Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles , Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War , or , From New England to the Golden Gate , and the Story of His Indian Cam- paigns with Comments on the Exploration ...
... Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles , Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War , or , From New England to the Golden Gate , and the Story of His Indian Cam- paigns with Comments on the Exploration ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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