16
Chapter I. In New England fifty years ago, pp. 17-24
Chapter II. The Great Civil War, pp. 25-37
Chapter III. Last scenes of the Great War, pp. 38-51
Chapter IV. Our acquired territory, pp. 52-63
Chapter V. Prehistoric Americans, pp. 64-86
Chapter VI. Indian character, pp. 87-102
Chapter VII. Indian law, religion and eloquence, pp. 103-120
Chapter VIII. Game in the great west, pp. 121-135
Chapter IX. The Indian during the Civil War, pp. 136-144
Chapter X. Some historic campaigns, pp. 145-155
Chapter XI. Campaigns in Texas, pp. 156-171
Chapter XII. Kiowas and Comanches, pp. 172-181
Chapter XIII. Indian difficulties in New Mexico, pp. 182-191
Chapter XIV. The Sioux war, pp. 192-197
Chapter XV. The Custer massacre, pp. 198-211
Chapter XVI. After the Custer massacre, pp. 212-220
Chapter XVII. A winter campaign, pp. 221-235
Chapter XVIII. Campaign against Cheyennes and Ogalallas, pp. 236-247
Chapter XIX. The Lame Deer expedition, pp. 248-257 ff.
Chapter XX. The Nez Percé campaign, pp. 259-269 ff.
Chapter XXI. The siege and the surrender, pp. 271-280
Chapter XXII. A visit to Custer's last battlefield, pp. 283-293
Chapter XXIII. The Bannock campaign, pp. 294-305
Chapter XXIV. Sitting Bull, pp. 306-319
Chapter XXV. Results of six years of Indian campaigning, pp. 320-335
Chapter XXVI. The Indian problem, pp. 336-351
Chapter XXVII. Journey westward, pp. 352-361
Chapter XXVIII. Salt Lake City and the Mormons, pp. 362-370
Chapter XXIX. Across Utah and Nevada, pp. 371-383
Chapter XXX. A chapter out of early history, pp. 384-396
Chapter XXXI. Department of the Columbia, pp. 397-403
Chapter XXXII. Chief Moses and his tribe, pp. 404-415
Chapter XXXIII. Our Alaskan possessions, pp. 416-431
Chapter XXXIV. From Indian territory to Arizona, pp. 432-444
Chapter XXXV. The Apache and the soldier, pp. 445-449
Chapter XXXVI. A campaign against the Apaches (Captain Maus' narrative), pp. 450-479
Chapter XXXVII. The Arizona campaign. (I), pp. 480-493
Chapter XXXVIII. The Arizona campaign. II, pp. 494-505
Chapter XXXIX. Incidents of the Apache campaign, pp. 506-518
Chapter XL. End of the Apache war, pp. 519-532
Chapter XLI. How the regulars are trained, pp. 533-544
Chapter XLII. The arid region and irrigation, pp. 545-557
Chapter XLIII. Transportation, pp. 558-569 ff.
Chapter XLIV. California, pp. 571-591 ff.
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