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Major General Nelson A Miles Army Leader of the United States
Nelson A Miles born August 8 1839 in Massachusetts rose from a Boston clerk to major general of volunteers and then commander of the United States Army. His career included battles with the Army of the Potomac campaigns against Native Nations and leadership across multiple departments before becoming commander in 1895.
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Nelson A. Miles
Army of the United States
Massachusetts
Boston
Twenty-second
Massachusetts Infantry
Sixty-first New York Infantry
Volunteers
Peninsula
Antietam
Sitting Bull
Geronimo
Department of the Columbia
Department of the Missouri
Department of the Arizona
Department of the Pacific
Department of the East
United States Army
United States