MILES, NELSON A.
\mˈa͡ɪlz], \mˈaɪlz], \m_ˈaɪ_l_z]\
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Born in 1839, was distinguished at Fair Oaks and Malvern, commanded a brigade at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania and Fredericksburg. He has since been successful in the Western Indian campaigns, and in 1890 became a major-general in the U.S. army.
By John Franklin Jameson
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