Tag Archives: Nelson A. Miles

Major Samuel Marmaduke Whitside, Commander of 7th Cavalry’s 1st Battalion

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Sam Russell

The mounted troops then pursued the renegades, who fought viciously and did severe execution in a most determined fight in which many were killed and wounded.   Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles’s court of inquiry into Colonel James W. Forsyth’s … Continue reading →

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1891 Annual Report of Major General Miles – Part 4

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Sam Russell

Major General Nelson A. Miles concluded his annual report of 1891 by detailing the affairs at Wounded Knee and Drexel Mission, the effect those two incidents had on the overall campaign, and the eventual surrender of all the hostile Indians. … Continue reading →

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1891 Annual Report of Major General Miles – Part 3

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Sam Russell

In Part 3 of his Annual Report of 1891, Major General Nelson A. Miles details the arrest and death of Sitting Bull, the arrest of Hump, the disposition of the troops deployed to the region, and Brigadier General John R. … Continue reading →

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