Nelson A Miles, US Army general, at his headquarters Hinckley In the foreground is a

In the foreground is a Turkish cannon brought back from Egypt by British troops

Victory over the French in the Peninsular War

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The Market Cross

Nelson A Miles, US Army general, at his headquarters Hinckley In the foreground is aNelson A Miles, US Army general, at his headquarters, 1898. Miles (1839 1925) served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. In 1895 he was appointed Commanding General of the US Army, a post he held throughout the Spanish American War of 1898, in which he personally led the invasion of Puerto Rico. A print from Our Country in War and Relations with All Nations, by Murat Halstead, The United Subscription Book Publishers of America, 1898.