Heading: (Miles, Nelson A.)
Author:
Title: Nelson A. Miles carte-de-visite photograph
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:F.L. Lays Photographic Atelier
Date Published: No date
Description:

Albumen photograph CDV. 10.3x6 cm (4x2¼"); in Optium Museum Acrylic glass frame: 12.5x8.5 cm (5x3¼").

Nelson Appleton Miles was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War. Miles played a leading role in nearly all of the U.S. Army's campaigns against the American Indian tribes of the Great Plains. In 1874-1875, he was a field commander in the force that defeated the Kiowa, Comanche, and the Southern Cheyenne along the Red River. Between 1876 and 1877, he participated in the campaign that scoured the Northern Plains after Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and forced the Lakota and their allies onto reservations. Three-cent revenue stamp on reverse of carte.

A few faint spots, hints of toning.