Nelson A. Miles

Nelson Appleton Miles (lahir 8 Agustus 1839 – meninggal 15 Mei 1925 pada umur 85 tahun) 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 lahir	Nelson Appleton Miles
Lahir	(1839-08-08)8 Agustus 1839 Westminster, Massachusetts
Meninggal	15 Mei 1925(1925-05-15) (umur 85) Washington, D.C.
Tempat pemakaman	Arlington National Cemetery
Pengabdian	Amerika Serikat
Dinas/cabang	Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat Union Army
Lama dinas	1861–1903
Pangkat	Letnan Jenderal
Komando	61st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Military Division of the Missouri Commanding General of the United States Army
Perang/pertempuran	Perang Saudara Amerika Peperangan Indian Perang Spanyol–Amerika
Penghargaan	Medal of Honor
Pekerjaan lain	Gubernur 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

Pranala luar

• Karya Nelson Appleton Miles di Project Gutenberg
• Karya oleh/tentang Nelson A. Miles di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
• Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff
• Nelson A. Miles Collection Diarsipkan 2013-05-07 di Wayback Machine. US Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
• David Leighton, "Tucson Street Smarts: Miles Street named for famed general," Arizona Daily Star, March 19, 2013
• (Inggris) "Nelson A. Miles". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. Diakses tanggal October 28, 2007.