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Nelson A. Miles | |
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| Born | August 8, 1839 Westminster, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | May 15, 1925 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Political orientation | Colonialism White supremacy |
| Political party | Republican |
Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was a Statesian general who fought in the Civil War and Spanish–Statesian War. He also fought against the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Nez Perce, and Lakota and ordered Colonel James W. Forsyth, commander of the 7th cavalry (formerly George Custer) to commit the Wounded Knee massacre. He also crushed the 1894 Pullman strike in Illinois, comparing the strikers to his indigenous enemies. After the USA annexed the Philippines, he led a counterinsurgency to destroy Emilio Aguinaldo's independence movement.[1]
References
- ↑ David Vine (2020). The United States of War: 'Going Global' (pp. 197–9). Oakland: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520972070 [LG]