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Miles and Young: Two Legendary American Soldiers
Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles, famed for frontier campaigns and Civil War exploits, is spotlighted alongside General Samuel Haldwin Marks Young. The article sketches Miles’s rise from clerk to renowned Indian fighter and his frontier victories, then traces Young’s ascent from private to lieutenant general, noting his service across Civil War, Spanish American, and Philippine campaigns and his long tenure as chief of the general staff.
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