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Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925

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Personal name headingMiles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
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Variant(s)Miles, General (Nelson Appleton), 1839-1925
Miles, N. A. (Nelson Appleton), 1839-1925
Miles, Nelson A. (Nelson Appleton), 1839-1925
See alsoOfficer: United States. Army
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placePuerto Rico
Birth date1839-08-08
Death date1925-05-15
Place of birthWestminster (Mass.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
Field of activityMilitary art and science Military government United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Spanish-American War, 1898
Profession or occupationSoldiers Generals Military governors
Found inLetter from the Secretary of War, 1887: p. 1 (General Miles relative to the surrender of Geronimo; Brig. Gen. N.A. Miles, commanding Dept. of Arizona)
WwW in Am., 1897-1942 (Miles, Nelson Appleton; b. Aug. 8, 1839; d. May 15, 1925)
Annual report of the major-general commanding the Army to the Secretary of War, 1898: page 38 (Nelson A. Miles, Major-General, Commanding)
Wikipedia, accessed July 15, 2020 (Nelson Appleton Miles; born in Westminster, Massachusetts, died in Washington, D.C.; Lieutenant General in the United States Army; served in the Civil War, American Indian Wars, and Spanish-American War; first Military Governor of Puerto Rico; final Commanding General of the United States Army, 1895-1903; married Mary Hoyt Sherman in 1868)
VIAF, accessed July 15, 2020 (VIAF ID: 42641397 (Personal); preferred forms: Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925; Nelson Appleton Miles; Miles, Nelson A. (Nelson Appleton), 1839-1925; Miles, Nelson A., 1839-1925; Miles, Nelson Appleton)
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