Serving the Republic: Memoirs of the Civil and Military Life of Nelson A. Miles.

MILES, Nelson A.

Item Number: 132499

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911.

First edition of the autobiography by the famed general. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. In near fine condition with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example.

Nelson A. Miles was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War. From 1895 to 1903, Miles served as the last Commanding General of the United States Army, before the office was retooled as Chief of Staff of the Army.