Collection Presidential Retreats
Presidents have found different ways to escape the pressures and politics of the position. For early leaders, it was a...
General Nelson Appelton Miles
- Date of Work
- c. 1900
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Library of Congress
General Nelson Appelton Miles
General Nelson Appelton Miles, c. 1900, was a Civil War figure and Indian fighter and later commander general of the U.S. Army.
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