Nelson A. Miles

Nelson Appleton Miles (8 Agustus 1839  15 Mei 1925 ) adalah seorang jenderal militer Amerika Serikat yang mengabdi dalam Perang Saudara Amerika, Peperangan Indian Amerika dan Perang Spanyol-Amerika. Dari 1895 sampai 1903, ia menjabat sebagai Commanding General of the United States Army terakhir sebelum jabatan tersebut ditiadakan.

Nelson A. Miles
Nelson A. Miles
Nama lahirNelson Appleton Miles
Lahir(1839-08-08)8 Agustus 1839
Westminster, Massachusetts
Meninggal15 Mei 1925(1925-05-15) (umur 85)
Washington, D.C.
Tempat pemakamanArlington National Cemetery
PengabdianAmerika Serikat
Dinas/cabangAngkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Union Army
Lama dinas1861–1903
Pangkat Letnan Jenderal
Komandan61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Military Division of the Missouri
Commanding General of the United States Army
Perang/pertempuranPerang Saudara Amerika
Peperangan Indian
Perang Spanyol–Amerika
PenghargaanMedal of Honor
Pekerjaan lainGubernur Militer Puerto Riko
Tanda tangan

Referensi

  • DeMontravel, Peter R. A Hero to His Fighting Men, Nelson A. Miles, 1839–1925. Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-87338-594-2.
  • Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Miles, Nelson Appleton. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles. Chicago: Werner Co., 1896. OCLC 84296302.
  • Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. ISBN 0-8071-0822-7.
  • Greene, Jerome. American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890. University of Oklahoma Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0806144481

Further reading

  • Freidel, Frank. The Splendid Little War. Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books, 1958. ISBN 0-7394-2342-8.
  • Greene, Jerome A. Yellowstone Command: Colonel Nelson A. Miles and the Great Sioux War, 1876–1877. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006, 1991. ISBN 080613755X

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